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Injured Tugboat Engineer Rescued by Coast Guard

Posted in Jones Act,Maritime Law,New York Maritime News,Tug Boat Accidents on January 7, 2011

KINGSTON, NEW YORK – An injured tugboat crew member was rescued by the Coast Guard and local first responders near Kingston NY on Tuesday, January 4. The crew member, who was working as an engineer aboard the tugboat, Barbara McAllister, reportedly suffered a leg injury and was stuck in the engine room while en route… read more

Tarballs Wash Up on Alabama Coast

Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Environment,Gulf Coast,World Maritime News on January 5, 2011

FT. MORGAN BEACH, AL – The Mobile Press Register reports that Alabama’s Fort Morgan peninsula is “awash in tarballs” and other oiled debris after strong currents pushed the materials inland in recent days. In response, BP has dispatched cleanup crews to the area. “While most of the oil has been removed, BP will continue to… read more

Oil Companies Hurt by Delays After Gulf Drilling Ban is Lifted

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Chevron,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Royal Dutch Shell,World Maritime News on January 3, 2011

The Gulf oil spill ban, which was lifted several months ago by the Obama administration, continues to hurt big oil companies such as Chevron Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC. These companies have billions of dollars tied up in Gulf projects that are on hold and are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a day… read more

Transocean Refuses to Honor Oil Spill Subpoenas from Federal Board

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 31, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — Transocean is refusing to honor subpoenas from a federal board that has intervened on behalf of U.S. Chemical Safety Board. A federal board has challenged Transocean’s involvement in monitoring the testing of the blowout preventer that failed to stop the oil spill disaster that blewup the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010… read more

AP Reporter Claims NYT Oil Spill Story ‘Patently False’

Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,World Maritime News on December 29, 2010

Associated Press oil spill reporter Harry Weber claims the New York Times story about the “Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours” published Sunday December 26 is ‘patently false’. Their key assertions that the destruction of the Horizon ‘has escaped intense scrutiny’ and that the final hours are only now possible to piece together are patently false. A… read more

BP Oil Spill Blowout Preventer Investigation May Be Compromised

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean,US Coast Guard (USCG),World Maritime News on December 27, 2010

NEW ORLEANS, LA – An investigation into the failure of the blowout preventer (BOP) from the Gulf Oil Spill in 2010 may have been compromised due to a conflict of interest involving a relationship between the investigating firm and employees of companies involved in the incident. Doubt is being raised because a Transocean Ltd. employee… read more

Andarko Named as Defendant by DOJ in Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuit

Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 23, 2010

Anadarko was recently named a defendant by the US Department of Justice in the lawsuit filed pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill. Anadarko has a 25% stake in the failed Macondo well that led to the Gulf oil spill in April 2010. The suit also names BP which was the primary operator of… read more

Federal Judge Orders Transocean to Turn Over Safety Records

Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 20, 2010

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Transocean has been ordered by a federal judge on Friday to turn over safety records to a government panel investigating the Deepwater Horizon disaster that occurred on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. Transocean has balked in the past at turning over safety records to the government appointed panel… read more

U.S. Justice Department Sues BP and 8 Other Companies Over Gulf Oil Spill

Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on December 17, 2010

NEW ORLEANS, LA — The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in New Orleans against BP and eight other companies involved in the Gulf oil spill that followed the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon Macondo well on April 20, 2010. The lawsuit was announced by the Justice Department on Wednesday,… read more

Feinberg Offers Gulf Oil Spill Claimants Quick Check But With a Catch

Posted in Alabama Maritime News,BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News,Texas Maritime News,World Maritime News on December 15, 2010

Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the BP $20 billion fund, said on Monday, December 13, that Gulf oil spill claimants who want more cash can now get a quick check within two weeks, but they will have to forfeit their right to sue BP or receive any additional payments. “No more documentation required, no requirement… read more