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Barge Worker Killed in Mississippi River Accident
Posted in Barge Accidents,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Accidents,Maritime Law,Mississippi Maritime News on June 27, 2011
JEFFERSON, La. – A maritime accident took place Tuesday morning , June 21, when a barge worker employed by Zito Fleeting fell from a barge into the Mississippi River. Harbor police said that Larry Hartford, 52, was working on a barge when he fell into the Mississippi River. Hartford’s co-workers told police the man disappeared… read more
Transocean High Ranking Oil Rig Worker Plans to Invoke 5th Amendment
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on June 21, 2011
HOUSTON, TX – A high ranking Transocean oil rig worker, who was on the Deepwater Horizon when it explode on April 20, 2010, has refused to testify in civil lawsuits over the disaster. Jimmy Harrell, the rig’s offshore installation manager, was in charge of drilling activities on the Deepwater Horizon, when it exploded while drilling… read more
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of BP; Dismisses Batch of Environmental Law Claims
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits on June 17, 2011
NEWS ORLEANS, La – A federal judge dismissed third-party environmental claims on Thursday, June 17, in a giant pleading bundle in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation, saying the fact that the oil flow has stopped makes those lawsuits irrelevant. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is overseeing the massive, consolidated oil spill litigation, which has… read more
Gulf Oil Spill Panel Appointed to Hear Appeals from Dissatisfied Claimants
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law on June 14, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The chancellor of the Louisiana State University law center, Jack Weiss, has appointed a 25 member panel to hear appeals from claimants who were dissatisfied with the way the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) established by BP handles their claims. The GCCF was formed after the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April… read more
UWF Researchers Say Chemical Dispersants Are More Harmful Than Oil Spill Alone
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Florida Maritime News,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News,World Maritime News on June 1, 2011
PENSACOLA, FL – Wade Jeffrey, a University of West Florida (UWF) biologist with the Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, presented crucial research to an oil task force that convened in Pensacola Florida. The findings found that the chemical sprayed in the Gulf to break up the BP oil spill may not have been effective… read more
BP Lawyer Argues to New Orleans Federal Judge to Dismiss Some Spill Damage Claims
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,World Maritime News on May 27, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. – BP’s lawyer, Andrew Langan, argued to a New Orleans federal judge on Wednesday, May 25, that spill victims can only sue for economic losses under specific laws governing offshore spills and that lawsuits filed under other statutes should be dismissed. “BP’s position is not that every single claim needs to be… read more
Deepwater Horizon Disaster Prompts New Safety Measures from BOP Manufacturers
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Cameron International,Deepwater Horizon,Louisiana Maritime News,Texas Maritime News on May 24, 2011
HOUSTON, TX – The Gulf oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010, due to defects in the blowout preventer on the Deepwater Horizon. has prompted new innovations in safety equipment. Earlier this month in Houston at the Offshore Technology Conference, three major manufacturers of blowout preventers announced new designs, an annual display of the… read more
Flood Update: Mississippi River Rising in Louisiana
Posted in Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Mississippi Maritime News on May 18, 2011
BATON ROUGE, La. – State agencies in Louisiana continued their flood preparation and response efforts on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The rising water is slowly taking over thousands of acres of farmland. The state estimates 18 thousand acres of crops will be lost.
River Barges Break Loose and Crash into Mississippi River Bridge
Posted in Barge Accidents,Louisiana Maritime News,US Coast Guard (USCG) on May 16, 2011
Baton Rouge, LA – On Saturday, May 14, 2011 two dozen barges were being towed in the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, LA when 4 of the barges got loose. Two of the stray barges struck the Old Mississippi River Bridge. Baton Rouge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana in the southern part… read more
BP Faces Hundreds of Civil Suits For Denying Oil Spill Claims
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Lawsuits on May 13, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Hundreds of lawsuits against British Petroleum Plc (BP) have been consolidated in Federal Court in New Orleans alleging that the company is refusing to accept liability for losses due to the BP oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. A $20 billion oil spill fund was established following the… read more