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USCG Issues Marine Safety Alert Regarding Cell Phone Usage
Posted in Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,US Coast Guard (USCG) on November 3, 2010
Recently, the USCG issued a Marine Safety Alert warning operators to have policies in place on the use of cells phones and other devices that may distract crew members from performing their job functions to the best of their ability. In fact, the alert brings to mind a popular discussion on the gCaptain forum regarding… read more
Halliburton Admits Skipping Critical Test on Cement Used to Seal BP Oil Well
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Halliburton,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on November 1, 2010
Halliburton Co. finally admitted on Thursday, October 30, that it did skip doing a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal the BP Macondo oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th. The company, which was BP’s cementing contractor, said that BP at the last-minute increased… read more
Federal Judge Declares Safety Zone around Deepwater Horizon Site
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on October 27, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that a federal judge has declared a security zone around the Deepwater Horizon explosion site in the Gulf of Mexico until Oct. 8, 2011, as a means of protecting any evidence located in the area. According to an article at NOLA.com, the security zone extends from the center… read more
Judge Rules Oil Drilling Safety Rules Improperly Issued
Posted in Government,Gulf Coast,Louisiana Maritime News,Maritime Law on October 22, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA — On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, Federal Judge Martin Feldman issued a ruling that the Interior Department improperly issued new safety rules after the moratorium that was placed on deep water drilling following the Gulf oil spill disaster. Regarding the rules imposed in a June 8 notice to offshore operators, the October… read more
U.S. Offshore Drilling Agency To Conduct Surprise Inspections
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,World Maritime News on October 15, 2010
WASHINGTON DC – As part of a new aggressive enforcement effort adopted by the Obama administration since the BP oil spill, the government will begin to conduct surprise inspections on oil rigs. The announcement was made on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Michael Bromwich, the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), an… read more
Maritime Lawyer Sues APL Maritime & Tern Shipholding on Behalf of Houston Seaman
Posted in Jones Act,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News on September 1, 2010
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS – Gordon & Elias, LLP, Houston maritime lawyers, represent a 24 year old woman from Houston, Texas, who was working as a seaman onboard the M/V The American Tern at the time of the incident. The Plaintiff was mopping in a passage way in keeping with her responsibilities as a steward assistant… read more
Deepwater Horizon Minimum Safe Manning Certificate was Misclassified
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Transocean,World Maritime News on August 26, 2010
HOUSTON, TX – At the United States Coast Guard Hearing, USCG, in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, the flag state Marshall Islands for the Deepwater Horizon stunned the Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Task Force when it admitted that the there had been a “clerical error” in 2004 when it issued the Minimum Safe… read more
Coast Guard Hearings Focus on Command Structure in Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Posted in Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Texas Maritime News,Transocean on August 25, 2010
HOUSTON, TX – An article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) website on August 23, 2010 describes some of the topics under discussion at the hearings in Houston, Texas on the Deepwater Horizon disaster. On Monday, August 23, 2010, the fourth round of hearings into by the joint panel of the U.S. Coast Guard and… read more
Federal Investigators Hold Hearings to Get to Bottom of Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Environment,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Transocean on August 23, 2010
HOUSTON, TX – Federal investigators will again try to question witnesses on the Gulf Oil Spill in the fourth of a continuing series of hearings by the joint panel of the U.S. Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (formerly the MMS – Minerals Management Service) in Houston, Texas on August… read more
BP $20B Fund Denies Deepwater Horizon Dead and Injured Compensation
Posted in BP British Petroleum,Deepwater Horizon,Government,Gulf Coast,Maritime Law,Maritime Lawsuits,Texas Maritime News,Transocean,World Maritime News on August 20, 2010
HOUSTON, TX — Dead and injured victims of the Deepwater Horizon disaster that occurred April 20, 2010, have been denied the right to collect monies from the BP $20 billion dollar compensation fund. While the fund protocol says that all workers injured or killed as a result of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon or… read more