tug boat towing a cargo ship

What Happens When a Tugboat Sinks?

Maritime shipping is a key industry, especially along the East Coast. Tugboats play an essential role in the industry, and ...
Barge ships in a canal

What Can Make a Barge Capsize?

Working on a barge can be extremely dangerous as the boat travels through shallower inland waterways. These waterways are fraught ...
Dredge boat at sunset

How Do Dredging Accidents Occur?

Since the beginning of civilization, cities have relied on rivers and waterways to travel and transport goods. Natural processes like ...
looking out at a harbor at dusk

How Injured Seamen Receive Compensation From The Jones Act

Working on a barge or a rig can be dangerous, as the risk of maritime accidents is higher than most ...
Boat leaving a dock

Maritime Accidents on International Waters

Currently, 5,000 seamen are employed in the United States, according to Zippia. These individuals face various potentially dangerous situations in ...
boat going through rough water

What To Do After a Boating Accident

Boating accidents are an entirely different entity than car accidents because of the likelihood of personal injury, damage to the ...
broken down ship on land

Do I Need a Maritime Lawyer for a Boating Accident?

The laws and restrictions in a personal injury case tend to change when an accident occurs in a body of ...
Man looking at a harbor

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act is a federal law that provides medical and other benefits to longshoremen, harbor ...
Speed boat in the water

How To Get Compensation for Wrongful Death at Sea

An unfortunate factor of maritime work is that death is a real possibility. And every year, many of those deaths ...