Hugh Lambert Presents at Maritime Law Conference
On August 18, 2017, Louisiana Association for Justice held its annual Maritime Law Conference, High Stakes on the High Seas, at Windsor Court Hotel in…
Tugboat Accidents In The News
Tugboats are vital to maritime industries. They come in three basic types: oceangoing, harbor and river tugboats. Tugboats perform a variety of important services –…
Train Collision Kills Three, Injures Dozens in Mississippi
At approximately 2:00 PM this afternoon, a CSX train collided with a charter bus that was stalled on railroad tracks in downtown Biloxi, Mississippi. After…
Pipeline Explosion Injures Two Workers, One Missing
An explosion at the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, Louisiana, Thursday (Feb. 9) injured two workers, and one worker is missing. The pipeline runs from Venice to…
Protecting Coastal Louisiana Benefits the Nation
This morning, Governor John Bel Edwards issued an opinion editorial, emphasizing that protecting coastal Louisiana has wide reaching impacts not just for the state, but for…
Boating Accident Kills Pierre Part Man
A Pierre Part man was killed during a boating accident on Monday, January 9, in Assumption Parish. According to investigators, 31-year-old Aaron Vickrey died after his…
Decommissioning Projects to Increase Over Five Years
When a company signs a lease for offshore oil or gas exploration or production that initial agreement includes the process of decommissioning the well, that…
LAJ’s 2016 CLE à la Carte Offers Maritime Skills Training
With 2017 a few days away, attorneys all over Louisiana may find themselves wondering what options are available to satisfy last minute CLE needs. The 2016 CLE à…
Surplus of Oil in the Global Market Expected to End
Last month, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to limit production of oil by 1.2 million barrels per day in an attempt…
Small Bass Boat Carrying Oklahoma Fishermen Sinks in Gulf of Mexico
Anglers love fishing in Venice, Louisiana because it is one of the few places in the world where you can catch a red fish, a…
Refinery Workers Suffer Burn Injuries at ExxonMobile in Baton Rouge
Five workers were treated after sustaining burn injuries at ExxonMobile Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Tuesday afternoon. First responders were called to the refinery…
Tidewater Claims It’s Committed to Safety Amid Debt Restructuring Negotiations
With the continued slump in oil prices, many Louisiana energy and energy-service companies have been attempting to restructure their debts in an effort to avoid…
Violations of Environmental Regulations Lead to Multiple Felonies
On April 6, 2016, U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle sentenced Energy Resource Technology GOM, LLC (“ERT”), a Dallas-based oil and gas exploration and production…
Headphones and Biking Are a Dangerous Combination
Headphones and biking are a dangerous combination. A bicyclist was recently found near a train track where he had been struck by a train killing…
Civilian Pilot Found Dead After Crashing Helicopter into Atchafalaya Basin Wednesday Afternoon
Early Thursday morning, search and rescue teams recovered the body of a civilian helicopter pilot who crashed into the Atchafalaya Basin in Iberia Parish. The…
OIL INDUSTRY PREDICTS MAJOR COMEBACK, 100,000 NEW JOBS
With U.S. oil production continuing to painfully decline, thousands of workers on offshore vessels have recently found themselves underemployed—or out of work altogether. Fortunately, the…
Captain of Cargo Ship Falls Overboard in Mississippi River
A search is underway for a vessel captain that reportedly fell overboard into the Mississippi River on Sunday, July 17. The Coast Guard is searching…
Workboat Capsized Near Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge
On Wednesday, December 30, 2015, The U.S. Coast Guard and several good Samaritans were searching for a person who went missing after a workboat capsized…
Impending Railway Acquisition Raises Safety Concerns
Canadian Pacific announced in November that it plans to acquire Norfolk Southern in a $28.4 billion deal that will create the largest railway system in…
EL FARO OWNER, TOTE MARITIME, FILES LIMITATION ACTION
On Friday, October 30, 2015, TOTE Maritime (“TOTE”), owner of the El Faro, filed a limitation action in a U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Florida,…