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Recent Posts in Commercial Vessels Category
Posted on Feb 7, 2017 By John Fulweiler
If a vessel's crewmember is injured during his employment, he may be able to bring claims under the Jones Act for negligence or under general maritime law for unseaworthiness. It's ...
Continue reading "Able Bodied Seaman Awarded $638,603" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2017 By John Fulweiler
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard published an amalgamated version of the U.S. Inland Navigation Rules and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions as Sea, 1972. Prudent skippers know the ...
Continue reading "US Coast Guard Posts Amalgamated U.S. Inland and International Navigation Rules" »
Posted on Jan 25, 2017 By John Fulweiler
Want to be a prudent mariner? The trick is not relying on one navigational tool alone. That is, the chart, navigational aids and the U.S. Coast Guard's recently released Light List should all be ...
Continue reading "U.S. Coast Guard Issues 2017 Light List" »
Posted on May 1, 2016 By John Fulweiler
A Taiwanese citizen sued the U.S.A. for killing her husband and sinking his fishing vessel in connection with a NATO counter-piracy initiative. That is, her husband was a hostage aboard his vessel ...
Continue reading "Keeping Up With Piracy" »
Posted on Oct 5, 2015 By John Fulweiler
As a maritime lawyer with some fifteen years of water under my keel and another ten or so as a licensed captain, I’m always struck with the oddity of the tyranny that is shipyard life. The ...
Continue reading "The EL FARO Tragedy & Seeking Justice in a Maritime Court of Law" »
Posted on Feb 10, 2015 By John Fulweiler
If you're a crewmember aboard a vessel, new changes to the ISM Code could prove beneficial. The ISM Code is short for the International Safety Management Code. The goals of the ISM Code are many ...
Continue reading "ISM Code Amendment Could Be Beneficial to Crew (Principles of Safe Manning, ISM Code (A.1047))" »
Posted on Aug 20, 2014 By John Fulweiler
I sometimes envy the medical profession. For the most part, under a doctor's care you're healed or you die within a relatively short time, and the doctor moves on to his next dance partner. ...
Continue reading "Newport, RI Admiralty Lawyer Talks About Safe Berths For Ships" »
Posted on May 19, 2014 By John Fulweiler
When a ship fails to pay for fuel oil and marine gas oil, the supplier typically has a maritime lien against the ship. That is, instead of chasing the company that made the purchase, the ship itself ...
Continue reading "46 U.S.C. 31301, et seq and Arresting a Vessel for Unpaid Bunker Fuel" »
Posted on Apr 27, 2014 By John Fulweiler
The lore of a captain going down with the ship is well known, but what's the legal consequence? Are civil, criminal or professional penalties meted out to the ship's master who scoots clear ...
Continue reading "Going Down to the Sea, but Not with the Ship!" »
Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Not paying a vessel's crew his or her wages is a lot different than, say, not paying someone who does work on your house. That is, an unpaid crew member has unique remedies available under the ...
Continue reading "Claims for Unpaid Crew Wages" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2013 By John Fulweiler
There's an incredible amount of self-serving legislative activity in this Country that's just not appreciated by its citizens. I tripped over what I believe is a good maritime example of this ...
Continue reading "Newport R.I. Maritime Attorney Talks Seafarer's Wage Penalty Statute" »
Posted on Jan 19, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Rhode Island boaters, did you know that. . . R.I. DEM Officers can stop and board your boat? If born after January 1, 1986, you must pass an approved boater education course? Children under 13 years ...
Continue reading "Rhode Island Boaters, did you know that . . ." »
Posted on Jan 11, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Ferries are commercial vessels, too. They suffer the same indignities as their workboat brethren and are largely treated by the maritime law like any other commercial vessel. No matter its stripes, ...
Continue reading "NY Ferry Accident - A NY Maritime Attorney Responds" »
Posted on Jan 8, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Although many think of boating as the lawless West of old, it's not. The Code of Federal Regulations imposes various duties on vessel operators in the context of marine incidents including the ...
Continue reading "Vessel Casualty and Accident Reporting" »
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