The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has released its Accident Investigation Report on the man overboard incident on the Vermilion Block 331 Platform A on August 7, 2021. The offshore platform is operated by Talos Energy. During the incident, a...
There was a fire on the container ship ZIM KINGSTON on October 23, 2021. At the time, the vessel was berthed off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, having arrived from Busan, South Korea. Reports indicate multiple containers on board the vessel caught...
There was a small plane crash in Colleton County, South Carolina on October 22, 2021. The plane, a single engine Piper PA-28R-300, crashed near Walterboro. Although the plane seats six people, luckily only two people were on board at the time of the accident. ...
There was a small plane crash in Holly Ridge, North Carolina on October 21, 2021. The plane, a single engine Mooney M20J, crashed after taking off from the Holly Ridge-Topsail Island Airport. Two people were killed and two were injured in the crash. It is unknown...
There have been reports of an outbreak of COVID-19 on the chemical tanker ship BOW SUMMER. One crew member is believed to have died from the disease on October 18, 2021. Since October 15, 2021, the vessel has been berthed at the BASF Terminal in Antwerp, Belgium. ...
Spagnoletti Law Firm recently filed suit on behalf of a Jones Act seaman who was injured while working for R & R Boats. During the incident, the vessel encountered rough seas after getting to an offshore platform. Unable to transfer the crew change to the...
Late last week, investigators from the NTSB began their investigation into the October 19, 2021 McDonnell Douglas MD-87 plane crash west of Houston, Texas. During the crash, the plane failed to takeoff and went off the runway and through a fence at the airport. The...
Spagnoletti Law Firm recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the surviving widow of a maritime worker who contracted COVID-19 while working on a vessel. The deceased worked as a chief engineer on a chemical tanker. While the ship was in port in Texas,...
There was a deadly accident involving an 18-wheeler in Orange, Texas on October 20, 2021. The accident occurred on Texas Highway 62. The driver of the 18-wheeler is believed to have struck the bicyclist. The victim, Russell Jay Gibbs, was pronounced dead at the...
There was a fire on the general cargo ship M V MEHMET UNLU on October 20, 2021. At the time, the vessel was berthed at Port of Ploce, Croatia. Reports indicate the vessel was loading scrap metal when the cargo caught fire. It is unclear if anyone was injured in the...