There was a deadly accident involving two 18-wheelers in Royse City, Texas on October 26, 2021. The accident occurred on Interstate 30 between two 18-wheelers and one passenger vehicle. Reports indicate one of the 18-wheelers failed to slow down and struck the...
The shipping industry has had a rough couple of years. Just one of the many issues – and one of the costliest – is the growing number of containers that have gone overboard. Last year, 3000 fell into the water. This year, the number is on track to be the same or...
The container ship MSC LUCIA was attacked and boarded by pirates on October 25, 2021. At the time, the vessel was in the Gulf of Guinea, en route from Lome, Togo to Douala, Cameroon. Reports indicate that crew members on board the vessel mustered in the engine room...
The offshore supply vessel MONTET TIDE was attacked and boarded by pirates on October 25, 2021. At the time, the vessel was in the Gulf of Guinea, south of Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea. Reports indicate that some crew members on board the vessel may have been...
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...