Delta Queen, National Historic Landmark, Refused Exemption from SOLA
The Delta Queen, a steamboat operated by Majestic America Line, will be retired after nearly eighty years of service. While the “Safety of Life at Sea Act” classified boats with wooden superstructures as fire hazards in 1966, the Delta Queen had been operating with an exemption from congress. Without the temporary exemption that expired [...]
Odyssey Marine Exploration Salvages the SS Ancona Shipwreck
Few know exactly what occurred on November 7, 1915 between the German U-boat and the Italian-American passenger ship, the SS Ancona. All we know is that the U-boat sunk the vessel - sending 83 passengers, 12 barrels of gold and a silver shipment to their watery grave near Sardinia.
Until now, the site remained undisturbed at [...]
Ft. Morgan Civil War Ship Uncovered During Hurricane Ike
Reader ‘Angie’ wrote in with questions about the ‘Mystery ship’ uncovered during recent hurricane, “Ike”. Angie asked the following:
“I was just watching the video from NBC news about the mystery ship that was uncovered from hurricane Ike. I wonder who has ownership in a case like that? the state? federal govt? what if it really [...]
SS Morro Castle catalyst for Merchant Marine Act of 1936
A nor’easter turned the Atlantic into an angry ocean on the night of September 8, 1934. The SS Morro Castle, all 508 feet and 11,000 pounds of her, chugged hard through the high winds and pounding waves on her way to New York from Havana. The weather was mean and cruel, but nature wouldn’t deal [...]
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Maritime News Reporter- Beware of First-Class CharterersThe International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has advised shipbrokers against using the term "first-class charterers" when conducting fixture negotiations,
- More Time to Comply with Discharge RegsA team of K&L Gates LLP environmental and maritime lawyers representing a coalition of shipping interests has obtained an order from a United States District
- No Punitive Damages for Wrongful DeathThe Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled that punitive or aggravated damages are not allowed in a wrongful death action brought under the Marine Liability Act.
- Captain of Korean Flagged Ship SentencedHae Wan Yang, 54, of South Korea, was sentenced on Dec. 30 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two months of home confinement in the United States and two years
- Horizon Lines Acknowledges SuitHorizon Lines, Inc. announced on Jan. 2 that it has been named as a defendant in a securities class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District
- CMC Joins Legal Action, NY Ballast RegsThe Chamber of Marine Commerce, along with a number of other industry stakeholders, are joining forces to take legal action against the state of New York's proposed new ballast water regulations.
- FMCSA – Roadability Rule PublishedThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued its final rule addressing requirements for intermodal equipment providers (sometimes referred to as the roadability rule).
- Judge Recognizes MARAD AuthorityAs a result of the Maritime Administrator’s designation of New Jersey as an adjacent coastal state, pursuant to 33 USC 1508(a)(2), Atlantic Sea Island Group,
- India Responds to Korea Court DecisionIn response to questions on the decision of the Court in the Republic of Korea to sentence two Indian mariners, an Indian government spokesperson said, on Dec. 15,
- Liability Warning – Signing Purchase OrdersThe International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says suppliers of goods and services in the marine industries are increasingly turning to shipmanagers for
- Beware of First-Class Charterers
