Maritime Law

Halifax, Canada-based Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has added Davie Shipyard, the largest shipyard in Canada, to its lawsuit over the alleged mishandling of

Japan’s MOL has begun legal action against the shipbuilder of the ill-fated 8,100 teu MOL Comfort, which sank in July last

Ukrainian sailor Igor Yavorskyy, Chief Mate on board the bulk carrier M/V Ocean Lion was last seen on Friday evening when the ship’s captain ordered him

A court in Vietnam sentenced two former executives of a state-owned shipping firm to death on Monday for embezzlement, an unusual harsh sentence in a communist

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for two former Vietnam National Shipping Lines executives who went on trial yesterday for

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — A Singapore-based contractor accused of bribing U.S. Navy commanders with cash and prostitutes must be held without bail because of

By Gary Robertson NORFOLK, Va., Nov 14 (Reuters) – The last of the Somali pirates convicted of killing four Americans aboard a yacht sailing off the Horn

The Netherlands asked an international court on Wednesday to order Russia to release 30 people detained during a Greenpeace protest against oil drilling in the

In protest against the Indian government’s detainment of 33 sailors from the AdvanFort-chartered maritime security vessel Seaman Guard OHIO, the Sierra

By Anupama Chandrasekaran CHENNAI, India, Oct 19 (Reuters) – India has charged 33 men aboard an armed ship operated by a U.S. maritime security firm for

Chief Engineer Ioannis Prokakis and 2nd Engineer Antonios Boumpoutelos, both Greek citizens, along with their employer, Diana Shipping Services S.A., were

By Captain Richard Madden Just weeks before the August 20th implementation of the sweeping Maritime Labor Convention (MLC 2006) from the International Labor

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, July 26 (Reuters) – Greek shipowner Victor Restis has been imprisoned pending trial on money laundering and embezzlement

Note: This article has been reposted from March 22, 2013, with an update that the sentence was handed down yesterday, July 23, 2013.  Shipping firms Columbia

UPDATE: Greek shipowner Victor Restis was arrested on charges of money laundering and embezzlement on Tuesday, becoming one of just a few prominent businessmen

By Silvia Ognibene and Naomi O’Leary ROME, July 20 (Reuters) – Four Costa Concordia crew members and a company official were sentenced to jail in

Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner, was not the only one to blame for a disaster off Italy last year in which 32 people died, his

On February 17th of this year, the Harita Bauxite sank off Cape Balinao in the South China Sea. Of the twenty-four men aboard, only nine survived. The sea can

Captain Francesco Schettino will stand trial on charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.

The official USCG and NTSB reports on the sinking of Bounty aren’t out yet. Even so, the lawyers for Claudene Christian’s mother (also named