Alabama Offshore Injury Attorney

Representing Maritime Workers Injured in Alabama

If you were injured while working off the coast of Alabama or at a river or seaport in the area, it is important to review your legal options with an attorney who can advise you on your right to compensation. The Jones Act and other maritime laws may entitle you to financial compensation for your injuries, but you must ensure your rights are fully protected in these matters. Fortunately, an Alabama offshore injury attorney at Arnold & Itkin LLP may be able to assist you. Our legal team represents injured seamen throughout Alabama and the entire U.S. in all types of maritime injury claims and we are ready to see how we can assist you.

Maritime trade, which includes matters such as marine commerce and transportation of passengers and goods by sea, is important to Alabama. The state has thousands of maritime workers and several ports that serve national and international maritime industries and companies. The ports are important to the success of maritime trade (e.g., offshore drilling, commercial fishing, and recreational boating and cruise industries), which boosts the economy of Alabama. Those important port cities include the following:

Port of Bridgeport, Alabama is a small river port on the Tennessee River in the City of Bridgeport. US Highway 72 runs through Jackson County between Huntsville, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Jackson County is served by three railroads: CSX, Norfolk Southern and Sequatchie Valley Railroad. Commercial airports that serve the county are located in Huntsville, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Alabama State Port Authority is responsible for managing the Port of Bridgeport. The port operator is Southeast Wood Fiber, LLC. The port is located at mile 413.4, on the right bank of the Tennessee River, approximately 3,000 feet below the CSX Transportation bridge at Bridgeport. The navigable Tennessee River traverses Jackson County in a southwesterly direction offering a nine-foot channel depth. Both public and private use barge terminals are available for loading and off-loading timber, steel, coal, iron ore and other bulk products. TAC Alloys operates a loading ramp and mooring cells for general freight transfer including ferrosilicon alloys. The Tennessee River is part of an interconnected waterway system, which serves 21 states. Through the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, barge shipments reach the deep-water Port of Mobile in approximately four days.
Port of Mobile, Alabama is a booming deepwater seaport on Mobile Bay at the mouth of the Mobile River, off the U.S. shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Mobile Bay is a 413-square-mile inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama. The deepest areas of the bay lie within the shipping channel, sometimes in excess of 75 feet deep, but the average depth of the bay is only 10 feet. The Alabama State Port Authority is responsible for managing the Port of Mobile, Alabama's only seaport. The Port of Mobile covers an area of almost 4,000 acres including the main complex, McDuffie Island, Choctaw Point, inland docks and other port sites. There are 19 state docks in the Port of Mobile in addition to the privately owned and operated facilities. The Port of Mobile provides deepwater terminals with direct access to 1,500 miles of inland and intracoastal waterways serving the Great Lakes, the Ohio River Valley and Tennessee River Valley via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and the Gulf of Mexico. The port also houses a two-story, 66,000-square-foot pleasure cruise terminal. The Port of Mobile is the largest break-bulk forest products port in the United States, and the Alabama State Port Authority's McDuffie Terminal is the second largest coal terminal in the United States and largest import coal terminal (per the Alabama State Port Authority).
The Port of Montgomery, Alabama, on the Alabama River, offers a nine-foot channel for barge transportation to the Gulf of Mexico through the Port of Mobile. The Alabama State Docks in Montgomery maintain a public dock with 100-ton capacity inside a protected barge turning basin. Via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, barge transportation is available between Montgomery and the Great Lakes. The Alabama State Port Authority is responsible for managing the Port of Montgomery. The United States Coast Guard regulates the design and construction of these vessels and equipment as well as qualifications of the personnel manning them. The Coast Guard inspects the vessels annually to ensure compliance.
Port of Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a very small river port located in the City of Tuscaloosa and administered by the Alabama State Port Authority. Though the Port of Tuscaloosa is a small one, it is one of the larger facilities on the Black Warrior River at waterway mile marker 338.5. There are no railway connections at this port as they primarily concentrate on the shipment of dry bulk commodities, including lignite, coal and coal coke. Our federal government and the City of Tuscaloosa share the ownership of the Port of Tuscaloosa; the operation of the port is leased out to Powell Sales and has been run by them since 1997. At waterway mile marker 343.2 on the opposite side of the river is a steel company with its own tracks at the rear of the plant connecting with the Kansas City Southern Railroad for barge shipments of iron and steel products such as ingots, bars, rods, steel slabs, plates and coils. Tuscaloosa Steel Corporation was one of the first U.S. steel companies to implement the Steckel Mill Technology.

Maritime Lawyer Serving Alabama

Whether you were injured at the Port of Mobile, Port of Montgomery, Port of Tuscaloosa or any other river or seaport in the area, a maritime lawyer at our firm may be able to assist you. We have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients and are committed to maximizing financial compensation in every case we handle. We can protect your right to compensation after a serious offshore accident has left you injured or without a loved one. If you are interested in learning more, we welcome you to contact our firm for a free consultation and review of your case.

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