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Posted on Apr 30, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
As the exploration and search for energy delves into deeper and deeper waters, some observers are saying that poor communication and a pressure to work quickly is causing problems in regards to the ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
Back in 2007, a wood ferry caught fire in Manila, Philippines. Five people were killed and 255 more were injured. The ship was about 105 miles off the coast when the accident happened. There were 21 ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
Contrary to what many people think, piracy is not in the past as modern day piracy is still a huge problem for offshore workers. Modern day pirates are dangerous, usually boarding ships armed, and ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Maritime Injury Lawyer
On Friday, a million dollar fine was given to the Miami River marine cargo shipping company connected to the Titan Express – a vessel found to be leaking oil and fuel in excess from its engine. ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Maritime Attorney
Workers can begin pumping fuel off the Costa Concordia as early as tomorrow, Italian officials announced January 23. Search operations for the 17 passengers still missing will continue simultaneously, ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
The latest news regarding the Costa Concordia tragedy has shifted focus from Captain Francesco Schettino to the American based cruise line in operation of the ship. As the search continues for ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Maritime Lawyer
For recovery teams, time is running out as inclement weather makes it way towards the resting place of the Costa Concordia ; the storm is expected to bring with it winds of up to 30 knots and 1.5 ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Offshore Accident Lawyer
On January 16, an oil rig owned by Chevron Nigeria Limited caught fire from what most experts are attributing to a "gas kick" caused by built up gas pressure. Although 152 of the 154 workers ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Maritime Injury Attorney
Five days after the initial crash, with several passengers still unaccounted for, rescue workers were forced to suspend search operations onboard the Costa Concordia after the ship shifted slightly on ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By Maritime Lawyer
Four days after the initial crash, the search for survivors of the Costa Concordia tragedy remains ongoing. On Tuesday, January 17, divers were able to find five more bodies (four men and one woman), ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Offshore Accident Attorney
On Monday, January 16 an offshore rig caught fire near the coast of Nigeria. The rig had been exploring some potential deepwater oil and gas fields on behalf of Chevron Corp. – who owns ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2012 By Maritime Attorney
On Friday, January 13, on the first day of its week-long Mediterranean cruise, an Italian cruise ship called the Costa Concordia ran aground near the reef off of Isola del Giglio. There was an ...
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Posted on Jan 6, 2012 By Maritime Lawyer
On Christmas of 2011, a Vietnamese ship, the Vinalines Queen, went missing while delivering a cargo of 54,400 tons of nickel ore. Now, five days after the initial wreck, it is unclear where the ship ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
A new platform design for supply vessels has been designed by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands. A number of the vessels are planned to launch in early 2013, all of which will boast the updated ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
The Atlantis field in Green Canyon, block 743 in the Gulf of Mexico continues to be a work in progress. This is well evidenced by the fact that BP Exploration & Production Inc. has recently ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Offshore Injury Attorney
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has long been a political topic of controversy regarding the matters of offshore drilling. The Arctic refuge is believed to be a source of up to 90 billion ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Offshore Injury Attorney
Reforms concerning the offshore oil industry are still underway. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) continues in its efforts to define and enforce the newest ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Offshore Accident Lawyer
A little more than 300km southwest of New Orleans, at the Gulf of Mexico's 427 blocks in Garden Banks, sits the Cardamom Oil and Gas Field. Currently under development, this Shell-owned area is ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
October has been a month of deep exploration into the deepest depths of the ocean. At the forefront of these explorations are offshore oil companies that are desperate to uncover new resources to ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
The Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the ship's demise as the incident – which involved a fire , flood and evacuation of the ship – ultimately ended in another ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2011 By Offshore Injury Attorney
Volumes I and II of the investigations and reports made into the explosive destruction of the Deepwater Horizon were recently issued by The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
Our legal team at Arnold & Itkin has always gone above and beyond in our efforts to provide high-quality legal assistance in complex litigation. Over the last five years alone, we have been proud ...
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