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Posted on May 16, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
The Chinese ore-carrying company Rongsheng is poised to enter the rig building field, sources say. They now have orders to construct offshore rigs which is a branch out from their typical shipbuilding ...
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Posted on May 14, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
A containership was traveling off the coast of Puerto Rico when it suddenly sustained a blast that caused it to take on water. At the time of the incident, there were 25 people on board. The crew ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
According to a recent study, the human factor is the biggest challenge right now to the oil and gas industry. Near half of all factors that pose a safety risk to offshore workers is human error. Many ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
The captain of a German ferry vessel is facing serious charges after his vessel was involved in a collision with another ferry. At first it was suspected that there may have been an equipment ...
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Posted on May 7, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
Reduced crew levels on ships is causing an increased level of risk to professional mariners, the environment and the general population, a Masters, Mates & Pilots union representative testified ...
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Posted on May 3, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
ExxonMobil recently began drilling operations for their LNG project off the coast of Western Australia. This project includes ten wells and will take about two years. Reports state that this ...
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Posted on May 1, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
Four crew members taking part in the Newport Beach-to-Ensenada offshore race were killed on Saturday off the coast of San Diego, just days after an offshore fatality in the Farallon Islands prompted ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration is a maritime research organization that works to create accurate charts so that maritime workers can be accurately informed of the environment that is ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
The maritime industry is getting new regulations when it comes to fire safety training. Many maritime training schools have started implementing these new rules into their curriculum so that the ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
A log-carrying vessel ran into problems with hurricane-like conditions caused the load to shift during navigation. According to reports, there were 70-mph winds at the time at which point backup was ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
In a tragic Kentucky Lake accident, a cargo vessel caused severe damage to a highway bridge. The ship's owner said that at the time of the accident, the bridge's lights were not working which ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
Alaska oil company, Doyon Drilling Inc., is currently investigating the death of one of their workers. The man died on April 9 th of this year while working as a roustabout pusher on the North Slope ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
In 2010, the Gulf of Mexico had around 30 deep water rigs in operation. This number is staggering, considering that deep water drilling is still in its infant stages. After the BP oil spill of the rig ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
Experts are saying that by the year 2017 the United States could be the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the entire world. Right now the leaders are Qatar and Australia. This title ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
A 150-meter Italian tanker ship became stuck against dangerous rocks during a terrible storm. At the time of the accident the ship was taking on lots of water in the engine room. The position of the ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
U.S. shipping companies are becoming increasingly worried about the challenges they know are right around the corner when it comes to aging ships. Experts say that vessels are going to start retiring ...
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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 Mar 14, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
Indian police arrested a man on Monday, March 12 th , for a fatal hit-and-run accident off the coast of Kerala. The man arrested was the captain of a Singapore carrier ship. He was arrested on charges ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
This past Saturday, March 10th, a cargo ship collided with a reefer ship in the Caribbean. The collision caused major damage to both vessels, but no one was injured. The cargo ship took on water after ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Offshore Injury Attorney
Huisman Company recently delivered successfully a 600 ton crane to an offshore wind turbine on a jack-up vessel, the Neptune. This new environmentally friendly crane is also going to lower operation ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2012 By Offshore Injury Lawyer
Drilling for oil is a dangerous career choice. The fatality rate for oil and gas extraction workers is eight times higher than the national on-the-job average. But you might not know that, instead of ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By Maritime Attorney
The Gulf of Mexico is filled with lift boats, jack up rigs , drilling rigs and platforms . These structures are all necessary for the retrieval of gas and oil from the region's rich mineral ...
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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 Offshore Personal Injury Attorney
Yet another ship collision occurred last week off Italy's Coast in the Straits of Gibralter, this time between a high speed ferry and a merchant ferry. The high speed ferry Millennium Dos was ...
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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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