Depression rates are up, and so are incidences of domestic violence in St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana. This was one of the worst hit areas when Katrina

Measures are already being taken to protect vessels, aircraft and workers responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The storm is projected

The ship worker somehow became trapped and crushed between several giant rolls of paper on the vessel.  The man was injured, and paramedics stabilized him before they

The Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration and NATO have warned of a possible increase in piracy along the Somali coastline, as the monsoon season ends, creating ripe

Schechter, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P. is a firm of aggressive trial lawyers founded by Arthur Schechter in 1964. The Houston-based maritime law firm has over 45 years

A family fishing trip turned deadly for a 13-year-old boy in Newport, Virginia last week.  The boy was killed in a boating accident involving his fishing boat

It seems like almost weekly we hear about a cruise ship scandal involving a missing passenger, crew member accident or other strange story.  Perhaps this increase in maritime

The US Coast Guard evacuated a crewmember from a tanker 100 miles west of San Diego on Monday.  The man, a 53-year-old Latvian national had suffered hand