Eyes Off the Water: The NTSB Report on the Fatal M/V Miss Peggy Collision
Two years after a towboat capsized in our own Houston [...]
“The Golden Tide”: A Record Sargassum Bloom, the Fleets Sent to Fight It, and the Law That Rides With Its Crews
A record mass of sargassum seaweed is smothering Caribbean and [...]
U.S. Gulf Lease Sales: The “Blocks” on the Auction Block
Sixteen companies bid $82.7 million for the right to drill [...]
An Ancient Promise at Sea: How Maintenance and Cure Crossed a Thousand Years and Every Ocean
From the medieval Rolls of Oléron to the courts of [...]
Lines Drawn in the Water: Who Owns the Sea, and Who May Charge You to Cross It
Repeatedly, Iran and Oman are close to a “deal” that [...]
The Rarest Bird on the Water: National Eagle Scout Day and the Mariners It Made
August 1 is National Eagle Scout Day — a salute [...]
The Fourth Arm of Defense: American Merchant Mariners Finally Receive Their Medals
On July 17, 2026, a civilian-crewed ship received the Presidential [...]
Who Decides Who Decides? The Fifth Circuit’s Hill v. Jackson Offshore Decision and the Hidden Power of Arbitration Clauses
A single sentence in a post-injury arbitration agreement decided not [...]
The Guardian and the Tollbooth: What a 20% Hormuz Fee Would Mean for the Crews Who Sail It
The United States has declared itself “the Guardian of the [...]
Lone Star Leading Them All: Galveston’s T/S Elissa Takes America’s 250th By Storm
For a Texas maritime lawyer, it is a rare pleasure [...]