BRISTOL — There is a new journal in town, a premier scholarly publication dedicated to all aspects of admiralty and maritime law in the United States. Roger Williams University School of Law is the ...

The United States Supreme Court first recognized products liability, including strict liability, as part of the general maritime law in East River Steamship S.S. Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval, Inc., ...

President Joe Biden is working to get your shipping costs down. Biden on Thursday signed the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which supporters believe will make ocean transported goods less ...

The author discusses the key differences between the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (“COGSA”), which defines the basic relationship between ocean carrier and cargo owner, and the Harter Act, which ...

Legislation aimed at curbing the power of the container shipping industry, which has seen prices increase tenfold during the pandemic, breezed through the House Monday and could head to the Oval ...

Thomas "Buddy" Bardenwerper during his time at the U.S. Coast Guard before his medical retirement. Courtesy photo. When the cruise ferry Caribbean Fantasy began to burn off Puerto Rico, Thomas "Buddy" ...