Sentences with phrase «vessel owners»

Defended vessel owners in personal injury and death cases brought by Jones Act seamen, and in recreational boating cases

David's experience includes on board emergency response (including dealing with the Transportation Safety Board, Transport Canada, the United States Coast Guard, the National Transportation Safety Board and other regulatory agencies) on behalf of vessel owners.

The team regularly represents vessel owners and their crew who are being prosecuted by inshore fisheries and conservation authorities or the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and has experience in acting for owners of foreign - owned vessels.

In Fishing Vessel Owners», Justice Addy all but declared that the authority to add an intervenor to an existing litigation, though neither plaintiff nor defendant, and in the absence of a triable issue in his / her regard in the pleadings, is a authority the court has because of its inherent jurisdiction.

The Seafish Economics Team is carrying out a study to investigate the impact of the Landing Obligation on demersal and nephrops vessel owners» strategic intentions for their businesses.

Quay Issues looks at some of the challenges facing the industry and the creative and innovative approaches fishing vessel owners around the country are taking to overcome them.

The DVD will assist vessel owners and operators, merchant mariner unions, maritime academies, and other maritime organizations with training U.S.

Seaworthy Vessel A vessel owner has an obligation to exercise due diligence to make his vessel seaworthy and to properly man, equip, and supply the vessel.

The Maritime Group has extensive experience in defending commercial vessel owners in seamen's personal injury and death actions.

• Acting in relation to the grounding of a Greek registered bulk carrier including GA and salvage award claims and litigation against vessel owners arising from failures in the vessel's SMS and negligent navigation; and

Brian's representative experience in ship finance and corporate matters includes representing international (such as Republic of the Marshall Islands and Liberian) and domestic financial institutions and vessel owners in the acquisition, finance, registration, enforcement, joint venture, offering and other transactional documents as well as the formation, restructuring and mergers of offshore and domestic entities.

With assistance from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds and Canada's Ship - Source Oil Pollution Fund, that vessel owner would be expected to muster a maximum of $ 1.36 billion for a single spill, according to Kinder Morgan.

However, if a tanker were to have a spill in Burrard Inlet or Vancouver Harbour, the vessel owner would be the responsible party.

The lawyers, led by an official at the Prime Minister's office, tried to turn natural resource provision upside down in favour of the vessel owners, but to its credit the parliamentary committee in charge restored the original language of the clause proposed by the Constitutional Council.

Some of these provisions are feared by politicians owing their careers to, inter alia, unequal voting rights and the umbilical cord binding them to vessel owners, the major beneficiaries of the deeply discriminatory management of Iceland's natural resources.

Vessel owners should be encouraged to implement as many options as possible to meet and exceed emission reduction standards,» said Beverly Altimore, executive director of the U.S. Shippers Association.

After operating several passenger carrying vessels in the 50 to 90 foot class he became a vessel owner of the 55 footSeahawk, out of Santa Barbara's Sea Landing.

During the time your claim is filed, the vessel owner is responsible for paying for your medical coverage (called «cure») and to pay an injured worker a daily allowance (called «maintenance.»)

Matthew Moeller is the owner of the Moeller Firm LLC where he represents shipyards, vessel owners and operators, contractors, and other maritime businesses.

These attorneys also handle transactional maritime matters including ship financing and represent a range of clients from insurance companies to vessel owners and individuals on both a large and small scale.

The practice also provides non-contentious and contentious services to vessel owners, yacht brokers, marine insurers, P&I clubs, marina operators, racing sailors, high - net - worth individuals, shipping companies, harbour authorities and fish producers» organisations.

MG+M has successfully represented clients throughout the maritime industry, including boat manufacturers, insurers, marine equipment manufacturers, shipyards, boat dealerships, yacht clubs and marinas, vessel owners, charterers, and operators, in all forms of maritime and marine casualty claims.

Brad's clients have included oil, technology and insurance companies, marine classification societies, vessel owners and charterers, cargo interests, marine construction and dredging companies, and salvage companies.

A seaman who successfully pursues an action against his employer or a vessel owner may recover damages for the following:

Under the Jones Act, an injured seaman must prove that negligence of the vessel owner, master, crewmember, employer, or otherwise unsafe conditions caused or contributed to his or her injury.

A vessel owner is obligated to provide a seaworthy vessel to all who enter it.

FFS HK Ltd. v. «P.T. 25» (The), 2010 BCSC 1675: Acted as co-counsel to a senior member of the firm in defending a vessel owner for a claim for damages arising from a spill of bunkering fuel and successfully arguing that its apportionment of the damages be set at 50 %.

In 0782855 BC Ltd v Canada (Minister of Transport), 2012 TATCE 4 (Review), Mr. Wharton represented the vessel owner and took the matter to review before the TATC, which determined that such a charter arrangement and services agreement by the owner did not compromise the bareboat charter relationship, effectively overturning the Transport Canada policy.

Specifically, under certain circumstances you can file a lawsuit against your employer «in its capacity as a vessel owner».

Jack specialises in shipping advising on both wet and dry matters for vessel owners, P&I clubs, hull underwriters, salvors, charterers, managers, brokers and ports.

Bernard LLP lawyer W. Gary Wharton successfully represented a vessel owner in a recent case before the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (TATC).

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