Multiple media outlets report the Coast Guard has medevaced a 57-year-old passenger Wednesday morning from the Carnival cruise ship Splendor. A Coast Guard Air Station located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina dispatched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to assist the passenger in need of medical assistance. The helicopter arrived on scene […]
Author: Keith S. Brais
The Maritime Law Association of the United States has recently included an article about a case handled by BBR in its annual publication. Founded in 1899, the MLA comprises of maritime lawyers, judges, admiralty law professors, and non-lawyers who are selected because they hold responsible positions in the maritime field […]
Sad new coming from New Orleans. Carnival Cruise Lines acknowledges a Carnival Conquest crew member died Sunday morning at the Port of New Orleans while working on the cruise ship’s exterior. The accident occurred when the crew member was performing maintenance work on the side of the vessel while the […]
The Coast Guard reports that a helicopter crew was called to rescue a sick 67-year-old man from the QUEEN MARY II cruise ship on the night of October 16, 2013. After a conference call between the cruise ship and the Coast Guard’s district flight surgeon, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was […]
A 45-foot boat hired by a group of friends began to take on water then capsize in Biscayne Bay just off the Miami Seaquarium Sunday afternoon. Reports reveal the group was coming back from a party spot when the boat started sink. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission […]