Maritime contracts are known for including choice-of-law provisions, designating a specific jurisdiction's laws to govern potential disputes. The enforceability of these provisions falls under federal ...

The location or situs of an injury does not demand that maritime law apply to indemnity clauses in an offshore service ...

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal law should prevail in a ...

In the early morning of March 26, the Singapore-registered container ship MV Dali, after losing power, collided with a main pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that spans the Patapsco River and the ...

The newly amended Maritime Law will help advance the high-quality development of China's shipping and trade sector, ...

Bonnie, has called for strong collaboration between the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) and Judicial Service for the establishment of specialised courts or dedicated divisions within the judiciary to ...

In Horak v. Argosy Gaming Co., 2002 WL 1559095 (Iowa July 17, 2002), Leticia Morales, after an evening of drinking before boarding and while aboard the BELLE of SIOUX CITY, died in a one-car accident, ...

China is enhancing its maritime legal framework and adjudication approach to support the high-quality development of its ...

BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -China summoned the Philippines' ambassador on Friday to express its objection to two new laws in the Southeast Asian nation asserting maritime rights and sovereignty over ...

The Republic of the Marshall Islands recently amended its maritime law and related regulations. Specifically, Section 302 of the Maritime Act of the Marshall Islands (the “Maritime Act”) has been ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws on Friday reaffirming the extent of his country's maritime territories and right to resources, including in the South ...