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Ferry boat operations involve unique hazards that expose crew members to significant injury risks while working on navigable waters. Unlike standard employees who typically rely on traditional workers' compensation systems, maritime workers injured on ferry boats have...
The Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) are crucial legislation designed to protect those working on the sea and along the docks. The Jones Act requires goods moved between U.S. ports to travel on U.S.-built, owned and operated...
Rhode Island has a significant maritime presence. It has several busy ports, such as the Ports of Providence and Davisville, which handle substantial cargo and vessel traffic. It also has smaller ports, such as the Ports of Galilee, Newport, Jerusalem and...
The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) is a little-known federal law that protects Rhode Island workers who are injured in the course of their employment in navigable waters. it also provides death benefits to dependents in the event that the...
Most Rhode Island employees who are injured in on-the-job accidents are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, but these programs do not protect mariners who work on vessels in international waters. That is one of the reasons why Congress passed the Merchant...
The ships that bring goods into Rhode Island from other parts of the United States are American vessels. That is because the Jones Act, passed in 1920, prohibits foreign vessels from transporting goods between American ports. The Department of Homeland Security issued...
The Jones Act is a particularly controversial law being debated in Rhode Island and other maritime states. It was originally passed to promote American shipping. But in the past century, the nature of the global economy has changed drastically. There is continuous...
There has been considerable discussion in the media regarding the supply chain for products in the United States, particularly in coastal states like Rhode Island where many workers earn their living in the shipping industry. One of the potential reasons that shipping...
