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The Strait of Hormuz is open again, but the story isn't over. While thousands of seafarers remain stranded and Somali piracy surges, one shipowner has quietly made one of the year's biggest fortunes — moving oil on tankers running "dark," with their tracking systems switched off.
Our new post asks the question the headlines skip: who profits when crews are sent through a war zone in the dark, and what does the law say when one of them is hurt? A ship may run dark, but an owner's duty to her crew never does.

Dark Ship, Rich Cargo: The Profit in Running the Strait Dark - Herd Law Firm In the past, we covered how ships and crew have survived stranded in the Strait of Hormuz; some “running dark” with their transponders off, crews in constant danger of bombs, bullets, missiles and mines, hunted by foreign navies and pirates alike. But are the profits worth the risk? Now, the

Imagine a nuclear power plant built in a shipyard, towed out to sea, and moored off the coast to keep an island's lights on. It's not a hypothetical anymore — it's one of the fastest-moving ideas in offshore energy right now. ⚛
But new offshore work brings new risks. Who trains the workers? Whose law protects them when something goes wrong out on the water?
Our newest article looks at where floating nuclear power is headed — and why it matters for everyone who builds, tows, and works these waters.

Floating Nuclear Power: A New Offshore Energy Frontier? - Herd Law Firm Small modular reactors, shipyard construction, island energy security, and the maritime law questions that may follow. Floating nuclear power is emerging as one of the more significant new concepts in offshore energy. Once treated as a niche or experimental idea, floating nuclear power plants are re...

The chief engineer of the containership M/V Dali has admitted criminal wrongdoing in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster. Two years on, the full shape of the legal reckoning is finally coming into view — and it matters for every maritime worker who has ever been told to look the other way. 🚢

A Deal in the Dark: The M.V. Dali’s Chief Engineer, a Flushing Pump, and the Price of Silence - Herd Law Firm The chief engineer of the containership M.V. Dali has admitted criminal wrongdoing in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster. Two years on, the full shape of the legal reckoning is finally coming into view — and it matters for every maritime worker who has ever been told to look the other way.

A consumer watchdog has just tallied up the groups (and the billions) spent trying to narrow mariner’s access to the courthouse. Here is why a deckhand, a tankerman, or a longshoreman should read past the headlines, and what is at stake for anyone who earns a living on the water. ⚓

The Price of a Closed Courthouse Door: A New Report on "Tort Reform" and Maritime Workers (and others!) - Herd Law Firm A consumer watchdog has just tallied up the groups (and the billions) spent trying to narrow mariner’s access to the courthouse. Here is why a deckhand, a tankerman, or a longshoreman should read past the headlines, and what is at stake for anyone who earns a living on the water. 1834, a half-blin...