Overview
Liskow has substantial experience representing clients before the National Transportation Safety Board and the United States Coast Guard, and several recent hearings of high-profile vessel incidents reflect that experience. For example, the firm represents the owners, charterers, and operators of the car carrier M/V GOLDEN RAY, which capsized and grounded near Brunswick, Georgia on September 8, 2019, with more than 5,000 vehicles bound for the Middle East onboard. A Marine Board of Investigation hearing was held soon after the capsizing on September 14-22, 2019. See Coast Guard – Golden Ray Formal Investigation Hearing (uscg.mil). The capsizing is considered one of the costliest shipwrecks in U.S. history.
Liskow recently represented the time charterer of the L/B SEACOR POWER which capsized and sank in federal waters off the coast of Louisiana. A Marine Board of Investigation hearing was held in August 2021. See Seacor Power – Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (uscg.mil). Nineteen personnel were aboard the 175-story liftboat, which was in transit to a platform located in Main Pass 138 on the Outer Continental Shelf. Six personnel were rescued by the Coast Guard and Good Samaritan vessels, and thirteen personnel perished.
