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The Maritime Law Association of the United States (MLA) was founded in 1899 and was inspired by the formation of the International Maritime Committee, also known as Comité Maritime International (CMI), three years before. Admiralty and maritime laws govern navigation and shipping that occurs in U.S. tidal waters and any waters within the United States used for navigation (considered “navigable waters”). Navigable waters generally include all oceans, any large lakes or rivers that can be used for commercial shipping and are divided into territorial waters, and the high seas. Territorial waters are close to land; high seas are waters further away from land. Maritime law, admiralty law, marine law, the law of marine insurance and the law of the sea, barges, ships, shipping, commercial vessels, fisheries, offshore oil and gas rigs, semi-submersible drilling rigs, jack-up drilling rigs, commerce, seamen, passengers and cargoes, salvage, towing and towage, wharves, piers, docks, insurance, maritime liens, canals, pleasure and recreation water craft, and even piracy (ship hijacking) all fall under the admiralty/maritime law category. Continued... By Margie Monin