Viewpoints

Seacor Power hours after capsizing on its starboard side on April 13, 2021, with a Coast Guard response boat in the foreground and the liftboat Rockfish in the background. U.S. Coast Guard photo

NTSB again calls for personal locator beacons

Guest Author

U.S. Coast Guard Responds to Deepwater Horizon Explosion — Offshore service vessels battle the blazing remnants of the off-shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. USCG photo.

Seesawing safety rules

Jim Redden

USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — A Coast Guard vessel inspector examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif. Coast Guard photo

Streamlined Inspection Program is still effective

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Oil-traders-Houston-CC-oil-industry-news — Oil traders at work in Houston. Creative Commons photo by Oil Industry News.

Brent to reach $100 barrel by Christmas

WorkBoat file photo

A strong offshore leasing program is fundamental to our energy security

New website ties U.S. energy production to national parks, forests and wildlife refuges. BOEM photo

New website focuses on U.S. offshore energy’s public lands funding

The crew of the VERA BISSO (E.N. Bisso and Son) tug sets off to assist the bulk carrier JAG AALOK along the Mississippi River Baton Rouge, LA. Doug Stewart photo.

Working on a tug or towboat is ‘cool’

Pamela Glass

US Coast Guard rescue swimmers train off the coast of Atlantic City, NJ. Photo: USCG.

Personal locator beacons are the next step in lifesaving

Kirk Moore

WorkBoat Stock photo.

WorkBoat stocks dip 231 points in September

David Krapf

Soybean barge United Soybean Board — A soybean barge at a grain elevator in the Midwest. United Soybean Board photo

Concern grows over low water on the inland waterways

Guest Author

The workboat industry's personnel problems are well documented. WorkBoat file photo

Can an education-based website boost worker pool?

Ken Hocke

2016_January_RiverStars_BARGE_Still_4 — Photo courtesy of Ben Powell / BARGE

Don’t be a galley creature — Part III

Joel Milton

NYC Ferry repair — An NYC Ferry vessel hauled out for keel cooler repairs. NYEDC photo.

Underinsurance headache