Viewpoints

Legal issues surrounding offshore oil and gas operations are complicated. BP photo

Offshore operations: State, local and federal legal complexities

Crescent Towing photo

Learn the vernacular

Joel Milton

Ken Hocke photo

Use close calls to your advantage

Dan Bookham

Launch of U.S. Coast Guard cutter Argus. Justin Sides courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo

Are recruiting problems getting worse?

Ken Hocke

Hess holds a 30% interest in a huge Guyana oil deposit it is developing in partnership with ExxonMobil and Chinese national oil company CNOOC. Hess image.

Chevron/Hess acquisition and the Guyana asset

G. Allen Brooks

Tugs assist the 751' bulk carrier Jag Aalok on the Mississippi River. Doug Stewart photo.

State of the maritime industry through the eyes of Wells Fargo SVP Brett Hewitt

Ben Hayden

Steve Nevey, Washington State Ferries' Assistant Secretary. WSF photo

Washington State Ferries gets new boss

Bruce Buls

The New York City Fire Department’s fireboat Three Forty Three is outfitted with quad Hundested controllable pitch propellers. AB-Marine photo.

A workboat’s most vital equipment package is its propulsion system

Ken Hocke

Crowley photo

How to use an assist tug

Joel Milton

Coast Guard inspector boards a vessel during an inspection in the mid-Atlantic region. Coast Guard photo.

Build relationships that deliver lasting dividends

Capt. Alan Bernstein

An injured North Atlantic right whale calf in early January 2024, seen with injuries on the head, mouth, and left lip consistent with vessel strike. Forever Hooked Charters of South Carolina photo/via NOAA.

Protecting those who don’t have a voice in the maritime community

Tim Akpinar

barges — David Krapf photo

New barge deliveries up slightly from last year

Pamela Glass

gas-flaring-offshore-rig-caspain-sea-cc-dragonoil — Gas flaring on an offshore rig in the Caspian Sea. Creative Commons photo by Dragon Oil.

Price signals important for oil and gas activity

G. Allen Brooks