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The Shearer Group, Inc. Celebrates 10 Years

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na-kika-boem — Servicing multiple fields, Na Kika is located 140 miles southeast of New Orleans in 6,340 feet of water. It is designed to process up to 130,000 barrels of oil and 550 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. Photo courtesy of BOEM

Covid natural gas lift

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pbm-6 — New York has committed $15 million to train local workers and build out port infrastructure. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier photo

Offshore wind will change the landscape of maritime workers’ compensation

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VHF radio technology has come a long way in the past 20 years. — U.S. Coast Guard photo

Performing a VHF marine radio check

U.S. Coast Guard

Legal-Talk-Generic-Gavel-CC-Blogtrepreneur — Creative Commons image by Blogtrepreneur.

Salvaging a corpse and filing a salvage claim

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OSV at the C-Port at Port Fourchon — Offshore service vessels docked at Port Fourchon, La. WorkBoat file photo

Getting back to work after Covid-19

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JOO_Breeze — Jackson Offshore's 4,357-dwt OSV Breeze. Photo courtesy of Jackson Offshore

Offshore energy sector looks to 2021

David Krapf

Transocean drillships — The ultradeepwater Transocean drillships Deepwater Thalassa and Deepwater Proteus. Transocean photo

WorkBoat stocks post small loss in September

David Krapf

Golding barge tow — A Golding Barge Line towboat and its tank barge tow. Golding Barge Line photo

Barge shipments of oil drop almost 50%

Ken Hocke

Safety: Where the action is

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MMA — Massachusetts Maritime Academy photo

Young people are our future

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olmsted-lock-dam-construction-inside-cofferdam — Workers on the Olmsted Dam place tremie concrete inside the Left Boat Abutment Cofferdam on October 4th, 2016. In the background, Nav Pass Shell #9 is being lowered by the Catamaran Barge onto the river bottom. The LBA will serve as a landing point for t.

Approval of key waterways bill likely to be delayed

Pamela Glass

Emily-Ann-tug-cruise-ship — Donjon Marine's tugboat Emily Ann passes the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway and a fuel barge at New York's West Side piers. Kirk Moore photo.

Plan ahead and be aware — Part II

WorkBoat Staff