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COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shipping

COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Surveyors inspect the punctured hull of the offshore support vessel Thunder after it was accidentally struck by the bulk carrier Bunun Queen just south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on July 22, 2022. Investigators found that at the time of the collision, Bunun Queen's master and second officer were both engaged in non-navigational tasks instead of maintaining a proper lookout as required by international law.
Accidents

COLUMN | Lessons from outside the bubble: what the shipping industry could learn about safety from other sectors [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
COLUMN | Quick updates: tanker bonanza: Euronav and Frontline sell VLCCs and invest in offshore; sinking Suezmax threatens Oman [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Quick updates: tanker bonanza: Euronav and Frontline sell VLCCs and invest in offshore; sinking Suezmax threatens Oman [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
COLUMN | Summer Shorts 2026: The Odyssey; You Can't Win; the Nord Stream conspiracy; fake tan/fake ministry [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Summer Shorts 2026: The Odyssey; You Can't Win; the Nord Stream conspiracy; fake tan/fake ministry [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Some of the plastic nurdles that are believed to have originated from a stack of containers that had fallen overboard from the feeder ship BG Orange at the Port of Tyne in the UK on July 19, 2026. The containers fell after BG Orange was accidentally struck by the wind turbine installation vessel Wind Orca as the latter was manoeuvring to depart the port on the said date.
Shipping

COLUMN | Transporting hazardous cargo: are today's shippers taking on too much risk? [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Application of finite element analysis in the design of a vessel's hull
Shipping

COLUMN | Finite element analysis software: understanding its limitations and why engineering judgment still matters [Aft Lines]

John Kecsmar
COLUMN | End of the road or a new beginning? Global Marine Group, Orange and the global cable opportunity [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | End of the road or a new beginning? Global Marine Group, Orange and the global cable opportunity [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
COLUMN | Flip, flip, flip: DOF sells to Uthalden, Fredriksen sells to DOF, Borealis sells to both DOF and Uthalden [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Flip, flip, flip: DOF sells to Uthalden, Fredriksen sells to DOF, Borealis sells to both DOF and Uthalden [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze on the Turkish-flagged LPG tanker Orinda after it was hit by a Russian drone at the Port of Izmail in Ukraine, November 17, 2025.
Shipping

COLUMN | Seafarers: another category of non-combatants who always seem to be in the line of fire [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
COLUMN | How will the Seacor Marine saga end? [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | How will the Seacor Marine saga end? [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
COLUMN | On the defensive: Thales, Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin buy marine technology players; BP sells in Canada [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | On the defensive: Thales, Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin buy marine technology players; BP sells in Canada [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain prepares to depart from a drydock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, November 27, 2018.
Shipping

COLUMN | The high cost of neglecting ship repairs [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
COLUMN | BP: beyond petroleum, beyond perdition or just bad performance? (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | BP: beyond petroleum, beyond perdition or just bad performance? (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
A shipyard in Gdynia, Poland
Shipping

COLUMN | The hidden curriculum: why learning by doing should be the norm in naval architecture [Aft Lines]

John Kecsmar
COLUMN | BP: beyond petroleum, beyond perdition or just bad performance? (part one of two)
Offshore

COLUMN | BP: beyond petroleum, beyond perdition or just bad performance? (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
COLUMN | Bang! The gavel falls again: Saipem and ADES; Seacor for sale; death penalty in CNOOC; Gabon corruption; “dark fleet” master in the dock (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Bang! The gavel falls again: Saipem and ADES; Seacor for sale; death penalty in CNOOC; Gabon corruption; “dark fleet” master in the dock (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
COLUMN | Bang! The gavel falls again: Saipem and ADES; Seacor for sale; death penalty in CNOOC; Gabon corruption; “dark fleet” master in the dock (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Bang! The gavel falls again: Saipem and ADES; Seacor for sale; death penalty in CNOOC; Gabon corruption; “dark fleet” master in the dock (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
A group of deck cadets having a lighthearted moment on the product tanker Maersk Curacao
Shipping

COLUMN | The wellbeing officer: a friend to anyone working a lonely job on a ship [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
COLUMN | The gavel bangs: justice is served in London and Hamburg but not in the Arabian Sea (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
Tankers

COLUMN | The gavel bangs: justice is served in London and Hamburg but not in the Arabian Sea (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
COLUMN | The gavel bangs: justice is served in London and Hamburg but not in the Arabian Sea (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | The gavel bangs: justice is served in London and Hamburg but not in the Arabian Sea (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
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