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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.
COLUMN | BP: beyond petroleum, beyond perdition or just bad performance? (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
A shipyard in Gdynia, Poland
COLUMN | BP: beyond petroleum, beyond perdition or just bad performance? (part one of two)
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]
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]
A group of deck cadets having a lighthearted moment on the product tanker Maersk Curacao
COLUMN | The gavel bangs: justice is served in London and Hamburg but not in the Arabian Sea (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | The gavel bangs: justice is served in London and Hamburg but not in the Arabian Sea (part one of two) [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | Just do your job: Singapore and Malaysia, port state inspections, Tanzania flag and the sad case of Golden Star 1 [Offshore Accounts]
Unsplash William07 Container vessels at a terminal
COLUMN | Eldorado and Vantage Drilling: a merger of equals? [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | Stranger things at ASL Marine: a third fatal accident occurs; Indonesian prosecutors detain seven staff [Offshore Accounts]
An armed USV developed by Turkey's Dearsan Shipyard
COLUMN | Golden opportunities in the North Sea: platform supply vessels and the wind turbine market? [Offshore Accounts]
Smoke billows from the Thai-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree after it was struck by a projectile off the coast of Oman, March 11, 2026.
COLUMN | What does China's "Crimson Tide" tell us about Asia-Pacific geopolitics? Operation Hadal, the People's Liberation Army Navy and perceptions of the West
COLUMN | Judge me by my results: eight takeaways from Tidewater's reporting [Offshore Accounts]
The expedition cruise ship Hondius, where an outbreak of hantavirus in April 2026 resulted in multiple confirmed cases and three deaths.
COLUMN | Courting disaster? Heavy hitters in offshore get their day in court (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
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