The Latest From Our Columnists

COLUMN | Is DOF sacking seafarers, and is Cadeler missing its targets? [Offshore Accounts]
A Boeing hydrofoil ferry operating on the route between Hong Kong and Macau, 2007
Kotug International Founder Ton Kooren with his son Kotug President and CEO Ard-Jan Kooren and Kotug CFO Margo Kok-van der Wal
COLUMN | All I want for Christmas: Tidewater and its hunt for a choice gift this holiday season [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | Slow news week: AHTS exodus, drilling contract awards, and new exploration activity off Greece, Gabon and Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shore-based remote operation centre overseeing fully autonomous navigation by the container vessel Suzaku in Tokyo Bay, March 1, 2022
Portland Bay at the time of the incident
COLUMN | Budget Bingo: a handy game to pass the time during offshore companies' 2026 budget meetings [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | The end of the world? Borr and Vantage clients sanctioned; more Bourbon boats on the block; Tidewater downgraded; ASL silent [Offshore Accounts]
IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez and the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee adjourn discussions on the adoption of the net-zero framework for one year, October 17, 2025.
COLUMN | Fatal explosions in Batam shipyard: Investors don’t care, boards are weak, and the families likely get peanuts [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | An empire of wind, built on sand? Maersk, Seatrium, Equinor, Orsted; Lithuania; Ming Yang in UK; Dong Fang Offshore heads west [Offshore Accounts]
The tanker Pablo shown here after it suffered an onboard explosion that killed three of its crew while off southern Malaysia, May 1, 2023. The vessel is registered to Gabon, a known flag of convenience favoured by ship operators wishing to circumvent international sanctions.
COLUMN | Colours of my dream: Bluewhale drilling; Blackwater founder back; green lights from Eni [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | More, more, more! Part two of two: Mozambique gas; ICBC price cuts; Italian Navy goes for subsea ship; more suspicious Russian ships; Ukraine strikes Black Sea terminals [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | More, more, more! Part one of two: Azerbaijan corruption; Santos and Woodside underperformance [Offshore Accounts]
Captain and crew on ship's bridge
COLUMN | Quick updates: Astro buys; ICBC sells; PetroVietnam buys; ADES pays more; ADNOC doesn’t buy; Baku corruption [Offshore Accounts]
COLUMN | Icebreakers and ICE raids: mixed messages for US shipbuilding renaissance [Offshore Accounts]
A houseboat leaving lock six on the Murray River near Morgan, South Australia
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