(Dow Jones) Offshore oil-drilling contractor Transocean Ltd., newly clear of some legal clouds from its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, faces significant operational and financial challenges that [...]
We asked the question this evening on our Facebook page and thought you all might be interested in seeing some of the responses… What’s the worst sea you’ve ever been in? [...]
In an ideal world, shipping companies would give captains a blank check to purchase all the latest equipment and materials to help make their ships safer, however considering the financial [...]
This is Leviathan; from the “North French Miscellany”, a Hebrew manuscript written by Benjamin the Scribe, c.1277-86. posted by tony harrison on Flickr (via tentaclegarden) Leviathan is a sea monster [...]
The following article provided by the marine weather blog Ocean Weather Services blog and written by Fred Pickhardt, a professional marine meteorologist and owner of Ocean Weather Services. Ocean Weather [...]
Yesterday marked 32 years since the sinking of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crewmembers lost their lives during the Coast Guard’s worst peacetime disaster, and a memorial [...]
HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Chevron Corp. (CVX) is being conservative about spending its abundant cash because it wants to be prepared for the right acquisition opportunity, the company top executive said [...]
At this year’s Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Washington, DC, I sat down for a chat with Joe Rella, Chief Operating Officer and President of Austal USA Shipbuilding. RA: [...]
A bridge in western Kentucky has partially collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship Thursday night. According to officials, two spans of the U.S. 68/KY 80 bridge over Kentucky [...]
Based on the precedent that Brazilian authorities have set with the astronomical fines recently charged to Chevron, the answer is yes. Dow Jones reports on an oil spill from [...]
More than 250 million people each year are affected by natural disasters. The annual number of natural disasters has more than doubled since 1980 as a result of climate change, [...]
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled yesterday that Transocean’s contract with BP, while drilling the Macondo Well, shielded Transocean from any pollution-related claims resulting from the largest accidental oil spill [...]
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