Offshore

Gregory Point near Coos Bay, Ore., is one ocean overlook where future wind turbines could be visible. Oregon tribes say the 'viewshed' looking seaward is an important cultural resource for tribal members' connection to the ocean. BOEM image.

Oregon fishermen reject offshore wind changes; tribes see ‘green colonialism’

Kirk Moore

The first turbine for New York’s South Fork Wind project set sail from the Port of New London, Conn., on Nov. 1 in preparation for first power. The first of 12 turbines began delivering power in early December. South Fork Wind

Offshore wind faces economic reckoning

Jim Redden

The Port of New Haven, England's floating concrete breakwater will provide safe berthing facilities for crew transfer vessels supporting the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. IMCS photo

CTV upgrade completed for England offshore wind farm

WorkBoat Staff

The new SOV is designed for safety, comfort and efficiency while minimizing environmental impact. BMT rendering

BMT unveils new 182' SOV design

WorkBoat Staff

The 2022 edition provides analysis into 29 maritime casualties: two capsized vessels, three collisions, seven contacts made, nine fires/explosions, one flooding/hull failure, six groundings/strandings, and one vessel that experienced machinery damage. NTSB web site image

Top 10 2023 News Story: Safety improves but incidents continue

Ben Hayden

The first eight steel monopile foundations for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project arrived Oct. 19 in Portsmouth, Va. Dominion Energy photo.

Dominion gets Virginia offshore wind approval

WorkBoat Staff

The vessels will be built to USCG Subchapter I and L regulations. Hornbeck Offshore Services image

Eastern Shipbuilding to complete construction of Hornbeck MPSVs

Ben Hayden

The Seacor Ohio. Photo courtesy Seacor Marine Holdings

Seacor to upgrade four PSVs with Kongsberg energy storage systems

WorkBoat Staff

New Jersey energy planners award two new offshore wind bids

Kirk Moore

Production was on track to exceed two million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2023. BOEM image

Top 10 2023 News Story: Uplift continues in the Gulf

Jim Redden

On Jan. 19, 2023, BOEM published its propsed revisions in the Federal Register and received over 15,500 public comments. Shell photo

BOEM finalizes revisions to bid adequacy procedures for oil and gas lease sales

WorkBoat Staff

The liftboat Robert toppled to port on Nov. 21, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Gale-force winds, high waves led to tilting of elevated liftboat, NTSB says

WorkBoat Staff

All sectors of the workboat industry has felt the pinch of personnel problems. Ken Hocke photo

Top 10 2023 News Story: Labor: A growing problem

Pamela Glass