Viewpoints

EVs are simply better for the environment

BOEM image

More problems for US wind

Jim Redden

River Queen_American Queen copy — BB Riverboats' River Queen passes by the American Queen on the Ohio River in Cincinnati. David Krapf photo

To tow or not to tow?

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Creative Commons photo/Alan Levine. — Creative Commons photo Alan Levine

Diesel: The latest energy disrupter

G. Allen Brooks

MV Champion crew change 2 — Cody Foster photo

Job-related fatalities in towing industry remained low in 2022

Pamela Glass

bp_thunderhorse_platform_dusk — In January 2017, BP started up the Thunder Horse South Expansion in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, a major project that added a new subsea production system roughly two miles to the south of the existing Thunder Horse platform. BP photo.

BP reset with Looney out?

G. Allen Brooks

Photo credit Ørsted

Offshore wind woes

G. Allen Brooks

The statutory mandate was enacted after the sinking of the Stretch Duck 7 on July 19, 2018. NTSB photo

Coast Guard issues interim rule for duck boats

WorkBoat Staff

Professional mariners deploy equipment used to measure the seawater’s salinity, temperature and depth from NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker. NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations/Maideline Sanchez photo

NOAA holding job fairs in Massachusetts and Rhode Island

WorkBoat Staff

The Belle of Cincinnati. BB Riverboats photo

Red Bull's Flugtag Cincinnati 2023

Capt. Alan Bernstein

The Conception was anchored in Platts Harbor, off Santa Cruz Island, Calif., when it caught fire in the early morning of Sept. 2, 2019. Ventura County Fire Department

NTSB renews call for Coast Guard to strengthen passenger vessel safety

Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard challenges mount

Ken Hocke

First Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale falls flat. BOEM photo

GOM wind lease sale disappoints but doesn't surprise

G. Allen Brooks