Viewpoints

The Shell-operated Appomattox floating production system in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell image

Renewables: Not so fast

Jim Redden

USCGC John Midgett operates near Dutch Harbor, Alaska — Coast Guard members return to the Coast Guard Cutter John Midgett aboard a small boat while the crew of the cutter operates near Dutch Harbor, Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Taylor Martin.

Challenges lie ahead for the Coast Guard

Pamela Glass

barge-tows-transit-co-river-locks-matagorda-tx_usace — Corps of Engineers photo

Heavy maintenance schedule tightens barge supply

Pamela Glass

Ocean Wind website rendering

Offshore wind moves forward, but bumps lie ahead

G. Allen Brooks

Atlantic Shores and the neighboring Ocean Wind 1 would be the first wind energy projects planned off New Jersey. BOEM graphic.

BOEM plays to a tough audience

Kirk Moore

North Atlantic right whale #3230 "Infinity" and her calf were struck off the coast of Florida in February 2021. The calf pictured died from the strike. Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission/NOAA permit 18786.

New federal rule threatens to shut down four Florida ports

BOEM image

No Texas welcome wagon for wind

Jim Redden

USCG conducts passenger vessel inspections in Long Beach harbor — A Coast Guard vessel inspector examines a passenger vessel's operational, mechanical, and safety systems during an annual inspection in Long Beach, Calif., in 2016. Coast Guard photo

The government, Coast Guard and small business

Capt. Alan Bernstein

Ørsted Gode Wind farm turbines off the coast of Germany. Ørsted photo

Bad week for offshore wind

G. Allen Brooks

Two locomotives and several hopper cars loaded with coal were derailed after encountering a barge resting against the shore that was too close to the train tracks. BNSF photo.

To improve safety find out what happens on your vessel

Michael Crowley

Credit: NOAA

It’s hurricane season

Joel Milton

Oil-traders-Houston-CC-oil-industry-news — Oil traders at work in Houston. Creative Commons photo by Oil Industry News.

Why aren't oil prices higher?

shipyard_repair_generic_cc_dave_ — https://www.flickr.com/photos/daver6/16652026298/

Updated survey requests

Dan Bookham