Much of Southeast Asia’s offshore infrastructure was built for a design life that has already passed. Those platforms are still producing, which means the operative question is no longer whether they last, but under what conditions they are allowed to. By MarineCraft Journal · 9 September 2026 · 10 mins read Design … Read more
Demurrage is the cost of a ship waiting, and on a petroleum cargo it accumulates fast enough to erase a trade’s margin in a couple of days. It turns on one question that sounds simple and rarely is: when did the clock actually start? By MarineCraft Journal · 8 September 2026 · … Read more
A dropped spanner from thirty metres carries roughly the energy of a small car at walking pace. Offshore lifting has more paperwork around it than almost any other routine task, and the reason is that the failure mode is measured in fatalities rather than delays. By MarineCraft Journal · 7 September 2026 … Read more
Distress signals are the only safety equipment aboard that expires on a fixed date whatever their condition, cannot lawfully be thrown away, and are checked on every inspection because the date is printed on the side. By MarineCraft Journal · 3 September 2026 · 8 mins read 12rocket parachute flares required to be … Read more
The emergency fire pump exists for the day the engine room is on fire and the main pumps are unreachable. It is tested rarely, sits in a compartment nobody visits, and fails on inspection more reliably than almost any other item aboard. By MarineCraft Journal · 2 September 2026 · 9 mins read … Read more
The lifeboat gets the attention. The davit and winch that lower it get far less, right up to the moment a brake slips during a drill. Launching appliances carry their own testing regime, their own authorised-servicing rule, and their own recurring deficiencies. By MarineCraft Journal · 1 September 2026 · 9 mins read … Read more
