Workforce & Training The hard part of staffing an offshore scope is rarely finding people who can do the work. It is finding people whose certificates prove they can, are valid in the right jurisdiction, and are not about to expire halfway through the rotation. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 August 2026 · 9 mins … Read more
Maritime Operations Most shipping companies bring in outside help too late, once a detention, a failed audit, or a stalled project has already cost them. The useful question is not whether consultants are worth it, but which specific problems genuinely need one and which do not. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 August 2026 · 8 … Read more
Workforce & Training The offshore safety officer role sits on a stack of separate qualifications: a statutory appointment, a professional safety certification, survival training, and medical fitness. Each comes from a different body, and a gap in any one keeps the person on the beach. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 August 2026 · 9 mins … Read more
Drones & UAS Flying a drone legally and being accepted to inspect an asset are two different permissions, granted by two different authorities. Pilots who hold only the first keep discovering, at the gate, that it was never the qualification the job required. By MarineCraft Journal · 21 August 2026 · 9 mins read Two … Read more
HSE & Compliance The worst disaster in the history of offshore oil began with a piece of paper that was not passed on. A safety valve was removed, the permit for the job never reached the next shift, and the pump was restarted. 167 people died. The permit-to-work failures behind it recur, at smaller scale, … Read more
Equinor said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy a stake in an oil exploration licence in Namibia from a subsidiary of US energy major Chevron as the Norwegian company seeks to boost its international portfolio.The purchase of a 17.4…
