A worker who leaves mid-project takes the mobilisation cost with them, along with the induction, the site familiarity and the permit competency. The amenity that would have kept them is almost always cheaper than the replacement, and it is almost never what gets cut first. By MarineCraft Journal · 12 October 2026 · … Read more
Painted snap-back zones were meant to show the crew where not to stand. The problem is that the paint describes an estimate, on a deck where a parting line can reach almost anywhere, and standing outside the lines feels a great deal safer than it is. By MarineCraft Journal · 30 September 2026 … Read more
Every ship holds drills. Far fewer can produce a record that proves who took part, which boat was used, and that no month was missed. That gap is where the deficiencies come from, and incomplete drill records are among the most common detainable findings. By MarineCraft Journal · 25 September 2026 · … Read more
When port State control ran a targeted campaign on crew wages and employment agreements, deficiency rates jumped roughly fourfold against the preceding three years. The ships had not changed. What changed was that someone read the contracts. By MarineCraft Journal · 22 September 2026 · 9 mins read 4xdeficiency rate during the … Read more
Local content is usually described as a policy objective. On a live project it behaves as something far more concrete: a set of conditions determining which companies may bid at all, and who they are permitted to put on the job. By MarineCraft Journal · 10 September 2026 · 9 mins read … 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
