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Ralf Rickard Danbrandt of Ibex Capital Partners says the leak unfairly punishes innocent people and stresses that holding assets offshore is not illegal....

Dropsafe Helideck – Credit: Dropsafe Safety of workers,structures, equipment and the environment are paramount in any offshore energy project. In the March/April print edition, Offshore Engineer took a look inside some notable newcomers. Wearable tech to boost drill floor safety HaloGuard – Credit: Transocean Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has recently deployed what it said was the offshore drilling industry’s first safety system that integrates a wearable locating device with drill floor equipment and machine stoppage controls. The system, called HaloG...

Paolo Acciari, Facundo Alvaredo, Salvatore Morelli 24 April 2021 Growing wealth disparities can have corrosive effects on equality of opportunity when they crystallise over time and turn into persistent disparities across generations. This column uses newly assembled data from Italian inheritance tax records to show that the wealth share of the top 1% (half a million individuals) increased from 16% in 1995 to 22% in 2016, and the share accruing to the top 0.01% (the richest 5,000 adults) almost tripled from 1.8% to 5%.  In contrast, the poorest 50% saw an 80% drop in their average ...

Tasik Subsea vessel Southern Star is the first to be awarded an ABS Infectious Disease Mitigation notation. The Singapore-based owner received the IDM-A (Infectious Disease Mitigation-Arrangements) notation for the diving support vessel having met the guidelines set out in the ABS Guide for Mitigation of Infectious Disease Transmission On Board Marine and Offshore Assets, published in November 2020. The notation is given to vessels that meet the arrangement requirements addressing the configuration of spaces which can be used for the isolation and segregation of crew, passengers and ons...

ABS Awards World’s First Notation Recognizing Infectious Disease Mitigation to Tasik Subsea’s Southern Star Tasik Subsea’s Diving Support Vessel Southern Star has become the first ever to be awarded an ABS Infectious Disease Mitigation notation. The ABS-classed vessel has met the requirements outlined in the ABS Guide for Mitigation of Infectious Disease Transmission On Board Marine and Offshore Assets, which was developed from a range of independent governmental and commercial guidance, including the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in November 202...