Jack O'Connell

Senior Editor

Jack Oconnell

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In 2006 Jack retired from Seabulk International, where he was Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications and Investor Relations. He previously worked for 20 years at W.R. Grace & Co., where he was Director of Public Affairs and chief speechwriter for J. Peter Grace.

High Tide: Workboat Stocks Are Doing Just Fine

Published Nov 29, 2024 3:42 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Offshore

  It's time for our annual review of workboat stocks and companies that make their living off Big Oil. While not as ga...

Cruise Mania

Published Oct 17, 2024 1:48 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Government

  It’s a good year to be a cruiser. Or better yet, to own a cruise line. At the annual Seatrade Cruise Global conven...

Making Hay

Published Aug 4, 2024 9:06 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Business

  “Make hay while the sun shines” – isn’t that how the old saying goes? And it’s certainly t...

Interview: Ted Williams, President, Senesco Marine

Published Jul 21, 2024 11:24 AM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Shipbuilding

  An Annapolis graduate and retired Navy Captain, Williams’ current role is growing Senesco Marine and, in the proce...

Interview: Sean Fernstrum, President, R.W. Fernstrum & Company

Published Jul 4, 2024 3:52 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Business

  Fernstrum, the leading name in marine cooling technology, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. President Sean Fern...

La Belle Rivière

Published Mar 19, 2024 10:46 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Cruise Ships

  The French fur traders who discovered it called it “la belle rivière” – “the beautiful ri...

Interview: Nedko Panayotov, Ideagen Tritan

Published Mar 14, 2024 9:46 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Business

  A computer scientist by training, Panayotov understands the products he sells. That’s why he’s so good at it...

Riding High

Published Nov 19, 2023 11:23 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Business

The annual Workboat Show in New Orleans is just around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited. Oyster po’boys, hu...

Q&A: Alexandra Ebbinghaus, Manager of Decarbonization, Shell Marine

Published Nov 15, 2023 10:34 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Business

A leading expert on alternative energies and decarbonization in shipping explains why there is no silver bullet and what the path...

Halftime Report

Published Sep 13, 2023 7:32 PM by Jack O'Connell

Posted in: Business

[By Jack O’Connell] After a grueling 2022, which saw stocks tumble an average of 20 percent, the first half of 2023 provi...

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