Jack O'Connell
Senior Editor
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.
Up, Up and Away!
The first six months of the year were a rollercoaster of ups and downs and backs and forths as the markets seesawed betw...
Q&A: Kathy Metcalf, President Emeritus, Chamber of Shipping of America
Kathy Metcalf has been a trailblazer from the moment she walked through Vickery Gate at Kings Point as a member of the f...
Interview: Matt Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America
Born and raised in a military family, Paxton inherited a strong work ethic and an even stronger sense of duty. He worked...
Interview: Helen Barden, Director of External Affairs at NorthStandard
As one of a small group of lawyers with in-depth decarbonization expertise, Barden has become a "go-to" person...
Ol' Man River
The hit song from Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern's 1927 groundbreaking musical, "Show Boat," continu...
Interview: Tim Klaybor, Managing Director, Fassmer Service America
Klaybor and his team are the service experts for Fassmer products in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean....
Executive Interview: Brent Bruun, President & CEO, KVH Industries
In the fast-changing world of satellite communications, Brent Bruun and his team at KVH are expanding their offerings an...
High Tide: Workboat Stocks Are Doing Just Fine
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
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
“Make hay while the sun shines” – isn’t that how the old saying goes? And it’s certainly t...