January: A Big Ship - Info about the new K Line anchor-handler. Weighty Matters – The weight of offshore people in lifeboats. Piracy Update – Korean commandoes at work. Workiing On – working past retirement age. The Seawind Project – a supership for the wind industry.

 February: The Carnival Splendour Fire –The investigation report. Cougar Flight 91 – a helicopter crash at Hibernia. The Mel Oliver Collision – A Mississippi misfortune. The Deepwater Horizon and Human Factors – the various reports are out. A Further Piracy Update – Remember the Korean attack, the pirates are fighting back.

 March. The Bourbon Liberty Class – four berth cabins. Videos – The SBS Typhoon accident. Nuclear Matters – Worries about Russian submarines. More Bad News – A Tanzaninia registered tug detained. Fake Emergency Escape Breathing Devices – just what it says.

 April. Marine Safety Forum Safety Flashes – The Bibby Topaz in Lerwick. Tax Relief For Seafarers – Why some ships aren’t ships. The IMO Message – a message to the iMO about registries. The Global Call to Combat Pirate Risks – what protection is out there. And Good News for a Very Few – A safety bonus paid to Transocean directors.

 May. A Captain Goes Home – Jan Plug returns to Ijmuiden. The MSC Opera – cruise ship problems. An Allision – The use of the actual word. The Night Navigator – a thermal imaging device to replace radar. Pirates Again – an update on this problem. 

 June.  Here’s The Ocean Guardian – The rig in the Falklands. The White List – More about doubtful registries. A Presentation – static tow at the Griffon FPSO. Acetelyne in Falmouth – why these bottles blow up. The Tunisian Refugee Problem – boat people losing their lives in the Med.

 August. Back in the Groove – The Aberdeen webcam. Who Should be In Charge – on a mobile unit. Marine Investigations – failure of some registries, again. UK Emergency Towing Vessels – where the government is failing. The Gannet Oil Spill – its not very big!

 September. Fairmount Expedition Rescue – For and against the removal of the ETVs. The 9/11 Effect – are all seafarers terrorists? The Chandlers – yachtmen held for ransome. The Bear Island Wreck – A Russian wreck in the far north. A Reunion – Smit-Lloyd are haivng a reunion. Warsash Lake – shiphandling in miniature.

 October. The Rena – acontainer ship runs aground in New Zealand. The Mermaid Vigilance – what happened to the Trident II crew. The Carriage of Sponge Rubber – not a cargo you would want to carry. Shetland VTS gaps – memory lane in Yell Sound. Learning - I am learning Spanish.

 November. Rebecca Coriam – A young woman disappeared from Disney Wonder. The Damen PSVs – with the Axe bow. The Loss of the Koosha I – a diving ship lost in the Arabian Gulf. The Scottish ETVs – Emergency Towing Vessels go. The Iceberg I – the crew as hostages.

 December. Rigmoves - Something about my first work of fiction. The Mermaid Vigilance – and the Trident II misfortune. The Onedin Line – about today’s shipowners. The Work Time Directive – offshore work time compared. Barometric Pressure – Low pressures in adverse weather.