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EDITOR’S NOTE t was about four months ago that I sat down to plot a course line for future MarineNews editions. And, if just one thing gave me pause, then it was the prospect of assembling our

Offshore Annual folio in the midst of one of the more pronounced energy downturns in

I recent memory. I asked myself: would there even be anything to write about? As it turned out,

I needn’t have worried. There is more than enough news happening right now in this sector.

Some might even call it drama.

If the announced merger of Tidewater and GulfMark, both of whom had only recently and successfully emerged from restructuring, wasn’t enough to digest, then the surprise offer by

Harvey Gulf to make its own play for GulfMark roiled the waters even further. As the long depressed offshore energy support market begins to stir from its slumber, many unanswered [email protected] questions are outstanding as this edition of MarineNews goes to press. That said; our regular

INSIGHTS entry, this month featuring Tidewater President & CEO John T. Rynd, might just give you the information you need to divine what might come next. It promises to be a wild ride. As usual, you can