by Women Offshore | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured Sea Stories |
In late 2018, the containership, President FD Roosevelt, sailed across the Pacific Ocean. At her helm, stood the first female captain of one of the most successful maritime companies in the world. The containership, President FD Roosevelt, is known for its hardworking...
by Women Offshore | Mar 6, 2019 | Featured Sea Stories |
In 1976, the United States Coast Guard Academy opened its doors to women. Today, we explore the history of women in the US Coast Guard and one woman’s journey to break barriers as a cutterman and mom. On July 8, 1975, Congressman Lester Wolff of New York...
by Women Offshore | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, Early Wave Makers, Featured Sea Stories |
In her nearly 40 years in the oil and gas industry, subsea expert Vicki Corso shares how she navigated her career, achieving quite a few firsts as a woman in engineering. It is March 2004 on board the Marco Polo, a tension leg platform, and construction is underway....
by Women Offshore | Jan 21, 2019 | Featured Sea Stories |
Each year, mates and engineers graduate from maritime academies, and with new licenses in hand, they join vessels to transit the world. Today, Karin Björk shares what it was like navigating a vessel for the first time as a new officer. Six years ago, Karin Björk from...
by Women Offshore | Jan 8, 2019 | Featured Sea Stories |
“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas…” ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale In 2014, Ger Tysk of Houston. Texas, was recently out of the US Air Force and ready to take on a new career. An avid...
by Women Offshore | Dec 18, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
From offshore as a completion engineer on an oil well to onshore as a consultant in energy business development, Aisha Anastasia thrives in the oil and gas industry. On board an offshore drilling rig, a well is drilled with the cement and casing in place. Next, a...
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