Resolve Salvage & Fire (Europe), Ltd., the European emergency response subsidiary of U.S.- based Resolve Marine Group, Inc., has added a new office at 23, Austin Friars, London, expanding the company’s U.K. operations base. The 34-year-old marine salvage…
The only known example of a Second World War Dornier Do 17 aircraft has been successfully lifted from Goodwin Sands by the RAF Museum team.Earlier plans to lift the Luftwaffe aircraft had been hampered by strong winds in the area, but today…
New permit is an important step in the excavation process by Seafarer Exploration Corp. of an historic shipwreck site located off Lantana Beach Florida.The permit was issued pursuant to Part IV of Chapter 373, Florida Statutes and Title 62…
The NTSB recently investigated an accident that required the crew to abandon a weather-damaged liftboat in near-hurricane-force conditions.Several problems leading up to and during the vessel abandonment negatively impacted the 10 crewmembers’ probability of survival once they were in the water…
The Marine Mammal Program's trained Navy dolphins, of the Space and Navy Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SPAWAR), found the century-old torpedo off the coast of San Diego. Naval History and Heritage Command's (NHHC) Underwater Archeology Branch…
A team of restoration experts is currently hard at work salvaging a unique World War II aircraft from the bottom of the English Channel.Using cutting edge restoration techniques within a purpose-built polytunnel from First Tunnels, the team…
New regulations for non-tank vessel response plans (VRP) to be discussed at upcomingNational Maritime Salvage Conference One issue on the conference agenda will be the new regulations for Non-Tank Vessel Response Plans (VRPs). On March 9…
Great Lakes Towing Company tugboats 'Wyoming' & 'Idaho' free the grounded freighter Spruceglen in Lake St. Claire.The Great Lakes Towing Company, which celebrates 115 years of service this year, provides tugboat and towing services, ship assist…
T&T Salvage recruited three salvage professionals, Lee Hiok Liang, Alex Ang Yew Boon, and Hussain Shah, for its Singapore base.Lee Hiok Liang joins as a naval architect from a diverse background of twenty years of experience in the marine industry…
Sea Search Armada's (SSA) lawsuit against the Government of Colombia in U.S. District Court, Washington D.C. claims it interfered with SSA's legitimate treasure salvage operations.The galleon San Jose carried coins and precious metals mined and smelted in Peru…
Salvors have successfully positioned the first port-side sponson that will be used in the 'parbuckling' stage of the wreck removal process.Operations now continue with the installation of the second sponson, and eventually they will be welded on the hull of the wreck…
Insurers, Lloyd's of London, say in a new report that the cost of dealing with shipwrecks is rising as ships grow in size.The report, 'The challenges and implications of removing shipwrecks in the 21st century', warns that the cost of dealing…
A Unified Command of U.S. Coast Guard & the Ingram Barge Company say the Marseilles Dam is structurally sound after 7 barges broke loose nearby.On Friday night the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, providing technical assistance to the Unified Command…
At Discovery Times Square, New York, Odyssey Marine Exploration will show silver recovered from the 'SS Gairsoppa' shipwreck.The company's multi-media traveling exhibit, 'Shipwreck' opens at Discovery Times Square in New York City on May 24…
Unlike the ill-fated 'Guardian' the stranded vessel may soon be towed off the reef as its steel hull is intact.The Philippine Coast Guard are confident are confident that the Chinese vessel can be re-floated after its de-fueling or lightening…