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T&T Bisso, Foss Maritime Agreement

Mar 25, 2010

T&T Bisso, provider of vessel emergency response, salvage and marine firefighting services, announced an exclusive cooperative services agreement with Foss Maritime Company. Foss Maritime, based in Seattle, offers maritime services and project management to customers across the Pacific Rim…

MRA Salvage & Firefighting Contract Approval

Mar 22, 2010

Marine Response Alliance, LLC (MRA) has received approval from the U.S. Coast Guard of its Salvage and Marine Firefighting Contract and Funding Agreement. The Coast Guard’s all-inclusive acceptance of the contract means that MRA has the ability…

T&T Bisso Refloats Sunken Tug

Mar 19, 2010

T&T Bisso refloated a tugboat that sank in the Houston Ship Channel. The company used the C/B Curtis T to prepare the sunken tug for lifting after its dive team recovered the body of a missing crewmember onboard the vessel. The vessel then was lifted to the surface by a derrick barge and dewatered…

Titan Completes Crane Removal, Port-au-Prince

Mar 19, 2010

Titan Salvage has safely removed the partially submerged Washington Gantry crane and other navigational hazards from Port-au-Prince, Haiti for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). The company's work helped to re-establish port infrastructure…

EPE SA Wins Lebanese Contract, Oil Spill Cleanup

Mar 16, 2010

After several successful environmental projects in Lebanon, Environmental Protection Engineering S.A. (EPE SA ) recently won an international bid for offers and has been awarded a contract from the Higher Relief Commission of Lebanon (HRC) to…

OSRO Builds Chinese Pollution Control Consortium

Mar 16, 2010

In response to regulations enacted on March 1, 2010 on the Prevention and Control of Vessel-Induced Marine Environment Pollution, a Hong Kong based firm – OSRO China Ltd - has laid the foundation for a consortium of oil spill response contractors…

T&T Marine Salvage Responds to Oil Spill

Mar 11, 2010

T&T Marine Salvage helped clean up an oil spill after a collision between an oil tanker and a barge spilled 450,000 gallons of crude oil into the Sabine-Neches Waterway. T&T Marine Salvage responded to the oil spill by mobilizing 50 personnel…

Titan Refloats the Monongahela

Feb 03, 2010

Leveraging the strength of Titan's 300-metric ton linear hydraulic pullers, Titan safely refloated the Monongahela, a decommissioned tanker ship on the James River in Virginia last week.  The salvage team, led by Capt. Guy Wood, executed…

CG Approves DonJon-Smit’s OPA-90 Contract

Feb 03, 2010

Donjon-SMIT, LLC, an OPA-90 Alliance, has received unconditional approval from the U.S. Coast Guard for its Salvage, Marine Firefighting and Lightering Contract and Funding Agreement.  The Coast Guard’s full acceptance of the contract means that Donjon-SMIT…

ASA Member Responds in Gwadar, Pakistan

Jan 27, 2010

On January 20, a member of the American Salvage Association (ASA) successfully refloated a bulk carrier that ran aground near Gwadar Port in Pakistan. Led by their Salvage Master, ASA’s member mobilized a salvage team that included a naval architect and dive team…

Donjon-SMIT Provides Emergency Assistance

Jan 26, 2010

On Monday, January 18, 2010, Donjon-SMIT, LLC, an OPA-90 Alliance, was notified by QI Gallagher Marine Services that a vessel required emergency towing assistance.  The Tavricheski Bridge, managed by UNICOM Ship Management, had broken a main…

TITAN Jack-Up Barges for Wreck Removal

Jan 23, 2010

TITAN Salvage's jack-up barges Karlissa-A and Karlissa-B arrived in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Jan. 22 for the wreck removal of the Vinca Gorthon, a roll-on/roll-off vessel, which sank in the North Sea in 1988.  The Ministry of Waterways North Sea Division…

T&T Bisso Refloats Grounded Vessel

Jan 21, 2010

T&T Bisso successfully refloated a bulk carrier that ran aground near Gwadar Port in Pakistan.Led by Salvage Master V. Seva, T&T Bisso mobilized a salvage team that included a naval architect and dive team, along with a high-horsepower tug…

Braemar Howells Salvages the Newcastle

Jan 13, 2010

Christmas celebrations were put on the backburner as staff from incident response specialists Braemar Howells worked round the clock to prevent a potential environmental disaster off the UK coast at Falmouth, Cornwall.The bulk carrier Newcastle carrying Ferrous Sulphate en‐route from Spain…

TITAN to Handle Decommissioned Monongahela

Jan 07, 2010

TITAN Salvage has been retained to handle salvage of the Monongahela, a decommissioned tanker ship that broke loose from its moorings on the night of Nov. 12.  The tanker ship, which is part of the James River Reserve Fleet (JRRF), was affected…

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