Salvage

Big deal: Crowley, Svitzer merge salvage operations

APRIL 21, 2015—Starting May 1 there will be a new name in maritime salvage and emergency response—Ardent. The new company will be 50/50 owned by Crowley Maritime Corporation, Jacksonville, FL, and Svitzer, Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, after

ONR unveils prototype robot firefighter

February 6, 2015 — In tests aboard a decommissioned Navy ship last fall, a humanoid robot located a live shipboard fire and sprayed it with water from a hose. Called SAFFiR (Shipboard

Weather slows Höegh Osaka salvage efforts

JANUARY 12, 2015 —  Weather continues to hamper the salvage of the car carrier Höegh Osaka. The vessel remains held in position near Southampton at anchor on the Alpha Anchorage, between East

HII appoints corporate director submarine affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 — Capt. Kevin Brenton (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that  the company as corporate director of customer affairs for submarine programs. Brenton served

Costa Concordia wreck arrives in Genoa

JULY 27, 2014 — The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Crociere has arrived safely in Genoa, Italy, for recycling. Preparatory operations for its entry into the port began at 5.00 a.m.

Salvage veteran back at Titan

JULY 25, 2014 — Capt. Stuart Miller has rejoined Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Titan Salvage operations team as salvage master, bringing with him over 30 years of worldwide, hands-on maritime and salvage experience.