Titan Salvage makes VP appointment

FEBRUARY 7, 2012 — Crowley Maritime Corporation’s marine salvage and wreck removal company Titan Salvage, based out of Pompano Beach, FL, has named Michael G. Johnson its new vice president of business

Smit awarded contract for grounded minesweeper

FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — Smit Salvage, Singapore, was awarded on Feb. 1, 2013, a $24,889,904 delivery order against previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-12-D-4120) to provide support for emergency response and recovery

Crowley and Titan wrap up Hurricane Sandy response efforts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — Crowley Maritime Corp. and Pompano, FL, based subsidiary Titan Salvage recently completed companywide, comprehensive emergency response efforts in support of the relief organizations working in the areas hardest

Navy to remove grounded minesweeper one piece at a time

JANUARY 30, 2013 — All efforts to tow the minesweeper USS Guardian off a reef in the Philippines having failed, the Navy has decided that the only way remove the ship without

Kulluk anchored in safe harbor after tow

JANUARY 8, 2013 —  Unified Command confirmed yesterday that the Kulluk has arrived in its final safe harbor location in Kiliuda Bay where it will undergo assessment. At approximately 12:15 p.m. Alaska

Grounded Alaska drilling unit refloated and under tow

JANUARY 7, 2013 — The Unified Command reports that At approximately 10:10 p.m., the Shell drilling vessel Kulluk which grounded New Year’s Eve (see earlier story)  was refloated from its Sitkalidak Island

Coast Guard lands salvage team on grounded rig

JANUARY 2, 2013 —  Shell reports that a team of five salvage experts boarded the grounded drilling unit Kulluk earlier today to conduct a structural assessment to be used to finalize salvage

Shell Alaska drilling unit grounds after tow is lost

JANUARY 2, 2013 — The Shell mobile conical drilling unit Kulluk is stable after running aground New Year’s Eve near Kodiak, Alaska, following failed attempts to tow the vessel in a fierce

Resolve removes first 600 tons of steel from Rena wreck

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 — Fort Lauderdale, Fla., based Resolve Salvage & Fire reports first 600 tons of steel from the bow section of the Rena wreck off Tauranga, New Zealand. This comes

Inland Salvage refloats stranded drill barge

JULY 24, 2012 — Harvey, La., based Inland Salvage Inc. (ISI) reports that it has completed the successful fuel removal, partial dismantlement and refloating of a stranded 2,500 ton posted drill barge.

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