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S l RSalvage Response and Resourcesand Resources
in the U.S.Presentation of the Presentation of the
American Salvage Association (ASA)American Salvage Association (ASA)American Salvage Association (ASA) American Salvage Association (ASA) September 2009September 2009
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ASA Mission
The American Salvage Association is the trade association promotingtrade association promoting
professionalism and improving marine casualty response in North
A i t l d i l d tAmerican coastal and inland waters.
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ASA PrioritiesASA ObjectivesASA Priorities• Work to improve standards in the
marine salvage/marine firemarine salvage/marine fire fighting response
• Assure an effective, successful responsesuccessful response
• Strengthen relationships bothStrengthen relationships, both domestically and internationally
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ASA’s Membership16 general members, corporate associate, associate members, and affiliate members
• American Marine Corp.• Associated Marine
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• Ocean Group, Inc.• Parker Diving Service
Salvage• Bisso Marine Corp.• Donjon Marine Co Inc
• Resolve Marine Group• SMIT Salvage Americas,
IncDonjon Marine Co., Inc.• Foss Maritime• Global Diving & Salvage
Inc.• SVITZER Salvage• Titan, a Crowley g g
• Magone Marine Service, Inc.
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, ycompany
• T&T Marine Salvage• Marine Pollution Control • Weeks Marine, Inc.
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Where ASA’s Members AreAre…
Ocean Foss
MPCDonjon
Global
Parker
DonjonWeeks
SMIT Titan
American T&T Bisso
Magone ResolveSVITZER
Associated Marine
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ASA’s Four “C’s”…In Environmental Protection, ASA has initiated its 4-Cs program:initiated its 4-Cs program:
CCommunication,Cooperation &Cooperation, &Competent CompletionCompetent Completion
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What is Marine Salvage?Salvage?
“The process of rescuing a ship, its cargo and sometimes the crew from peril. Salvage can encompass analytical salvage engineering deep water search andengineering, deep water search and recovery, rescue towing, refloating a grounded ship, shoring, or patching orgrounded ship, shoring, or patching or repairing a ship, fire-fighting, lightering, stability and stress management, jettisoning of cargo, and post-casualty risk assessments.”
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Salvage ResourcesProfessional salvors bring:
Experienced personnel– Experienced personnel • Salvage Masters
• Engineers
• Divers• Naval Architects• Technical SpecialistsTechnical Specialists• Operations Personnel
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Salvage ResourcesProfessional salvors bring:
Equipment– Equipment • Cranes, Winches, and Heavy-lift Equipment
S i li d B d W k Pl f• Specialized Barges and Work Platforms • Transport and Towing Capabilities
• Ship Assist Escort and Support Vessels• Ship-Assist, Escort and Support Vessels• Pumping and Lightering Equipment
Fire fighting Capabilities• Fire-fighting Capabilities• Commercial Diving, Surveying Equipment
A d• And more
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Salvage ResourcesProfessional salvors bring:
Expertise and Software– Expertise and Software• Emergency towing calculations• Stranding and re-floating calculations• Structural stress analysis and failure mitigation• Wreck removal/demolition/disposal• Deep water recovery• Pollution abatement and control• Design and construction
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Salvage Resources gcontinued…
• Naval Architecture, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
• Project Cargos and Logistics• Marine Logistics• Emergency response and repair (welding,
h d li bl ti hi h t )hydraulics, blasting, machine shop, etc.)• Video survey acquisition and analysis
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When to Call a Salvor?Salvor?Any time a vessel incident occurs!
Vessels required to maintain a– Vessels required to maintain a Vessel Response Plan (VRP)
V l t i d t i t i VRP– Vessels not required to maintain a VRP
No incident is too small!No incident is too small!– Salvors evaluate the condition of the ship
and protect / recover remaining cargo onand protect / recover remaining cargo on board to minimize the impact to the environment
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Activation During ResponseResponse
For Salvor and/or Marine Fire-fighting Resourcesg g
– Vessel Owner contracts with the named salvor/marine firefighting organization i h i V l R Pl (VRP)in their Vessel Response Plan (VRP)
– Insurance Underwriters can contract directly with salvage and fire-fighting resources for their interests
– FOSC, in their duty to protect the environment, can activate salvors and other resources to respond to an eventother resources to respond to an event
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Salvors and the ICSWhere salvors fit in the ICS depends on the situation since responsibilities vary
• Operations: Salvage Branch or Group M i T t ti R U itMarine Transportation Recovery Unit
• Planning: Technical specialists to plan l tisalvage operations
• Logistics and Finance: POC for obtaining their resources and funding mechanismtheir resources and funding mechanism,
• Command Staff: POC for Liaison and Safety OfficersSafety Officers
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Salvors and the ICS
Guidance for the Chain of Command– Salvors are highly-specialized, contracted
resources with valuable expertise during the emergency phase of a response.the emergency phase of a response.
– Decisions on salvage operations must be made quickly to mitigate the impact of an q y g pincident.
– Unified Command and/or Incident Commander may need direct communications with the salvage master in early stages of a grounding or collision.y g g g
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U.S. Salvage Regulations
U.S. Salvage Facilities Act of 1948, as amended in 2003
Regulations
amended in 2003and
10 USC 7361-7364These are legislative codes for the Salvage− These are legislative codes for the Salvage Industry. 10 USC is for Navy Supervisor of Salvage (SUPSALV) not commercialSalvage (SUPSALV), not commercial salvors
Not a regulatory framework for determining− Not a regulatory framework for determining salvor structure and capability
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U.S. Salvage RegulationsRegulations
Oil Pollution Act of 1990Passed as a result of the Exxon Valdez− Implemented in February 1993 − Required Vessel
Response Plans (VRPs) p ( )for Tank Vessels only
− Included the naming of gthe following in VRPs:
- Clean Up Contractors- Salvors- Firefighters
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Salvage RegulationsUSCG Notice of Proposed Rule Making Salvage and Firefighting:Salvage and Firefighting:
− DOT Docket: http://dms.dot.gov, enter the Search page, and access docket 34173417
− Over 100 different written responses to the NPRM 10 years in processthe NPRM, 10 years in process.
− Published Dec. 31, 2008 in the Federal R i tRegister.
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Commitment to the EnvironmentEnvironment
Salvors have been called theSalvors have been called the “ultimate environmentalists”
“Protection of the marine environment is an important component of a salvor’s everyday
lif B k i ll t t t i d ilife. By keeping pollutants contained in a stricken vessel, you remove a significant
portion of the environmental impact of any p p ycasualty. If contained, and subsequently
removed with the vessel, a pollutant carried by a stricken vessel cannot impact thea stricken vessel cannot impact the
environment.”--John A. Witte, Jr., ASA President
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Resources and InformationInformation
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For More Information…
American Salvage AssociationAmerican Salvage Association
801 North Quincy Street801 North Quincy StreetSuite 200
Arlington, VA 22203Phone: 1/703-373-2267
www.americansalvage.org