One of the unique features of maritime law is the concept of salvage. The basic idea is that when you drop what you’re doing to save someone else’s vessel from peril, you ma ...

Last week’s news of the sinking of roll-on roll-off car carrier M/V Felicity Ace provides a unique opportunity to illustrate and distinguish the two major types of marine salvage – pure salvage and ...

There are a few stories that I often tell when the subject of leadership in disasters is discussed. I figured I’d put them down on paper so I can stop repeating myself.It was pre OPA90, a single-skin ...

Marine salvage is a risky business financially and physically and is governed by complex legal systems, frameworks, and conventions. Over the past two decades the industry has contracted and has ...

Company's rapid growth leads to new local warehouse and expanded international operations TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Isla Maritime, a Tampa-based marine services provider ...

Salvage plan for grounded barge Defiant approved; NTSB: Loss of lube oil led to $2.6M ATB fire; Maersk orders eigh ...

The search is growing increasingly desperate for a small submersible that disappeared while taking five people to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Everett-based company OceanGate built the vessel – ...

The Coast Guard is continuing the response Tuesday to a report of containers lost from the barge Ho Omaka Hou inbound to Hilo Harbor Monday. A Cates Marine salvage team hired by the shipping company ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The French steamship Le Lyonnais, a marvel for its time, was feared lost forever when a maritime disaster in 1856 sent her to the bottom of the ocean off Massachusetts.

STURGEON BAY - In its 75 years, Roen Salvage Co. has established itself as one of the premier marine construction firms on the Great Lakes, with clients ranging from commercial dock owners to state ...