Salvage Association News

Faulkner Joins Braemar SA as Manager

Braemar (incorporating The Salvage Association) has appointed David Faulkner as ‘Manager, Ports and Harbours (Middle East)’. David is a Master Mariner and pilot and will be based in the Braemar SA Abu Dhabi office. He has extensive experience in providing specialist port consultancy services on aspects such as vessel manoeuvring, navigation, VTS (vessel traffic service) and marine risk, as well as providing expert opinion services to the insurance and legal markets on navigation, unsafe berth and unsafe port cases. David has worked for many years in the Middle East and will be responsibl

Marine Salvage Saves Time, Money, Lives & the Environment

; it is a given that accidents do happen. When they do, having a qualified, competent marine salvage company around can be the difference between minor incident and major tragedy. For insights on the maturation and future of marine salvage sector, MR reached out to the leadership of the American Salvage Association (ASA) for answers.   What are the major missions, objectives and challenges ASA has on its top line agenda today.     Paul Hankins: As a relatively small trade association relative to other maritime organizations, the American Salvage Association tries to concentrate

Working Harbor Committee to Present Salvage Program

; the largest salvage operation in history.
 A panel of three salvage industry professionals will give a brief overview of the industry, describe their work as salvage masters in some hands-on projects, and answer questions. Panel members are: 

 •Paul Hankins, president of the American Salvage Association and VP, Salvage Operations, DonJon Marine; •Rik van Hemmen, President and Senior Partner, Martin, Ottaway, van Hemmen & Dolan, Inc., a naval architect and engineer who consults on salvage jobs; •John Gladsky, president of Gladsky Marine, an independent salvage company based

Devon Grennan

Grennan to Head Global Diving & Salvage

Science from the University of Washington in 1995. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Chapter of the Propeller Club, Board of Directors for North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owners Association and the Spill Control Association of America. He has been involved with the American Salvage Association as well as the Marine Insurance Association of Seattle. gdiving.com  

Braemar Launches New Salvage Support Operation

Incident response and environmental clean-up specialist Braemar Howells and its sister company Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) are to work together to provide a 24-hour global response capability to the world’s shipping and marine insurance sectors. In what is being seen as a key development in the expansion of Braemar’s Technical Services (BTS) division, both companies have formed Braemar Marine Salvage Support Services which will provide on-site distressed cargo management and salvage support services to salvors, owners and insurers, together with additional expert

Braemar Launch Global 24-hour Response Marine Salvage Support

Braemar Howell & Braemar (Incorporating the Salvage Association) launch new salvage support operation Incident response and  environmental clean-up specialist Braemar Howells and its sister company Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) are to work together to provide a 24-hour global response capability to the world’s shipping and marine insurance sectors. In what is being seen as a key development in the expansion of Braemar’s Technical Services (BTS) division, both companies have formed Braemar Marine Salvage Support Services which will provide on-site distressed

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