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 ...

Meet Capt. Austin Munda, 30, a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain and owner/operator of Marine Rescue CDA, a professional ...

It has been ten years since the U.S. Salvage and Marine Firefighting Regulations were published: Is it time for a reassessment of the U.S. marine salvage posture? In 1982, the National Research ...

Most boat owners do not understand the intricacies of salvage, a unique part of maritime law that also has a blurred relationship to a towing service. Indeed, the law of salvage applies to all boats, ...

“The enormity of this disaster is hard to imagine without seeing it in person…It may sound dramatic but given the wreckage field created by the collapsed bridge, the environment divers are working in, ...

On September 8, 2019, the 656-foot car carrier MV Golden Ray departed the Port of Brunswick, Georgia. Twenty-three minutes later, while making a turn in St. Simons Sound, the ship suddenly developed a ...

After 40 years in western Alaska, salvager Dan Magone is selling his namesake diving and marine rescue business. But, Magone will still be there to help when disaster strikes. Magone says he’s been ...

Efforts to free a boat that has been stranded on Milwaukee's Lake Michigan shoreline failed Monday. The boat "Deep Thought" washed ashore between McKinley and Bradford beaches in October. The U.S.