Promoting professionalism and improving marine casualty response in American coastal and inland waters.

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1 August Issue 2, Volume 8 Promoting professionalism and improving marine casualty response in American coastal and inland waters. Salvage Update August 2016 This Salvage Update highlights the work of our committees. Some committees are active mainly at certain times, and some are steady and consistent all year long! But the all work that the members volunteer is always appreciated! If you would like to be active on a committee, please contact the Chairmen or Chairwomen of that committee. You can find contact information on our website at Membership Committee Dan Schwall, Chairman, has been busy along with the members of the committee! ASA was pleased to accept the following new members since the early spring: Deborah French McCay, RPS Applied Science Associates, South Kingstown, RI, joined as an Associate. She's already busy working with members Dagmar Schmidt Etkins and Ann Hayward Walker as a member of the CRICK expert team. Phil LeBlanc, HRM Inc., dba Safe/Sea, out of North Kingstown, RI, joined as an Associate. Matthew Yacavone, Crowley Offshore Services of Houston Texas joined as a Corporate Associate. Rapid Ocean Response Corporation joined as a Corporate Associate. It is a new company that offers a network of dedicated rapid offshore transportation and firefighting equipment at the ready to the core four salvage companies holding approved SMFF plans, facilitating expedited SMFF response plan execution. Lufesa Diver's Soc. Civil de Resp. Ltds. Joined as a Corporate Associate. They are located in Peru and have been in business since 1992 as a commercial diving company. Luis Giampietri Ramos is the main contact. Risknology joined as a Corporate Associate with the main contact Andrew Wolford. They are located in Katy Texas and are consultants in the area of safety and risk assessment in offshore drilling and production, transportation, power and all hazardous industries. London Offshore Consultants Inc., main contact Abhay Damley, located in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The company offers independent technical advice to clients from the moment a casualty occurs to the successful completion of the salvage services. They help to control costs for the client while ensuring safety and minimal environmental impact. They joined as a Corporate Associate. Braemar Technical Services, Inc., main contact is Richard Gayton, located in New York, NY, specialize in maritime survey and consultancy. They joined as a Corporate Associate. Diving Service Salvage joined as a General Member. Located in Valparaiso, Chile, the company is 12 years old and works with larger salvage companies. Alejandro Pena is the main contact. SAAM S.A. joined as a General Member and is located in Valparaiso, Chile. The main contact is Edwin Allen Trench Mewes.

2 New Education Committee Chair Rebecca Garcia is the new Chair of the ASA Education Committee. She joined Svitzer Salvage in 2013 as OPA-90 Compliance Administrator and managed a series of increasing responsibilities. And now she has taken on a new responsibility! She will be eagerly involved in increasing the student/young professionals as complimentary members and diving into the Call for High School and Undergraduate Science Project papers in the Marine Sciences. Thank you Rebecca! Special thanks go to Doug Martin for his work as Chair of the Education Committee since its conception, including the Science Project Papers for high school and undergraduates, and the fundraisers to support the awards! Training Committee Portsmouth, VA April 5th through the 7th, Chairman Tim Williamson, Donjon-SMIT, and team completed a Salvage Training in Portsmouth, VA, with approximately 60 attendees. Instructors for the training included ASA members Tim Williamson, Donjon- SMIT, LLC; Aaron Jozsef and Michael Jarvis, Resolve Marine Group, Inc.; Jim Elliott, T&T Marine Salvage, Inc. and immediate past Chairman of the Training Committee; Robert Tyson, Ardent Americas LLC; Andrew Lawrence, T&T Salvage; and Kerry Walsh, Global Diving & Salvage. Guest presenters from the government included Lisa Symons, NOAA; Lloyd Saner, Navy SUPSALV ESSM; LCDR Dan Neverosky, Navy SUPSALV; Dr. Jeffrey W. Stettler, P.E. USCG Marine Safety Center, Salvage Engineering Response Team (SERT); and Emilio Mercado USCG, Port Recovery Specialist.

3 Mobile, Alabama Tim Williamson and the Training Committee completed a second training July with approximately 37 attendees. The training took place at NOAA's Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center in Mobile, Alabama. The last day of the training was a field trip, a tour of Resolve's Mobile Alabama facility. The following members participated in the training: Tim Williamson, Donjon-SMIT and current Chairman of the Training Committee; Jordan McDonald, Ardent America, LLC; Jim Elliott, T&T Marine Salvage, Vice President of ASA, and Immediate Past Chairman of the Training Committee; Craig Shelley, World Safe International, LLC; Kerry Walsh, Global Diving and Salvage; Aaron Jozsef and Michael Jarvis, Resolve Marine Group; Bill Hazel, Marine Pollution Control; also, Lisa Symons, NOAA by web conference; and LT Ryan Mowbray; and LT Savannah Turner.

4 CIP-ASA The CIP-ASA Training Seminar took place June 13-15, 2016 in Miami, FL. There are some informative articles in the Summer Soundings which has gone to press concerning this three-day seminar which was well attended. Special thanks to our event sponsors: Gold Sponsors Resolve Marine Group; Smit Salvage Americas; and T&T Salvage; and Silver sponsor Ardent! PREP Guidelines ASA members have been working with a coalition of maritime industries since early May concerning a matter of importance to ASA's Core Four and Regional Provider members, the PREP Guidelines. The coalition has been led by Kathy Metcalf, President and CEO, Chamber of Shipping of America. Thanks to Kathy for consolidating the many comments into a master document! And thanks go to Jim Calhoun for his continuing guidance and his work in drafting coalition letters presenting the group's concerns. This was in line with his chairmanship of the Regulatory Affairs Committee, and also because he's good at things like this! Other News The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the American Salvage Association have signed a Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement as of June 15th. This is a result of continued work from Jim Elliott, Vice President T&T Salvage, over the past year or so, and he signed the agreement as Vice President of ASA, along with Jorge Luis Quijano Arango, Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, a leading autonomous agency that manages the Panama Canal Interoceania Highway. To quote from Jim's article in the Summer issue of Soundings which will come out shortly, "This agreement serves as a mutually beneficial opportunity to enhance emergency planning, preparedness and response operations in Panama Canal waters and to

5 provide a timely and quality salvage response to vessel incidents." The whole article gives a great background history of the Canal. Thanks to Jim for his hard work and persistence. November 1, ASA Annual Meeting 2016, Tampa FL November 1-3, Clean Gulf 2016, Tampa, FL View ASA's Calendar online ASA Salvage Update is published by the American Salvage Association for informational purposes. Reproducing content and external distribution is not allowed. For more details on the American Salvage Association (ASA), please contact Patricia Welch, ASA Assistant to the Director, at (703) or via at pwelch@americansalvage.org.