The following list of jobs completed over the last several years is intended to outline our capabilities. There have been numerous other jobs where we have salved vessels or participated in diving operations, however the contracts set out below are the major ones.

July 2009 – DREDGE HD#1 –The 37 meter 300tn, 10” cutter head dredge sank in the Erie Canal in Palmyra, N.Y. partially blocking the channel.  The sinking occurred overnight when the dredge was sitting idle with no personnel onboard.  After several attempts by local contractors to re-float the dredge, a six man TITAN salvage team was dispatched with patching and pumping equipment and re-floated the dredge 36 hours after arriving on site.  Titan redelivered the dredge 13 miles up the canal to the New York State Canal Authority’s dry-dock.  

March 2009 – M.T. KASHMIR – The 45,000 DWT products tanker M.T. KASHMIR was severely damaged in a collision with the containership SIMA SAMAN near the entrance to the Port of Jebel Ali, UAE. As the result of collision, the vessel was badly damaged and fire erupted both onboard and in the water. Titan signed an LOF contract with the owners to lighter the remaining 29,000 tonnes of Kangan Condensate cargo. Titan was able to lighter the cargo and redeliver the vessel in 24 days with the help of their local partners and ISU subcontractors Mubarak Marine and ISU subcontractors Dubai Ports World.

February 2009 – M/T YASA GOLDEN DARDANELLES –During the early morning hours of February 21st, TITAN Salvage was notified by the Marine Response Alliance (MRA) that the 59,000gt, 245 meter tanker YASA GOLDEN DARDANELLES was aground along the north side of the Galveston, Texas safety fairway with 620,000 barrels of fuel oil onboard.  Just six hours after contract signing, TITAN had two, 7,000hp tugs on site and working under the direct scrutiny of the United States Coast Guard developed an emergency salvage and lightering plan.  Titan managed the transfer of 83,800 barrels of product into an approved lightering vessel and re-floated and secured the vessel only 44 hours after initial the contact.  

October  2008 – M/V NEW CARISSA – On February 4, 1999 the NEW CARISSA ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon. In the summer of 2007,  the Oregon Department of State Lands awarded Titan the contract to remove the remaining stern section.  After months of preparation to take on the highly publicized task, Titan's salvage team commenced on-site operations in March 2008, with the last visible piece of the stern section removed on September 23, 2008.  The salvage team then moved onward to clear the seabed of the final 50 tons of debris, with the last load of NEW CARISSA scrap offloaded in Coos Bay on September 29,  2008. Titan's salvage plan involved a combination of their two jack-up barges (Karlissa A and Karlissa B), a purpose built 1,000-foot téléphérique (a type of cable car), six of Titan's 300-ton hydraulic pullers, two large cranes and an experienced salvage team. The jack-up barges allowed the team to work from a stable platform above a very active surf zone. The téléphérique, designed by Titan and built specifically for this project, was the salvage team's lifeline to the beach. The cable car transported the crew and equipment from the beach to the platform barges through heavy wind and fog without once being shut down for weather.  After cutting and removing several hundred tons of steel above the water, the six Titan pullers were connected to the remains of the wreck buried well beneath the ocean floor. With a combined pull of over 1,500 tons over the bow of the Karlissa A, the pullers were able to wrench the remains of the wreck from the sand. The wreck was then repeatedly heaved out of the water where salvors flame cut pieces into manageable sizes, rigged them to the crane, then landed them on the deck of the jack-up barges. The heaviest piece removed was the 170-ton main engine block. The scrap was ultimately back loaded onto Crowley's 250-6 deck barge for transport ashore where it was properly disposed of, bringing closure to the tale of the NEW CARISSA.  

October 2008 – FEDRA – As a result of a very severe storm the 64,000 DWT Bulk Carrier FEDRA was driven ashore at Europa Point Gibraltar. Within hours she broke at the number 6 cargo hold separating her bow from her stern. As Titan was in Gibraltar removing the wreckage of the NEW FLAME, the team mobilized to the wreck site and took a leading role in saving the lives of the crew by lifting them from the wreck to the land utilizing a mobile crane specially mobilized for the task.  Within a few days the team determined that the bow could possibly be refloated but the stern was destroyed. Titan was contracted to remove the fuel oil, refloat the bow and remove the accommodation from the stern before the winter storms destroyed them. Over the next few weeks the fuel was removed but efforts to remove the bow and accommodation were slowed by political problems concerning disposal of the bow and the accommodation. These problems were cleared just prior to the year’s end. This led to the contract being successfully completed by mid January 2009.

July 2008 – UB38 – The World War I German Submarine UB38 sank in 1918 after it ran into a minefield while trying to escape British destroyers. The mine exploded between the conning tower and stern sinking the submarine with all 27 hands in what is now the southwest lane of the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme close to Varne Bank. In her two years of operation, the submarine sank 46 allied ships totaling 47,000 tons. Though the submarine has never been considered a danger to navigation in the strait, recently ships with much deeper draft, particularly oil tankers, were causing concern. The minimum clearance over the wreck was 23.5 meters, which had to be increased to 26.5 meters. Two delicate issues were involved with the operation: consideration for the ordnance that remained on board including six torpedoes and deck gun ammunition and the mortal remains of the 27 crewmembers. The salvage plan ensured that the submarine remained horizontal during the lifting operations with minimum disturbance to the ordnance to address the first concern. Although the submarine is not an official war grave, close liaison between the German Government, Trinity House and the salvors ensured that correct protocols were observed to respect the final resting place of the crew. The submarine was lifted a few meters off the seabed using the self-propelled multipurpose sheerleg ‘Norma’ and was placed in its new location about two miles away in 40 meters of water. TITAN’s onsite salvage team consisted of 15 people with logistics being supported from Titan’s UK-based equipment depot. Vessels on site included joint venture partner Scaldis’ sheerleg ‘Norma’ and a small support tug. Salvage equipment on site included a comprehensive diving spread, air lifts, jetting equipment and a hydraulic rod pusher.

July 2008 – M/V ARCANGEL – The ARCANGEL, a 350-foot ferry was docked at Puerto Morelos, Mexico when it was blown about a half-mile off its mooring during a severe winter storm in November 2007. Titan’s salvage team was contracted to refloat and move the ARCANGEL, which was grounded, on a fringing reef near a major barrier reef inside a national marine park meaning Titan had to be especially careful when removing the vessel. Before using their signature Titan pullers, or hydraulic linear pulling machines - the salvage team had to patch areas of the hull and transfer oil and waste water from the vessel to containers inside a barge to prevent any contamination in the environmentally-sensitive area. The vessel was safely refloated and returned dockside at Puerto Morelos where it was stabilized and redelivered to its owners.

March 2008– JANE – 4643 gross ton General Cargo ship grounded in the surf zone outside Isohama port, Japan as a result of heavy weather.  As a result of the grounding and subsequent damage,  the vessel's cargo holds and machinery spaces flooded. Titan was hired by underwriters to remove cargo, pollutants and remove the hull.  Following mobilization of personnel and equipment from it Singapore station, Titan undertook surf zone diving operations with the support of a jack-up barge to tackle the cargo, sand, and hydrocarbon removal.   Subsequently, Titan installed total of 12 hydraulic linear pullers on the beach and connected them to the vessel's hull to provide a total force of approximately 3,600 tons.  The vessel was successfully pulled to the shoreline in two pieces where it was handed over to a local steel recycling company.

December 2007 – NEW FLAME – After a collision with another vessel a few hundred meters South of Europa Point, Gibraltar the bow of the MV NEW FLAME, 190m long, 41,000 DWT bulk carrier settled to the sea bed in 30 meters of water. Her stern remained afloat. Over the course of the next several months her fuel was removed and efforts focused on coming up with a technique to cut the badly damaged and sunk bow of the ship from the floating stern. Titan was hired on the basis of a plan to cut the ship into two parts using Titan linear chain pullers from a floating barge. Unfortunately, the stern sank while mobilization was underway. The subsequent wreck removal became one of the more difficult in history. Approximately 42,000 MT of steel scrap cargo in her holds had to be removed before the hull could be removed. The location of the wreck in the straights between the Mediterranean and Atlantic made diving extremely difficult due to very high currents and unpredictable and often non-existent slack water. Approximately 39,000 MT of cargo was removed during operations in 2008. Wreck removal efforts resumed April 2009.

October 2007 – ELISEO LEAO – Brazilian flag coastal tanker sank outside Belem, Brazil. The vessel owners, Petrobras, hired Titan to provide a Salvage team to oversee and support the refloating operations being undertaken by a local contractor.  The vessel was successfully raised and refloated.

October 2007 –LPG/C SCF TOMSK – Only five days after being awarded the salvage contract, Titan successfully refloated the 23,500 gross ton Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier SCF TOMSK.  During Tropical Storm Noel, the vessel broke its single buoy mooring (SBM) while discharging an LPG mix off San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic running heavily aground on a rocky shore.  Titan was hired under Lloyd's Open Form (LOF) 2000 'no cure-no pay' terms, swiftly mobilized a salvage team, four local tugs, and 45,000 pounds of portable salvage equipment which they sent to the site via chartered aircraft.  The vessel, still laden with approximately 5,000 metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas, sustained serious bottom damage which caused a breach of several ballast tanks.  Titan salvors blew down damaged tanks, transferred the cargo internally to another tank, and deballasted the vessel.  Once refloated, the TOMSK was maneuvered back to the SBM where the remaining cargo was safely discharged with the vessel redelivered to her owners.  

September 2007 – M/V Maersk Diadema – The 975-foot laden containership, went aground outside the entrance channel, of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, on its approach to the harbor on September 2. After a failed attempt by the ship’s crew, Titan was contracted by the German owners on September 4 to refloat the one-year-old vessel from its resting place atop a sandbank. A Titan salvage master and naval architect were dispatched to the scene to perform a preliminary survey of the vessel while a dive survey was also performed. Using local tugs, the ship’s own ballast system and the expertise of Titan’s personnel, the vessel was successfully refloated on September 5, approximately 24 hours after Titan Salvage was initially contacted.

June 2007– DREDGE LA CONCHA – The 24-inch cutterhead suction dredge while under tow from Cozumel to Cancun ran heavily aground over a sensitive coral reef off Punta Nizuc in Cancun, Mexico. Owners and underwriters hired Titan under LOF 2000 terms to undertake the salvage operation.  A salvage team was dispatched and following a detailed on-site assessment of both the dredge and the coral reef was able to secure government approval of the salvage plan.  Salvage gear was mobilized from Miami by charter aircraft and local floating assets, including a 2,000 bhp tug, were chartered.  Fuel was transferred away from bottom tanks up to higher non-integral tanks located in the machinery spaces.  Working at an exposed location with water depths of approximately 4 feet, the salvage team was able to shuttle the necessary heavy equipment from shore to the dredge in order to execute the dewatering plan.  The dredge was then shifted to the south with an improvised winch system allowing the tug to connect its floating hawser to gently pull the dredge to deeper water without causing any further damage to the coral reef colonies.  Once afloat the dredge was stabilized and safely redelivered to her owners at Puerto Cancun.

June 2007–M/V DISCOVERY – 110-foot supply vessel ran aground while towing the dredge LA CONCHA from Cozumel to Cancun.  A Titan salvage team assessed the casualty and promptly executed a refloating plan which included the shifting of the vessel and maneuvering with winch and tug assistance to a surveyed exit route allowing for it safe refloating and subsequent delivery to their owners.  

April 2007–CARIBBEAN Tug and Barge – 4,500 ton capacity deck barge laden with aggregates and the 1,800 horsepower tug towing her ran hard aground over an exposed shoal near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.  Titan was hired by the vessel owners and underwriters to perform the salvage operation.  A salvage team was immediately mobilized to the site as 2 containers with salvage gear were shipped from Florida via ocean freight.  The salvage team successfully lightered approximately 1,000 tons of cargo to the shore by using an inflatable pontoon barge. Several flooded compartments were then fitted with blow down fittings to dewater them during the refloating effort.  With the assistance of a local harbour tug, the barge was then successfully refloated at high tide following significant weather delays.  The team then safely removed about 5,000 gallons of diesel oil from the tug and dewatered the engine room to reduce her ground reaction.  The tug was then pulled by the local harbour tug and delivered to a safe berth in Puerto Plata.

March 2007– M/V OCEAN LEADER – 220 foot long Offshore Survey Vessel sank in heavy weather approximately 26 miles off Tuxpan, Mexico. The vessel came to rest on her port side at approximately 135 degrees at a depth of  -170 fsw on a silty bottom.  Titan mobilized a salvage team and underwater intervention equipment aboard a dive support vessel from Houston, Texas and conducted multiple shellplate hot-tap operations to remove fuel from the vessel's main storage tanks.   A total of approximately 100,000 gallons of diesel oil were successfully removed.

February 2007–Rig A TURTLE – 104-meter long semi-submersible rig grounded on a reef at Tristan da Cunha, a small, sparsely inhabited island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, 2800 kilometers from the nearest mainland, the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. While under tow from Brazil to Singapore,  the tug released her in heavy weather in the mid-Atlantic on April 30th , was lost from sight on May 16th, was seen briefly on May 23rd and found by Tristan Islanders aground on the reef at Trypot Bay on June 7th. Attempts to refloat the massive structure by another salvage company were unsuccessful and Titan was awarded the job late December 2006.   A Titan salvage team successfully restored buoyancy,  lightened, and refloated  the rig after a 75 day effort.  As directed by the rig owners and with the approval of the local authorities the rig was scuttled offshore in deep water.

December 2006 – SENECA – Titan was asked to help its Marine Response Alliance (MRA) partner Marine Pollution Control (MPC) refloat the 94 foot tug SENECA. MPC was hired by the USCG to remove pollutants from the vessel and then to remove the vessel itself from the South Coast of Lake Superior. She had gone aground, been swamped by heavy seas and covered in ice prior to the arrival of Titan’s 4 man salvage team. The operation was difficult as winter weather gave little time for the team to accomplish their various tasks but after a weeklong effort the tug was safely berthed in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.

October 2006 – SS PALO ALTO – Titan was contracted by the State of California OSPR to mitigate pollution in and discharging from the wreck of the SS PALO ALTO.  This vessel, known as the “cement ship” was intentionally grounded in 1930 at the end of the Seacliff Pier in Aptos, California, and to this day serves as a tourist attraction.  Titan divers surveyed and located the discharge point as being the port forward bunker tank.  Over 100 seabird and marine wildlife, oil-covered carcasses were removed.  Sludgy oil was pumped from the tank into reservoirs and, finally, the oily sediment that filled over half the tank was pumped into filter and vac boxes.  All recoveries were uneventfully transported for waste disposal.

September 2006 – TORO, a 585 foot bulk carrier, on September 5, 2006, ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway off the east end of Cornwall Island.  The grounding took place while the ship was rounding a sharp turn in the river.  This incident was complicated by the fact the vessel grounded on the international boundary of the U.S. and Canada, brining oversight from both the U.S. Coast Guard and Transport Canada.

Working with local contractor McKeil Marine, Titan and McKeil were awarded a salvage contract and mobilized a team from Titan’s U.S. salvage depot consisting of a salvage master, naval architect, salvage foremen and supervisors.  Although hampered by swift river currents, the salvage team lightered 4,000 metric tons of the canola meal cargo to locally chartered barges.  Using McKeil’s tugs the ship was extracted from her grounding spot after a controlled re-floating of the vessel on September 18th. Vessel was re-delivered to owners at Snell Lock.

August 2006 – M/V Boularibank – Following a hold fire on board the M/V Boularibank off the Philippines islands, Titan was engaged to board the vessel while anchored off Davao to assist in suppressing residual fires that were raging in the vessel’s cargo of bulk copra (dried coconut kernels having oil content as high as 66%) and bagged, containerised cocoa beans. The fire was suppressed by reducing the oxygen content in the holds and by boundary cooling, before Titan fire fighting crew attacked the source of the residual deep seated fires in the cocoa beans by discharging burning containers from the hold to the hatch covers and using large quantities of water in the holds after replacing the unusable bilge pumps onboard with portable salvage pumps. After making the vessel safe by extinguishing the fire, Titan assisted in making temporary repairs and provided a riding crew to assist the master with fire monitoring during the voyage to the next port, at Johor Bahru, Malaysia where the Titan team also provided portable salvage pumps during discharge of the waterlogged cargo and contaminated residual water.

August 2006– M/V ALBION, a privately owned pleasure vessel sank while under tow in the Monterrey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California.  The U.S. Coast Guard hired Titan and Global Diving to undertake the bunker removal operation in 65 meters of water.  Diving on mixed gas a total of approximately 1,500 gallons of diesel oil were successfully removed and disposed off without any impact to the sensitive environment.

August 2006 – SKAGERN The 106-meter Swedish-owned cargo ship Skagern collided with another vessel during very foggy conditions on the river Humber, the gateway to primary ports on the UK’s east coast while loaded with timber and copper. Following her tow to King George V Dock at the port of Hull, Titan Maritime (UK) and United Salvage Ltd. were contracted in a joint salvage operation to raise the vessel which had experienced severe bow damage and flooding. Two days after arriving at the dock, the ship suddenly started to sink. At the request of Underwriters, Titan mobilized a salvage master to the site and Titan’s UK office coordinated with United Salvage to structure a joint offer for salvage that was accepted by ship owners. With the bow of the ship sunk to the bottom of the harbor, and a list increasing to 13 degrees, the risk of capsizing became very real and initial efforts focused on the progressive flooding and reducing the list to six degrees. It then took several days of underwater inspection, strategic pumping, testing and running stability models to develop a salvage plan. With an equal mix of Titan and United salvors and equipment, the operation involved the discharge of timber and 700 tons of copper from the No.1 hold. The team regained the buoyancy from a number of ballast tanks through a combination of air and pumping, giving up to 1,200 tons of lift. External assistance from a floating sheerleg, GPS “ATLAS”, provided an additional 400 tons of lift and the stability to prevent the ship from capsizing during the raising operation. The re-floating operation commenced 14 days after the vessel sank, with GPS “ATLAS” rigged through the bow thruster’s aperture and the ship was handed back to owners three days later.

July 2006 – BILLY STAR The Billy Star, is a non-propelled tank barge that was loaded with about 1,200 tons of sulfuric acid and driven aground in shallow water during typhoon Chanchu near Sibuyan Island in the Philippines. The vessel had been on its way to Manila with the cargo when its grounding caused a breach on the right side of the hull. The vessel, owned by Grand Asia Shipping, was then towed by a competing salvor into the Keppel Shipyard where, as a result of the breach, the corrosive mixture of sulfuric acid and seawater burned through one of the barge’s three storage tanks and melted a hole in its steel hull, causing it to sink. Titan was then contracted for the complete removal of the wreck and her cargo. Following an unsuccessful attempt at re-floating the barge because of its insufficient hull integrity, Titan used its heavy-lift derrick barge to lift the vessel and dispose of her.

June 2006 – COUGAR ACE The Cougar Ace, a 55,328 gt car carrier loaded with approximately 4,700 Mazda cars and Isuzu trucks, was disabled at sea on July 24th in the northern Pacific, on its way from Japan to Vancouver, British Columbia. Owned and operated by Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines, the Cougar Ace began taking on water and eventually ended up with a portside list of 80-degrees.  Following the Coast Guard’s rescue of the ship’s 23 crewmembers, Titan was called to the scene to help right the vessel. Crowley tugs Sea Victory and Gladiator towed the Cougar Ace into the Wide Bay area of Dutch Harbor in Alaska, where weather and sea conditions were better. The ship was then anchored to a mooring with the two tugs still standing by. After further inspection and final preparation of the pumping equipment, the salvage team began dewatering the vessel in an attempt to right it.  After Titan’s 24-day salvage effort, the vessel was delivered safely afloat in a condition acceptable to the vessel owners.  Though it still had a small list to port to contain the small pockets of water remaining onboard, it was well within its normal operating parameters.

May 2006 – Tank Barge SMI-20 – During hurricane Katrina, the 130ft barge SMI-20 broke away and ran aground at the shoreline in Perdido Key, Florida. The entire grounding area was extremely environmentally sensitive, including the Perdido Beach Mice habitat, sea turtle nesting areas and concerns for impact on the vegetation.  Following the removal of oily water from the barge’s tanks, Titan with the support of contractor AMSI, utilized Titan’s roller bags and a shallow draft tug to refloat the barge and tow her across sand banks out to open water.  The SMI-20 was delivered to a place of safety and the beach area was restored to its original pristine condition.

March 2006 – Rey de Coliman – The Rey de Coliman a 100 ft LOA tug boat, built in 1985 and home ported at Manzanillo, Mexico was working March 31, 2006, on the construction of a LNG pipeline and offshore mooring project just outside the city of Manzanillo when her propellers became fouled and on loosing propulsion, she grounded beside the pipeline landing area on a sandy beach. After several unsuccessful attempts at reflaoting her themselves, the operators hired Titan on a Lloyds Open Form salvage contract incorporating SCOPIC on April 7th, 2006.

Titan immediately mobilised an eight man salvage team from the U.S. and the Crowley tug, Sea Victory (7,200 BHP) from Ensenada, Mexico. The salvage team started preparing for the refloating attempt in advance of the Sea Victory’s arrival by surveying the vessel and reducing the sand build up around the vessel caused by wave action. The Sea Victory arrived on the site of the grounding at approx. 1020 hours on April 14. After several hours of pulling by the Sea Victory along with a local harbor tug and by using earth moving equipment on the beach to both move the sand from around the vessel and push on her hull, the Rey de Coliman was finally refloated at about 2330 hours that evening. The Rey de Coliman was re-delivered by Titan to her owners safely moored at the harbor pier at Manzanillo about eight hours later thereby successfully concluding the salvage services.

March 2006 – APL PANAMA This was one of the largest refloatings of a laden containership ever undertaken. The APL Panama, a 52,267 dwt ship with a capacity of 4,038 TEU, ran aground on Christmas day on the beach in Ensenada, Mexico. Operating under a Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) agreement, Titan safely redelivered the ship to its owner on March 12. During the project, Titan mobilized several salvage teams and specialized salvage gear from various depots in the United States and overseas. Included in the mobilization were 20 truckloads of salvage gear, five 300-ton hydraulic pullers, seven tugboats with a combined bollard pull of 500 tons, a flat-deck barge upon which the pullers were mounted, three crawler stick cranes of varying sizes, a SkyCrane helicopter and a dredge, among other things. Titan safely removed all fuel from the ship, along with more than 1,200 containers, and then removed large quantities of sand from around the vessel in order to refloat it. To read more, click here.

December 2005 – ROSTOK, a 4,900 grt general cargo ship laden with steel coils, suffered steering failure, causing it to ground across the banks of the Sulina Channel, near Partizani, Romania, in 1991. Shortly thereafter the vessel capsized and rolled on her starboard side. Three previous salvage attempts by other salvors proved unsuccessful, leaving hull and cargo still submerged and posing a serious hazard to navigation. In 2003, fifteen companies and consortia tendered for this wreck removal, of which only two pre-qualified. The River Administration of the Lower Danube (AFDJ) awarded the contract to the Rostok Wreck Removal Consortium. The operation, funded by the European Investment Bank, commenced on 1 November 2004. The Rostok Wreck Removal Consortium consisted of Netherlands-based Multraship Salvage, USA-based Titan, and Deltacons, a Romanian river engineering company. Despite 6-knot currents and zero visibility conditions, the Consortium members managed to cut the hull in several sections and tandem- lift them out using floating sheerlegs and a barge mounted Titan linear pullers, thereby successfully removing the wreck, remaining cargo and the heavy mud that filled the vessel.

October 2005– HURRICANE KATRINA RESPONSE. In Louisiana alone Titan refloated about 65 vessels with the use of our pneumatic lift bags, linear hydraulic pullers and jack-ups. These vessels included a 1,500 ton sheerleg, lineboats of up to 1,100 tons each, menhaden boats of up to 600 tons, and many hopper barges. In addition to the work in Louisiana, Titan is the U.S. Coast Guard's contractor in Mississippi and Alabama and has thus far refloated another 13 vessels. Thirty-one additional vessels are still under contract to be removed by Titan.

September 2005 – GRETA R., a 37,519gt Bulk Carrier, ran aground near Mile 53 on the lower Mississippi River during 55 knot winds and an upstream swell generated by Hurricane Rita. The vessel lost its starboard anchor and punctured a fuel tank while grounding. Titan responded by dispatching two nearby time-chartered tugs and a Salvage Master from another job site approximately 1/4 mile from the grounding site. The vessel was safely refloated just two hours later. The vessel was then shifted to a more sheltered location, where the Salvage Master beached its bow to hold it against the storm winds. Two days later it was safely refloated and redelivered to its owners.

September 2005 – BALTIC CAPTAIN I, a 23,235gt Chemical/oil carrier fully laden with crude oil, ran aground in the Houston Ship Channel. Titan, responding on behalf of the Marine Response Alliance (MRA), mobilized a Salvage Master and Engineer and activated MRA partner Marine Pollution Control (MPC) and local response contractor T&T. Through lightering to locally chartered barges, the cargo was partially offloaded and, with the assistance of locally hired tugs, the vessel was refloated within 48 hours of grounding.

August 2005 – TULSA, 110-foot long cutterhead dredge, sank in the Black River in Louisiana, causing significant oil pollution. Titan was hired by its owners and responded by mobilizing a salvage team and 1,400-ton puller spread mounted on deck barges. The dredge was successfully lifted and redelivered to her owners.

August 2005 – P&O NEDLLOYD AMAZONAS, a 15,000 dwt container vessel, ran aground in the Amazon river. Titan quickly mobilized a salvage team and local tugs to assist the vessel. Safe refloating was accomplished within 36 hours of arrival on scene.

June 2005 – ROYAL PACIFIC, a 9,805gt passenger ship, caught fire on June 29 in southern Taiwan and then capsized under the weight of the water that had pumped into it by firefighters. Titan responded with a survey team from Titan’s Singapore office and, after being awarded the contract, mobilized an 8-man team and equipment to remove all fuel oil and other hydrocarbons from the capsized wreck.

June 2005 – CAMILLA DESGAGNES, a 10,085gt Ro/Ro vessel, sustained an engine room fire off the coast of New York. With the fire quickly contained by the crew of the vessel, Titan contracted with McAllister Towing for delivery of the stricken vessel from offshore New York to Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. The vessel was safely delivered to it owners on June 10.

May 2005 – Tug MAIRA was disabled in the English Channel, 6 miles off the coast from Titan’s UK Salvage Depot. Titan responded in a rescue craft and, in less than one hour, Titan’s engineers were able to restart all machinery aboard and deliver the tug, under its own power, to the port of Newhaven to be turned over to its owners.    

May 2005 – LUCIA, 38,526gt bulker laden with 80,000 tons of coal, grounded off the southeast tip of Borneo. Titan responded with a salvage team from Titan’s Batam, Indonesia, Salvage Depot and worked with chartered vessels to lighter the the cargo of coal. Upon completion of the lightering operation, the LUCIA traveled under its own power to a repair facility in Vietnam.   

April 2005 – MSC KATIE, a 38,743 dwt container ship, was involved in a collision while entering Port Louis, Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. The vessel, with the engine room and No. 7 cargo hold flooded, was intentionally run aground after the collision to prevent her from sinking. Titan’s experts provided consulting services to the owners concerning the vessel's damage repair and refloating.  

March 2005 – GABRIELLE, a 4000 grt geared container vessel, lost power off the Bahamas coast and began drifting dangerously onto a lee shore. Working under a Lloyds Open Form Salvage Agreement (LOF), Titan mobilized tugs from the Bahamas and Florida to successfully rescue the vessel before worsening weather could push it up on a coral reef. The "GABRIELLE" was safely redelivered to its owners about five days later at the port of West Palm Beach.

March 2005 – SHINKO OCEAN, a 6,000 grt general cargo vessel fully laden with logs, which had been abandoned off the coast of Taiwan in the South China Sea. Titan mobilized a salvage team aboard partner company Asian Marine’s tug “SALVAGE CHAMPION”. The team located the sinking vessel and managed to secure a tow wire to its stern. Within a few hours, the weather deteriorated and the vessel sank into deep water off the Taiwan coast. The salvage team worked through the next day to recover part of the log cargo, which had floated to the surface. Tugs “SALVAGE CHAMPION” and “SALVAGE KING” delivered all recovered cargo to owners at the port of Kaohsiung.

February 2005 – CAPE FLATTERY, a 28,000 dwt geared bulk carrier laden with bulk cement, grounded at the approach of Barbers Point Harbour, Hawaii, on Feb. 2, 2005. After the owners' initial and unsucessful attempt to refloat the vessel using local assets and expertise, Titan was contracted on Feb. 7, 2005. The Titan salvage team determined that the vessel’s ground reaction would require lightering of cargo, and so presented a salvage plan to the Unified Command setting out plans to discharge cargo to deck barges using both the ship’s gear and barge-mounted cranes. Over the next few days, Titan crew worked around the clock to lighter as much as 9,000 tons of cement cargo, despite the treacherous swell conditions. During the early hours of Feb. 11, the vessel was refloated and taken to anchorage for assessment and temporary repairs. The vessel was redelivered to its owners at 1500 Hrs on Feb. 11, safely afloat alongside berth # 7 at Barbers Point Harbor. Titan's timely actions during the course of its service were instrumental in preventing severe damage to an ancient coral reef system that lay just ahead of the vessel.

January 2005 - ATHOS I, a 60,880 dwt crude oil tanker, hit uncharted debris in the Delaware River and punctured a 1.98m x 0.46m gash in its bottom and one of its stowage tanks, resulting in a spill of 30,000 gallons of Venezuelan heavy crude oil into the Delaware River. Titan, responding as the OPA-90 Salvor on behalf of Marine Response Alliance (MRA), worked with MRA partner Marine Pollution Control (MPC) to lighter the vessel's remaining cargo, install salvage patches, and deliver the vessel safely afloat to its owners.

November, 2004 – GUANTANAMO BAY EXPRESS, a 6,000 ton container barge departing from Jacksonville Harbor, experienced 30 knot gusts and 12 foot seas while under tow. The tow wire parted and the barge drifted onto the rocks just north of Mayport jetties. Titan immediately mobilized two local tugs and a Salvage Master. Following a casualty and a site assessment, it was determined that the barge was in danger of capsizing and sinking as a result of extensive bottom damage and the breaching of all port side voids. Titan’s salvage team proceeded to rig the port void tanks for air to be blown down, and then successfully refloated the barge, prepared the towing connections, and safely redelivered it to its owners the next day.

October, 2004 – M/V CONTRADER, a 4,000 ton self-unloading cement carrier, capsized during Hurricane Jeanne at Clifton Pier, near New Providence Island, Bahamas. An onsite dive inspection revealed some bottom damage. Bunkers were successfully removed. Titan’s jack-up barge "KARLISSA A" was brought onsite and, using three hydraulic pullers, the vessel was easily righted, righted, pumped, patched and refloated. The vessel was then turned over to its owners for repairs.

October, 2004 – Titan led a group of South Florida emergency responders in the refloating of the 40,864 dwt bulker M/V FEDERAL PESCADORES. The vessel ran aground on October 7th, 2004, while attempting to anchor just north of the entrance to Port Everglades. The Titan-led team consisted of Resolve Marine Group, Smith Maritime, Crowley Marine Services, Seaward Marine Services, Seabulk Towing, National Response Corporation, Marine Spill Response Corporation, Cliff Berry Inc., SWS Inc., TowboatUS, Seatow and Superior Marine Services, in conjunction with the USCG-led Unified Command in Miami. The vessel was successfully refloated on the morning of 12 October, after the lightering of 700 tons of HFO and MDO. The vessel, with a cargo of 39,000 tons of cement, sustained only minor damage.

October 2004 – SKATE-III, a four legged jack-up barge, was blown toward the shoreline of Seaford, UK, after having broken her legs in a gale. The vessel, in the surf line, was being helplessly pounded by 4 meter seas. Responding from Titan’s Newhaven UK response depot, salvors were able to pass wires around the vessel, thus arresting the barge in the surf and holding her steady as the tide retreated. All non-breached spaces were pumped dry and, using heavy excavating equipment, the vessel was pulled up onto the beach on a rising tide. The Barge was then dismantled onsite and trucked to Titan’s yard, where it was redelivered to its owners.

September, 2004 – VANGUARD, a motor tug of 450 lightweight tons, sank in the inner sound off the Isle of Skye, Scotland. A Titan team was dispatched out of our UK facility. A hull survey was completed and revealed damage to he hull. Under extreme weather conditions, Titan managed to remove the vessel's bunkers and oil. The sheerleg barge "SAMSON" was mobilized to the site, where oil removal was completed and the "VANGUARD" was successfully rigged and raised during a much needed break in the weather. The tug was transported in slings to Loch-a-Braige, disconnected from the sheerleg, and redelivered to its owners.

August, 2004 – M/V AJMAN II, a 350' RO-RO low on fuel, sought shelter in Guam during a typhoon warning. After the weather system moved through, it was ordered out of port to anchorage. Typhoon-generated wind and waves caused the vessel to drag anchor and run aground, where USCG determined that the vessel was a pollution hazard. Titan's team was contracted to remove all hydrocarbons and refloat the vessel. The vessel was safely refloated and redelivered to its owners, who then towed the vessel to China for repairs.

August, 2004 – M/V SAINT NICHOLAS, a 600-foot-long bulk carrier loaded with 38,000 tons of coal, ran heavily aground near Kalundborg, Denmark. Titan dispatched a team from its UK facilities. Following a dive survey and onboard assessment, it was determined that the vessel required lightering of cargo. A local coaster was chartered in to receive approximately 3,300 tons of cargo. With the assistance of local tugs and the ship's own propulsion, the vessel was safely refloated during high tide. Further inspection of the vessel revealed no hull damage and it was safely redelivered to its owners.

July 2004 – SUPERFERRY 14, a 10,181 gross tonnage passenger ferry laden with 3,700 tons of cargo, was enroute to Bacolod City from Manila when it sustained a fire near Corregidor. The vessel sank and came to rest at the seaward limit of Sisiman Bayon, lying on its starboard side in 12 meters of water and at a 70 degree list . Titan was awarded the wreck removal contract and immediately sent over a salvage team and a comprehensive array of portable salvage equipment, including pumps, diving equipment, heavy rigging and Titan's linear chain pullers. With the pullers in place and rigging completed, the vessel was up-righted within 2 hours and lightering operations commenced. The vessel was successfully refloated without incident and returned safely to its owners safely.

May 2004 – The Alaska Marine Highway System's passenger ferry LECONTE struck rocks and grounded 30 miles north of Sitka, Alaska, in Peril Strait. Responding in conjunction with Crowley Marine Services, Titan deployed a 17-man salvage team and dispatched its portable salvage response packages via a chartered DC-8 Aircraft. "LECONTE" was refloated on the morning of May 17th and delivered safely afloat to its owners at the Ketchikan dry dock on May 20th.

May 2004 – "GL-227," a 4,750 DWT hopper barge, had blown free from her moorings during Hurricane Isabel and sunk near to the northern island of the Monitor Merrimac Bridge Tunnel in Newport News, Virginia. A Titan team, with the use of a locally procured crane barge, worked throughout the month of May and into early June to cut up and completely remove the barge.

April 2004 – The 157 foot luxury motor yacht "NEWFOUNDLAND EXPLORER" sustained an engine room fire in Port Everglades, Florida. The vessel came to rest on the harbor bottom, with a 35 degree list to port. Titan was awarded the salvage contract and responded within one hour of being notified. A Titan team began salvage operations, which resulted in approximately 10,000 gallons of hydrocarbons being removed and directed to tank trucks onshore. Titan contracted a pollution response team to prevent any spills throughout the operation. The vessel was safely refloated and returned to its owners.

March 2004 – "PASSION," a 173 foot luxury motor yacht, grounded near McLean's Town, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. Titan mobilized a tug and responded with a team by float plane within 8 hours of being notified. Two hours later the vessel was safely afloat and returned to its owners.

March 2004 – M/V "EASTWIND," a 27,471 DWT geared bulk carrier inbound for Port Everglades, grounded about 1,200 yards off of Ft. Lauderdale beach while approaching anchorage in heavy seas and 30 knot winds. The vessel was loaded with a cargo of bauxite and an estimated 341 tons of heavy fuel oil in her double bottoms. Titan immediately responded with an 11-man salvage team and gear. With the assistance of two tugs, the vessel was successfully refloated within 24 hours and returned safely afloat to its owners.

March 2004 – The 272 foot ocean hopper barge "HUDSON," en route to Puerto Rico with a full cargo of steel I-beams and building materials, began taking on water in rough seas 100 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida. A Titan salvage team, hired by hull underwriters, mobilized via tug from Key West and boarded the vessel. The team nmanaged to penetrate 4+ inches of concrete in the machinery deck space in order to open the steel deck beneath and access the stern compartment for offshore pumping. The barge, after being returned to sailing drafts, was inspected by the underwriters' surveyors and then proceeded to Puerto Rico.

March 2004 – "MICLYN 251," a 6,000 ton deck barge en route from Kuantan, West Malaysia, to Miri, East Malaysia, broke from its tow due to bad weather. The barge, loaded with 4,500 tons of offshore pipes, grounded and ripped open its bottom. Titan dispatched a salvage team and immediately began salvage operations by means of pressurizing all the damaged tanks. The barge was then refloated and towed to a safe anchorage.

December 2003 – M/V "CALA PANAMA," of 17,250 dwt, grounded adjacent the breakwater at the mouth of the Magdalena River in Barranquilla, Columbia. The vessel ran heavily aground and came to rest on rocks, bearing a 12 degree starboard list. Following a swift job on Christmas eve, the 22-strong Titan team successfully refloated the ship, enduring almost 30 days of arduous work battling gale force winds, 20 foot seas, 6 knot river currents, poisonous snakes, and true third world logistical challenges. A couple of very powerful tugs and a Titan puller mounted on the ship were used to provide the freeing force. On January 19th the "CALA PANAMA" was successfully refloated.

October 2003 – M/V “UNITED MALIKA," a 387.8 foot reefer vessel with a cargo of fish, ran aground in a remote location near the shore of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, on August 4th, 2003. The 17-member crew was rescued by the Mauritanian Navy. Titan responded with a 7- man salvage team and successfully removed 400 + tons of oil without incident.

October 2003 – The M/V "JONAS," a 2,900 ton multipurpose cargo vessel, grounded at Montserrat with a full load of project cargo, most of which consisted of heavy equipment and machinery for the airport reconstruction effort. Titan mobilized a Salvage Master and a 60 ton bollard pull tug to undertake the refloating. The vessel was safely refloated within 48 hours of the contract award.

September 2003 – The 522 foot general cargo ship M/V "KENT RELIANT," laden with 8,500 tons of newsprint and lumber products, ran aground outside San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico. Owners of the vessel awarded the contract to Titan under LOF 2000 terms. Within 24 hours of the incident, Titan had used a chartered aircraft to mobilize a salvage team and 40,000 pounds of salvage equipment to the scene. Titan responded with a 16-man salvage team, divided into two shifts and working around the clock. In compliance with the USCG Area Contingency Plan, Titan executed anti-pollution activities that included the staging and deployment of oil booms and providing response personnel at environmentally sensitive areas. Approximately 100,000 gallons of bunkers and oily water were removed from the vessel. Despite having sustained considerable bottom damage and flooding, the vessel was successfully refloated after lightering of approximately 4,500 tons of cargo and the dewatering of various tanks through air pressurization and the use of 5 tugboats.

August 2003 – M/V "BOWSTRING," a 160 foot long survey vessel, sank in approximately 10 meters of water in the St. John's River in Jacksonville, Florida. Titan was hired by the U.S. Coast Guard, under its standard emergency response contract, to provide a salvage team and heavy lift equipment in order to refloat the sunken wreck and remove all hydrocarbons and other pollutants. Titan's own offshore jack-up barge KARLISSA A, outfitted with an over-the-bow, 700-ton heavy lift system, was utilized to raise the wreck. Approximately 20,000 gallons of pollutants were removed and the wreck was successfully refloated.

July 2003 – While sailing over live coral reef waters outside of Port Everglades, Floida, the 180 foot general cargo ship "L. SILHOUETTE" developed a severe list as a result of engine room flooding. Under the direction of the US Coast Guard, Titan mobilized a salvage team and equipment to assist with the emergency towage of the vessel away from environmentally sensitive areas.

June 2003 – M/V "FREEDOM EXPRESS," a 245 foot general cargo ship, was abandoned by its owners off of Miami, posing a serious environmental threat to the Florida coast. Under contract with the US Coast Guard, Titan personnel and equipment were mobilized to remove all hydrocarbons, hazardous materials and other pollutants from the vessel. Once cleaned, the vessel was towed and successfully scuttled at a designated site under a Federal disposal permit.

June 2003 – The 120,000 ton bulk carrier M/V "CASTILLO DE SALAS" grounded and sank outside of Gijon, Spain, in 1986. Local contractors failed to completely remove the entire wreck, leaving a 3,000 ton section of double bottom structure filled with contaminated sand, gravel, rocks and coal, which lay in 18 meters of water about 800 meters from shore. The Spanish Coast Guard Agency (SASEMAR) awarded a contract to Titan for the removal of the wreckage. Divers managed to exothermically cut the wreck into nine section, which were hen lifted out by teh floating sheerleg crane CORMORANT. The wreckage was successfully removed and the sections were safely disposed of at an approved shoreside recycling facility.

May 2003 – The barge "LABROY 162," a 7,000 ton deck barge laden with limestone, grounded on a coral reef outside Palau, Micronesia. Titan mobilized a salvage team and equipment out of its salvage depot in Southeast Asia. Working together with the barge owners, the barge was safely refloated after lightering cargo and dewatering.

April 2003 – The 325 foot freighter "SPRUTTENBERG" was waiting to load cargo in the port of Dellys, Algeria, when local authorities instructed the vessel to depart from the port due to bad weather. Shortly after departure, the vessel was forced ashore by heavy winds and seas. Titan mobilized a six-man salvage team from the company's UK base. Once aboard, the team found the vessel lying aground over her full length, and with a seven degree list, substantial bottom damage and partial flooding. The team refloated the vessel and cleared out of the country in 12 days. The vessel was then safely delivered to a dry dock in Cartagena, Spain.

January 2003 – The self propelled bunker vessel "SPABUNKER CUATRO," fully laden with approximately 1,500 tons of oil, sank in about 160 ft of water during bad weather in Algeciras Bay, Spain. Titan was awarded a contract by the Spanish government authorities (SASEMAR) to remove all oil cargo and the vessel itself. Titan mobilized a six-man saturation diving team and specialized underwater oil-extraction equipment, and commenced by removing the entire cargo of oil. A sheerleg crane was mobilized to lift the vessel in one piece to the surface, where it was transported to an area in the port that was deemed safe. The wreck was stabilized, cleaned of all remaining oil residues, and delivered back to its owners.

January 2003 – The 7,598 dwt Ro/Ro vessel "CAMILLA" experienced main engine failure while travelling through storm force winds and heavy seas off the coast of Newfoundland. The crew evacuated the vessel via the Canadian Coast Guard's Cormorant helicopter fleet. Titan and partner ITC were hired by the owners of "CAMILLA" under an LOF contract. Five days later the vessel was under tow and on her way to Conception Bay. After 12 days of working between storms, completing patching, pumping and preserving machinery, the "CAMILLA" was delivered safely to St. John's, Newfoundland.

November 2002 – The 650 foot "DRYDOCK # 1" broke loose from its berth at pier 70 due to 70 mph winds. The drydock drifted across San Francisco Bay to Yerba Island, where it ran aground. Titan was awarded the contract and immediately sent a Salvage Master, Salvage Engineer and a six-man dive team to the scene, where patching and dewatering tanks commenced. Refloating was accomplished in 15 days and the vessel was towed back to the Port of San Francisco's Pier 95.

October 2002 – M/V "ALVA STAR," a 235.7m, 41,570 dwt cargo carrier en route from Haifa, Israel, to Kepec, Croatia, ran aground on the south eastern corner of Zakinthos Island, burying her bulbous bow into the rocks at the base of a cliff. On October 4, 2002, Titan was awarded the LOF contract and immediately mobilized a salvage team and equipment from Titan's UK and USA offices/warehouses. Eight days later, Titan refloated the vessel. On October 25 it arrived at a discharge berth in Piraeus, where its cargo was lightered and the vessel returned to its owners.

October 2002 – M/V "BERNARDO QUINTANA A," a fully laden, 753 ft, 60,573 dwt bulk carrier, ran aground in the Tampa Bay ship channel following a collision with another vessel. The "Bernardo Quintana A" was struck on her port side and pushed into a sandbar on the east side of Egmont Key. The MRA (as the vessel's OPA 90 responder) received the call and immediately notified Titan. Titan mobilized a five-manman salvage team and was on the scene within four hours. Approximately four hours later the vessel was refloated and safely returned to its owners.

July 2002 – M/V "PATRIOT," a 710 ft, 35,000 ton tanker en route to Texas from New York, sustained a fire in the engine room while off the east coast of Florida. After sealing all vents, the crew activated the vessel's fixed CO2 system. Owners then contracted Titan to respond over the water with a salvage team and specialized equipment to access the engine room space, ensure that the fire was extinguished, and prepare the vessel for tow. The "PATRIOT" was safely delivered to Charleston, South Carolina, three days later.

June 2002 – "CLIPPER CHEYENNE," a 5,970 dwt, 104m x 20.5m x 4.9m, float on/float off, heavy lift cargo vessel, sank alongside a dock at Foynes, Ireland, in the pristine waters of the River Shannon, while ballasting to load a floating dredger. Immediately upon being notified, a Titan Salvage Master and Salvage Engineer were dispatched to the scene via a chartered aircraft from Titan's UK Salvage Depot. Titan was awarded the contract on a Lloyd's Open Form and quickly began mobilizing equipment and people from their New Haven, UK, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, warehouses. The job was completed as agreed and the vessel, safely afloat, delivered to owners.

May 2002 – SS "JACOB LUCKENBACH," a 1944-built, C-3 ocean freight vessel, sank on July 14, 1953, in the environmentally-sensitive waters off of California, following a collision with the SS "HAWAIIAN PILOT." The "LUCKENBACH" was resting in 176 feet of water, broken into 3 pieces, when the USCG hired Titan to provide an assessment, removal, and disposal of oil from the vessel. Titan recovered 85,000 gallons of heavy bunker C oil from the wreck.

May 2002 – M/T "SEA JACKIE," a 58,808 dwt single hull tanker laden with 44,000 barrels of oil, ran aground at the entrance to the Mississippi River. The MRA, as the vessel's OPA 90 responder, received the call and immediately notified Titan, who was then contracted by vessel managers to refloat the vessel. Titan mobilized a salvage team from or Florida base, dispatched several tugs with a combined bollard pull of 400 tons, and liaisoned with the U.S. Coast Guard. The vessel was refloated within 48 hours of when it first ran aground.

March 2002 – MAERSK La GUAIRA," a 19,520 dwt, 157m x 23.70m x 12.80m vessel laden with containers, lost power and grounded while entering Guayaquil, Ecuador. Titan was hired on a lump sum contract to refloat the vessel. Titan mobilized a seven-man team and contracted local vessels to lighter 900 tons of cargo. The vessel was refloated just four days after the contract had been awarded, and then was delivered to its owners, safely afloat, to Guayaquil Harbor.

February 2002 – M/V "GALAPAGOS DISCOVERY," a 87m x 14.6m cruise ship, caught fire in October of 1999, grounded in the old French cut of the Panama Canal, and capsized. In October 2001, Titan was contracted by the Panama Canal Authority to remove the wreck. Titan designed a system that allowed the vessel to be parbuckled upright without damage to the sensitive environment. Titan then refloated the vessel and proved the stability of the vessel to the Panama Canal Authority, geting their approval for towage through the Panama Canal to an offshore scuttling site.

January 2002 – The fishing trawlers "THERESA LYNN" and "BLIND FAITH" went aground in the National Park at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida. The "BLIND FAITH" broke apart in 15 feet of water and the "THERESA LYNN" came to rest against the Fort Jefferson moat wall. Titan was asked to remove the fuel oil from the vessels. Despite the remote location of the wrecks, 3,200 gallons of MDO were removed in 36 hours. Titan was then hired on its USCG BOA contract to remove both wrecks, including the fuel tanks, lube oil tanks and machinery. This was completed successfully without damage to the island's fragile coral reef.

December 2001 – M/V "ASEAN LIBERTY," of 8,656 dwt and 132m x 17.2m x 9.9m, grounded on Chokey Shoal in the Rangoon River, 8 miles south of Yangon, Myanmar, while fully laden with a cargo of hard wood. She sank and broke aprt between holds 2 and 3. The Rangoon River is tidal, very muddy, and has a maximum 8 knot current. Due to the conditions it was decided to attempt to pull the fully laden wreck to the western bank of the river, where the wreck could be dismantled in the dry. Titan assembled and mobilized a 3,000 ton pulling barge for the attempt, but nevertheless that first attempt was unsuccessful. A revised plan to reduce the wreck to an 8 foot clearance over the top at M.L.W. was then developed and completed.

November 2001 – M/T "SHAUADAR," of 25,253 dwt, 175m, 25m x 9.6m, loaded with approximately 10,500 mt of HFO, grounded on the northeast coast of Cuba near Felton. Cuban salvor Antillana de Salvamento was hired on LOF terms to refloat the "SHAUADAR" but experienced difficulty. Titan was asked by "SHAUADAR's" underwriters to assist. Titan was able to secure a License from authorities in the U.S. to work in Cuba on this job. Titan mobilized the 90 meter 16,800 bhp tug "KIGORIA" (managed by partner ITC), salvage equipment that included two pumping systems owned by partner Marine Pollution Control, and a salvage team to lighter cargo and refloat the "SHAUADAR."

October 2001 – As a result of Hurricane Iris, the aluminum diving excursion M/V "WAVE DANCER," 120 feet x 25 feet, capsized and sank at Big Creek, Belize, with the loss of 18 lives. Titan was hired on a lump sum basis to refloat the vessel using our "KARLISSA B" jack-up crane barge.

September 2001 – The general cargo vessel "AN TAI," 15,139 dwt, sank at her berth in Port Klang, Malaysia, on November 25, 1997. The owners abandoned the vessel, leaving the port authority to deal with the removal of the wreck. After one failed refloating attempt and several government sponsored tenders, Titan and local partner Sapura were contracted by the port authorities to remove the wreck. Titan contracted with Muhibbah Marine Engineering to build a sheerleg crane at their Port Klang shipyard in order to lift the wreck pieces. Unfortunately the crane was not completed, so Titan and Sapura had to accomplish the wreck removal by alternate means. The wreck was cut into two pieces at the bulkhead, between holds 2 and 3 and a cofferdam was installed over the number 5 hold. The number 5 hold and engine room were both pumped out and a large part of the stern was refloated. A barge was partially submerged under this stern portion and then refloated, thus lifting the entire 6,500 ton stern piece of the wreck. The piece was cut into scrap while on the barge. The forward portion of the wreck was also cut into two pieces, and a barge submerged outboard of each one. In two separate operations, the pieces were parbuckled onto the deck of the submerged barge, which was then raised in order to lift the pieces so that they could then be cut into scrap while still on the barge.

June 2001 – M/V ALMA, of 17,520 dwt and measuring 153.1m x 21.2m x 12.9m, lost steerage and grounded just outside the entrance to Miami. Her holds were loaded with wood and she had deck cargo of containers and buses. Titan mobilized a salvage team from our Ft. Lauderdale warehouse and obtained approval from the U.S. Coast Guard for a salvage plan. With one 5,000 hp and two 3,000 hp tugs, the vessel was refloated within six hours.

March 2001 – EHIME MARU – Crowley was assigned to assist in the salvage of fishing vessel EHIME MARU sunk off the coast of Hawaii after colliding with a US submarine. The recovery of crewmembers and disposal of the EHIME MARU presented many technical challenges, which required Crowley to utilize its full array of internal and external engineering resources. Adding to these technical challenges, there were many diplomatic and emotional issues surrounding the incident, which required great sensibility while performing the complicated mechanical and engineering tasks. Crowley demonstrated its ability to respond to salvage situations effectively while giving importance to serious non-technical but more emotive concerns.

February 2001 – The fully loaded M/V "CORAL BULKER," a 28,454 dwt bulker, grounded adjacent to the breakwater in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Titan mobilized a salvage team from our Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and Newhaven, UK, warehouses. The vessel was cut into two sections and rolled over the breakwater, enabling Titan to dismantle the vessel while working in the dry.

February 2001 – M/T "MERIOM STAR," 32,000 dwt and 560' x 86' x 37', grounded at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay with a full load of urea. Titan arranged for tugs and divers and liaisoned with the U.S. Coast Guard. The vessel was refloated within 25 hours with the use of two tugs and the vessel's main engines. The vessel proceeded to anchorage under her own power, after which a bottom survey was completed.

December 2000 – The 65-ft tug "CASSIA LEIGH" began to take on water while off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida. The tug's crew attempted to beach the vessel but were unable to do so before it sank in 11 feet of water, 300' from the beach. Titan responded on the morning of the incident and removed a total of 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hydraulic oil and lube oil from the casualty. Upon removal of the hydrocarbons, Titan refloated the tug and safely delivered the vessel to its owners in West Palm Beach, Florida.

December 2000 – The 72-ft. catamaran ferry "NATIVE SON KAT" ran aground off the southeast coast of St. Thomas, USVI. Titan mobilized a salvage team, equipment and a tug on Dec. 22nd. All twelve compartments of the aluminum vessel were found to be punctured. Patches were fabricated for each compartment and the casualty was refloated on Dec. 30th. Titan then kept the casualty afloat while she lay alongside a dock in Charlotte Amalie until Jan. 1st, at which time Titan towed and positioned her into drydock.

August 2000 – November 2000 – The 24,000 dwt barge "ALIA", 130m x 32m x 8.5m, fully loaded with rocks, had capsized and partially sunk inside the Mina Saqr Port anchorage in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Titan mobilized a floating equipment spread consisting of a dive support vessel, tugs and two flat-top cargo barges. Each barge was outfitted with seven of Titan's 250-ton hydraulically operated pullers. Independent ballast systems, hydraulic and electrical systems, cranes, forklifts, generators and compressors were added to the barge as well. Titan's naval architect calculated the appropriate positions on each side of the casualty in which to burn rigging points, and the wreck was lifted and towed to a pre-approved dump site where it became an artificial fishing reef.

July 2000 – August 2000 – After successfully sinking "HOUSATONIC," the United States Navy's largest warship, the Confederate States' Submarine "H.L. HUNLEY" was herself sunk in 1864, off the South Carolina coast. Titan responded with Titan's jack-up crane barge "KARLISSA B" from Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. "KARLISSA B" was used to install two suction piles into the seabed, and then lowered a truss over the submarine and onto the piles. With the submarine suspended in the truss, Titan was able to lift the submarine from the bottom of the sea, where the "H.L. HUNLEY" had been resting for the past 136 years.

July 2000 – The 48,263 gt M/T "AMBROSIO" broke down in off the coast of Virginia. Titan responded with the 6,480-bhp tug "ATLANTIC SALVOR" from New York Harbor, and towed the vessel into safe anchorage in Newport News, Virginia.

June 2000 – "DANSUS," a general cargo vessel fully laden with a cargo of rice, grounded off Tortogo Island, North of Haiti. Titan responded with the 7,400 bhp tug "IRBIS" from Salvage Station, off Matthewtown, Bahamas. The vessel was refloated less than 24 hours after grounding.

April 2000 – The 106m x 34m drydock "FUTURE," a converted Victory ship, suffered damage and could not be raised during operations at Tampa, Florida. Titan mobilized a salvage team and managed to refloat the dry dock.

April 2000 – While in ballast, the 34,475 dwt bulker "BOVEC" was driven onto a rocky ledge by a late winter storm in Prince Rupert, Canada. Titan, along with partners ITC and Rivtow, refloated the vessel within a week.

December 1999 – April 2000 – The 278,734 dwt OBO "WESER ORE" grounded at Tubarao, Brazil, while loaded with 250,000 tons of iron ore. She was refloated after discharging 100,000 tons of cargo but was so badly damaged that she was declared a constructive total loss. A Titan salvage team, with an ITC escort tug, delivered the damaged vessel under her own power to Ningbo, China, to discharging the remaining 150,000 tons of iron ore, and then on to Shanghai to scrap the ship. The entire voyage was done under salvage conditions with pumps and compressors keeping her afloat.

November 1999 – March 2000 – The 16,502 gt bulker “SERGO ZAKARIADZE," laden with 17,000 tons of bulk cement, grounded while entering the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The grounding was severe, with most of the vessel's double bottom holed by rocks. The vessel's port side was completely exposed to the Atlantic Ocean and water washed over the decks. The starboard side was against the breakwater at El Morro National Park. In order to refloat her, 10,000 tons of cement had to be lightered using Titan's "KARLISSA B" jack-up crane barge, with a second crane put on board to move cement from the forward to the after holds. The powdered cement eventually got wet during the operation, requiring Titan to use explosives to break up the hardened cargo.

December 1999 – The 19,354 gt M/V “CIELO DI MONFALCONE” experienced engine failure and grounded while entering the port at Barranquilla, Columbia. As the currents in the port were very strong, Titan mobilized a salvage team, the 7,400 bhp tug "IRBIS" from Ft. Lauderdale and the 6,000 bhp tug "MARIANNE D" from Jamaica in order to refloat the vessel and tow it back to port.

December 1999 – The 13,688 gt M/V “TORM BROOKLYN” broke down in the mid Atlantic. Titan/ITC mobilized the tug "IRBIS" from the Bahamas to rendezvous and tow the vessel to Bermuda.

November 1999 – The floating DRY DOCK section grounded at Cape Rayes, Newfoundland, experiencing damage in the process. Titan mobilized a team and equipment to survey, refloat and tow the section on a bubble of air to Lloyd Werft's facility at Freeport, Grand Bahama.

October 1999 – The 5,922 gt M/V “GOLDEN VIRGO” became stranded at Mukalla, Yemen. Titan was asked by underwriters to assist in anti pollution measures and wreck removal. Titan sent a team to survey and investigate, and our findings were used by underwriters to mitigate the underwriters' loss.

September 1999 – The 4,659 gt M/V “SONIA,” laden with grain, suffered from a flooded engine room while at Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, UK. Titan mobilized a salvage team from our Newhaven, UK, warehouse, stopped the vessel's leak, and towed it to a safe berth so that the cargo could be removed.

September 1999 – The lift Boat "GULF ISLAND V," a three-legged jack-up, sank off of Corpus Christi, Texas. Titan removed the wreck from 100 feet of water and placed it on shore using the 500-ton derrick "SOUTHERN HERCULES."

August-September 1999 – “L/B PAUL DANOS,” a three-legged jack-up barge, suffered a “punch through” during pre-loading operations for the wreck removal of the "GULF ISLAND V," in the Gulf of Mexico. The barge took on a list of approximately 18 degrees. The starboard side of the hull was approximately three feet clear of the sea and her port side main deck was approximately 1 foot awash. All three legs were damaged. We attempted to cut the legs using shape charges but, due to the rough weather brought on by hurricane Bert, we were forced to abandon the effort. Luckily, the passing hurricane did our work for us by breaking the barge's legs and allowing the hull to be refloated.

May 1999 – The 24,017 dwt bulker "MARIMAR," laden with urea, ran aground in the Red Sea in Eritrean waters, a war zone at the time. In a joint venture with ITC, Titan secured a salvage contract for the vessel. Since Titan's "ARABIAN PRIDE" contract was also being completed then, Titan contracted to move the salvage team 300 miles north into the Red Sea for the "MARIMAR" job. The enterprise necessitated that Titan work closely with local authorities and hire in a local bulker. After transferring 2,600 tons of urea, refloating the "MARIMAR" and back loading its cargo, the vessel was towed out of the war zone to Djibouti for redelivery to its owners. (LOF terms with SCOPIC)

April 1999 – The 1,893 dwt, fully laden, asphalt tanker "ARABIAN PRIDE" ran aground at Djibouti. The owners' 30-day attempt to refloat the vessel failed. Titan, is a joint venture with ITC, mobilized equipment and personnel to Djibouti, transferred 1,000 tons of asphalt to a hired tanker via 600 feet of hose, refloated the "ARABIAN PRIDE" and delivered all cargo ashore to the consignee. (LOF terms with SCOPIC)

April 1999 – In a joint venture with SubSearch Marine Services, Titan used "KATJA," one of its three jack-up barges, to refloated two stern trawlers that had sunk alongside the quay in Newhaven Harbour, East Sussex, U.K. The job was completed and the vessels returned to their owners within three days.

February 1999 – "BARGE 264" grounded at James Point, Eleuthera, Bahamas. Bad weather caused the barge to be washed over the reef, leaving it stranded 50 feet from the shore. With all of its 15 tanks breached, the barge was damaged beyond repair. Titan cleared away the cargo and then refloated the barge so that it could be towed out to sea and scuttled.

February 1999 – The concrete-hulled accommodation barge "VENICE MARINE LODGE" sank 30 miles south of Guiria, in Venezuelan territorial waters, while attending to a drill rig. Titan mobilized the “KARLISSA B,” one of our jack-up barges, which is equipped with a 350 ton 60-ft platform ringer. The superstructure was removed first, then a 150-ton cofferdam built and installed in one piece and pumped out. The refloated barge was towed to Trinidad for disposal.

February 1999 – As a result of a severe cyclone, the tug "DATEC" was driven under a jetty and sank in Mundra Port, India. The vessel came to rest in 19 meters of water, wedged between a breasting dolphin and the jetty pilings. Titan's 250-ton pullers were mobilized from Jamnagar, India, where they had been used to pull several barges from the shore. Underwater connections were made and the vessel was pulled clear of the jetty and dolphin without any further damage to the underwater structure. The vessel was subsequently pulled into shallow water, refloated, towed out to sea and scuttled.

January 1999 – The 9,921 grt bulker "CHIOS FIGHTER," carrying 14,500 mt of salt, suffered from engine room floodeding and grounded on the environmentally sensitive Quitasueno Bank, 150 miles east of Nicaragua. Titan removed approximately 400 mt of bunkers and other oils from the vessel's damaged and flooded double bottom tanks and various engine room tanks by lightering to an Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel. The flooded engine room and cargo holds were skimmed clean.

December 1998 – The 74,000 grt cruise ship "MONARCH OF THE SEAS," built 1991, struck a reef while departing to the Great Bay anchorage off of Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Even though it was less than 10 days before Christmas, Titan immediately mobilized salvage teams and equipment from both our Ft. Lauderdale, USA, and Newhaven, UK, facilities. Titan worked around the clock to isolate the damade and refloat the vessel. A partial salvage team remained aboard the ship during the tug-escorted trip back to the USA. We refloated the "MONARCH OF THE SEAS" in three days and delivered her into drydock at Mobile, Alabama, within 18 days.

Nov 1998–Jan 1999 – The 8,000 grt cargo vessel "PALLAS," which was carrying tim ber, caught fire in the North Sea off of Cuxhaven, Germany. Efforts to save her having failed, she grounded and eventually broke. Titan, in a joint venture with Wijsmuller, placed a jack-up barge alongside the wreck. With this functioning as a work platform, we removed hydrocarbons and cargo from the wreck in an effort to mitigate pollution along the northwest coast of Germany.

December 1998 – HURRICANE GEORGE RESPONSE. After the hurricane passed through the Florida Keys, several houseboat/hotel rooms were left sunk and capsized at the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon, Florida. A Titan salvage team was mobilized to refloat them. This operation was very delicate due to the fragile nature of the wood structures involved.

November 1998 – The 10,331 dwt chemical tanker "PANAM PERLA" was found to be leaking sulfuric acid from a cargo tank into the double bottom. An after-hours telephone call led to a late night mobilization of a salvage/hazmat team, chemical pumping equipment and confined space entry equipment to Wilmington, North Carolina. Under the close observation of the USCG, the team transferred approximately 300 tons of acid into rail cars and then neutralized the remains aboard before flushing the vessel with water to enable entry and inspection by class surveyors.

August–October 1998 – The barges "SEA SHELL 2,""SAURASHTRA," "GAC 63", "PACIFIC ANN," "SEA PREMIER" and "BANHU" were driven far inshore to Jamnagar, Sikka and Kandla by a severe cyclone in the Bay of Kutch, India. The barges were laden with pipe and other valuable cargo required for the construction of new refinery. making this a very time-critical operation if the construction was to stay on schedule. Titan was contracted by Saipem to refloat the barges and deliver the cargo to the construction site. The barges, weighing from several hundred to several thousand tons each, were pulled as much as 1,200 meters across mudflats with Titan's specialized hydraulic pullers.

September 1998 – The 27,631 dwt, 1,200 teu container vessel "Author" grounded while entering Ponce, Puerto Rico. Titan refloated the ship by discharging over 60 containers onto two barges, using a locally available crane barge. The vessel was refloated within five days.

September 1998 – The 19,154 dwt hopper barge "CMD1" grounded while entering San Juan, Puerto Rico. Titan was hired after a previous, 14-day effort to refloat the barge failed. Titan lightered 3,000 tons of corn, blew down the double bottoms and successfully refloated the barge in seven days.

July 1998 – The dry cargo vessel "MARLIN" was damaged while departing from Baranquilla, Columbia, in January. Underwater repairs by local diving contractors were unsatisfactory. Titan was hired to make temporary repairs to the engine room and double bottoms. This was successfully done despite high current and zero visibility conditions, so that the vessel's Classification Society could provide a Certificate of Condition for onward towage to a repair yard.

June 1998 – The cargo vessel "SANDRA K" arrived at Monfalcone, Italy, with 13,850 tons of scrap steel contaminated with munitions. Titan discharged the scrap cargo onto barges while separating the munitions from the cargo. Over 1,100 items of ordnance were found and destroyed.

May 1998 – Titan patched, dewatered and refloated the cargo barge "KOKODA," which had partially flooded and run aground in the Berbice River in New Amsterdam, Guyana. After the barge was refloated, we assisted the offloading facility with the removal of 5,000 tons of bauxite and the barge was returned to service.

March 1998 – The tug "NEW JERSEY" grounded at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Titan pumped hydrocarbons to the shore, patched and dewatered the engine room, refloated the vessel and assisted in machinery preservation before preparing the tug for towage to the U.S.A. for repair.

February 1998 – The product tanker "NP UNITY," a 4,300 dwt vessel loaded with Jet A, Gas oil and Petroleum, grounded at Canefields, Dominica. All double bottoms and the engine room were holed and the stern gear destroyed. Titan rigged emergency cooling for the ship's generators; discharged 5,800 barrels of cargo to the shore using the ship's pumps; pumped the breached tanks over the top using skimmers; patched and dewatered the engine room and preserved machinery; recovered the anchor and chain; refloated the vessel using a chartered tug; and finally towed "NP UNITY" to dry dock in Trinidad. (under LOF 1995 terms)

December 1997 – March 1998 - Titan was contracted to salvage the 1,400 teu "NEDLLOYD RECIFE." We mobilized a jack-up barge with a 300 ton crane from Europe to Sao Francisco du Sul, Brazil, and dismantled the remains of the vessel.

November 1997 – Titan discharged the hazardous cargo from the 23,596 dwt container ship "CONTSHIP FRANCE" after it suffered a fire in its No. 3 hold while docked in Papeete, Tahiti. Over 200 containers loaded with calcium hypochlorite, sodium silicate, dangerous resins and flammable liquids were removed, with the salvage team using Class B protective clothing and surface supply breathing apparatus, the fire team standing by, and the hold under inert gas.

September–October 1997 – The 15,000 dwt general cargo vessel "NORTH ISLANDS" was lying in the surf zone at San Antonio, Chile, broken in two by a winter storm. Titan conducted an emergency lightering of bunkers and lube oils, which was accomplished by divers tapping into submerged tanks and piping and pumping the oils into another vessel lying beyond the breaking seas.

August 1997 – The 25,000 barrel "PETROJAM BARGE No. 1," fully laden with No. 6 oil, ran aground near Kingston, Jamaica. Due to prevailing strong winds and heavy seas, the barge was lightered by pumping oil over a distance of 300 meters across a shallow coral reef to leeward of the casualty, to a lightering barge. Over 1,000 tons of cargo were pumped out without a trace of oil being spilled.

July 1997 – M/V FORTUNA REEFER ran hard aground on the remote southeast corner of Mona Island, 30 miles west of Puerto Rico. The weather was foggy and it was reported the radar system was not working. The vessel was in ballast and resting on a coral reef and natural habitat for marine life and waterfowl. The unique challenges of this project demonstrated that Crowley’s expertise and equipment were well suited for the proactive pursuit of salvage.  It should be noted that the previous three groundings on Mona Island resulted in oil discharged to the sea.

April-June 1997 – The 6,500 dwt general cargo vessel "PRVIC" became stranded on a limestone ledge while in ballast on the coast of Algeria, and subsequently became severely damaged by storms. Titan removed 100 tons of bunkers and over 450 tons of superstructure and machinery to reduce the ground reaction to 1,000 tons. Titan pulled the vessel from her stranded position using eight 15-ton anchors and four portable hydraulic pulling machines.

March-July 1997 – Titan was contracted to remove the 9,300 dwt container vessel "VIKARTINDUR" from the south coast of Iceland. The vessel beached, broke, and heeled to 37 degrees in the surf. Titan modified the ship's two onboard MacGregor Hagglunds cranes, making them vertical so as to discharge 127 containers and then dismantle the wreck. (See full story as published by Fairplay)

February-March 1997 – M/V "NIKA II," a 15,251 dwt general cargo vessel, was grounded, while in ballast, on a beach 12 miles south of Veracruz, Mexico. Titan removed all hydrocarbons on behalf of the P&I Club, then refloated and redelivered the vessel to its owners.

February 1997– MT "SAN JORGE," a 67,000 dwt tanker loaded with crude oil, struck uncharted reef off the coast of Uruguay, sustaining major bottom damage, rupturing cargo tanks, and spilling oil. Titan lightered 55,000 m3 of cargo, provided damage stability, and prepared the vessel for towage. (See full story as published by Lloyd's List)

November/December 1996 – Titan undertook the salvage of "IGLOO MOON," an LPG/C vessel, fully laden with butadiene, that had run aground on a coral reef in Biscayne National Park, near Miami, Florida.

November 1996– Titan was hired to remove the wreck of "LIDO," a 8,471 ton tanker lying at Sungaigerong, Sumatra, Indonesia. The exploded vessel had partially sunk in the river off the Pertimina Oil Refinery. Titan patched, pumped and refloated the vessel, finally delivering it to a safe berth.

November 1996– Titan was contracted to salvage "CHICAGO," which had capsized and sunk off Esbjerg, Denmark. Titan undertook a dive survey of the dredge and attempted to refloat it, but operations had to be terminated due to harsh winter weather in the North Sea.

August 1996– Titan provided tugs to tow the 60,774 DWT tanker "M/T STELLA MAR," which was fully laden and had an inoperative rudder, from Puerto Rico to St. Eustasia for discharge, then to drydock at Curacao.

August 1996 – The diamond dredge "BIG RED" sank in the port of Luderitz, Namibia. Titan refloated the vessel solely on compressed air, since its bottom had been completely destroyed.

July 1996– "GALAPAGOS EXPLORER," a 2,204 dwt passenger vessel became stranded on a reef at Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Titan refloated the vessel and scuttled it at sea after having removing its superstructure and main engines.

June 1996– Titan mobilized personnel, firefighting equipment and a tug, travelling 270 miles into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to extinguished the fire on the abandoned, fully laden bulker "MINI LOT." The vessel was subsequently towed to Progresso, Mexico.

May 1996– Titan undertook the salvage of "PEGASUS II," a 95' steel motorsailing yacht, was blown onto Settlement Reef near West End, Grand Bahama, during a storm.

May 1996 – Titan airlifted personnel and equipment to extinguish a fire on the passenger cruise vessel "DISCOVERY I," lying in Freeport, Bahamas.

March 1996 – - Titan undertook the removal of the high-speed passenger ferry "CARIBE CAY" from a coral reef off Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

March 1996 –"AL JOHFFA," a 15,000 ton freighter, grounded on rocks at Santos, Brazil, where its No.1 and No. 2 holds became flooded and it suffered extensive hull damage. Titan refloated the vessel in seven days and removed it.

January 1996–"ELIZA"/"ATLANTIC," an integrated tug/barge, grounded off of Palm Beach, Florida. Titan salvaged the tug after its engine room flooded and the vessel partially sank.

January 1996 – " SABINE D," a 2,937 ton container vessel, capsized in Kiel Canal, Germany. Titan performed salvage/wreck removal operations on a 24-hour/day basis, even over the Christmas and New Year holidays and in winter ice conditions, allowing the Canal to remain open to normal shipping traffic.

December 1995– After the "M/V ABBEYDALE" experienced a 5,000 ton oilk spill from its of No. 6 (Bunker C), Titan sent an oil pollution quick response team to organize and direct the cleanup activities, mitigate losses and minimize vessel owners' costs wherever possible.

November 1995–"PATRICIA SHERIDAN," a 350' x 66' x 31.5' hopper barge, grounded and flooded near he entrance to Charleston, S.C., under serious environmental constraints.

August 1995–Under contract for the U.K. Club, Titan removed a damaged, 1,100-ton concrete breasting dolphin, measuring 30m X 10m, from the Petrobras terminal in Manaus, Brazil. Titan's divers, while working at a depth of 29 meters, sealed off the damaged caisson by building and installing a full circumference, internal, steel form, which was 5m high and comprised of 32 sections. Nine trucks with 200 tons of concrete were loaded on a barge and moved to the site. The cement was then pumped into the form, which required sophisticated retarders and additives. Six 1m-diameter, concrete-filled anchoring piles were cut with Titan's own underwater, diamond wire, cutting saw. With the aid of our computer-generated damage stability program and finite element and stress analysis program, the dolphin was refloated and maintained stable.

July 1995–Hired by Sedgwick. Titan r emoved and replaced damaged 35m x 1m piles on the Norfolk coast of England. The crane barge "Karlissa B" was used for the operation. Thanks to a jack-up barge providing a stable platform, the 35-ton piles with a 20-meter penetration were extracted and renewed in a combined total of 45 minutes.

February/June 1995 – Contracted by Sedgwick, Titan salvaged the "MB 101," a 10,000 dwt crane barge grounded during a sea defense project on the exposed coast of England. Titan then rebuilt the crane, installed it on Titan's jack-up "Karlissa B," adn then cut and removed the wreck of the barge. Even after this incident, the crane was able to work in Force 9 wind conditions, regardless of ocean conditions. regardless of ocean conditions.

December 1994– The standard Steamship "FIRAT," a 12,000 dwt freighter, became stranded on Ft. Lauderdale beach, Fla. Titan removed 950 tons of heavy and light fuel and 1,300 tons of re-bar cargo. The vesel was successfully refloated without any pollution incident on Ft. Lauderdale Beach.

December 1994–North of England P&I's freighter "SAYED JAMAL AL DIN" sank seven miles off of Sharjah, U.A.E., in 94 feet of water. The wreckage was considered a hazard to ships navigating in the area. Titan removed the wreck by having divers cut it into pieces, and then lifting the pieces with a local 400-ton shear leg.

November 1994–CESAM's "BOS 400," a pipe-laying derrick barge, grounded at Cape Town, South Africa. Titan tried to prepare the barge for refloating, even attempting to demolish the rocks penetrating the vessel's double bottom, but the onslaught of bad weather made the barge a Constructive Total Loss.

August 1994–T.L. James Company's derrick barge "BT-134" capsized and sank during a dredging operation in the Jacksonville Ship Channel. Titan refloated and righted the barge, recovered all debris, and provided magnetometer and sidescan survey information for the U.S. Army COE.

August 1994–Britannia P&I Club's "PALAWAN ISLAND," an 8,000-ton combination liquid/dry cargo vessel, capsized in the Caribbean. Titan mobilized a salvage crew and equipment by aircraft to Honduras, removed the vessel's hydrocarbons, and sank her in deep water.

August 1994–The University of Miami's "COLUMBUS ISELIN," a 170-foot research vessel, grounded in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Titan refloated the vessel, delivered her to Key West and then to a Jacksonville, Fla., shipyard.

April - June 1994 – "MARY ANN NOLAND," a 25,000-ton phosphate barge lay in 180' of water in the Gulf of Mexico, with 200 ft. of its bow buried in mud to a depth of 100' and 60' of its stern out of the water. Titan and Smit America's joint venture unsuccessfully attempt to raise the vessel. Even using 4,200 tons of external lift, the venture was unsuccessful and ultimately withdrew. A subsequent contractor also failed to refloat the barge and it eventually sank.

March 1994–Tidewater's "RELIANT SEAHORSE," a 180 foot supply vessel, capsized and sank in the Mississippi River after a collision. Titan removed 22,000 gallons of its fuel, refloated the vessel, and then subcontracted Bisso Marine to roll her upright.

January 1994–Tsavliris' 16, 000 ton freighter "NICOLE" became stranded on a reef off Veracruz, Mexico. The cargo holds flooded and its starboard sideshell hold number one was missing. Titan removed all bunkers, discharged the entire cargo of steel coils in order to refloat it and deliver it into Veracruz.

December 1993–Halliburton Energy Services' jack-up lift boat "RICHARD HUPP" capsized and sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Titan managed to refloat the vessel and deliver her ashore.

November 1993–Quayside Insurance Management Limited's "BARGE MTI 307" collided with a railroad bridge pier in Sabula, Iowa, and sank. The barge suffered extensive damage and had no longitudinal bulkheads for stability. Titan's divers, working in zero visibility with strong current and icy conditions, cut off the stern in order to eliminate the free surface effect in the full length cargo compartment, and then refloated the barge on its side voids.

November 1993–North of England P&I Club's "OSLO LADY," a 39,000 ton tanker, in ballast, exploded in Trinidad, destroying a large percentage of the foreship and a concrete berth. Titan's divers mobilized and, in three working days, cut and removed over 400 tons of steel that had been interlocking the vessel to the berth.

October 1993–Danish hull underwriters Codan Forsikring's "NAESBORG," a 9,000 ton Ro/Ro. experienced a collisions in the English Channel on the French side of the separation zone. The vessel was making water on the car deck and was listing 15 degrees to starboard. Titan mobilized a tug from Newhaven, England, with Titan divers and non-Titan personnel on board. Owners and underwriters were not able to convince the French authorities to let her be escorted to the English side and asked Titan to try to obtain the permission. As a result of the "Frota Humaita" contract, Titan maintained an excellent relationship with the French government. We were able to convince them to release the vessel to our control, allowing us to proceed with a day rate contract. Underwriters realized vast savings, as Titan was the only alternative to one of three LOFs that had been offered. In three days, the vessel was repaired and de-watered so that she was able to proceed to Flushing for permanent repairs.

August 1993–The 6,500 ton freighter"BALSA 37," belonging to Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Co. Ltd./Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association, was the first casualty under OPA 90 as a result of a three-vessel collision in Tampa Bay, Florida. Titan arrived on speculation within four hours of the collision and boarded the sinking vessel. While it still had 30cm of freeboard, Titan beached the vessel as contract negotiations were still going on. Titan's salvage equipment, including our oil boom, was mobilized and arrived simultaneously with the contract signing. Titan conducted the entire operation through refloating and subsequent delivery to a "safe berth."

July 1993–North of England P&I Club's "BETULA," -a 10,000 ton chemical tanker with 4,000 tons of sulfuric acid on board, grounded on the west coast of Mexico after undergoing partial discharge. While negotiating for wreck removal, Hurricane Calvin caused the vessel to capsize and bury herself substantially into the sand. Titan was contracted to remove bunkers and transport them through a 700-foot surf zone, and then confirm that there was no acid remaining on board.

May 1993–MARCONA OCEAN INDUSTRIES contracted Titan for the full repair of a 300-ton ship loader, which had collapsed on a remote Bahamian Island. Titan sub-contracted Bisso Marine for a 300 ton lift and mobilized 16 specialists for an around-the-clock operation, resulting in the terminal being back in service ahead of schedule.

March 1993–Liverpool and London P&I Club's "OCEAN PRINCESS," a 12,000 ton cruise ship, sank in Brazil. With the vessel settling into the mud at a rate of .75 meters per day, Titan dredged to a depth of 6.5 meters to access the bottom damage. We maintained the trench through a non-stop diving operation, meanwhile conducting necessary patching and refloating work. No external heavy lift or stabilizing equipment was utilized. With 900 tons of bunkers aboard and running over the watertight bulkheads, Titan's London underwriters named Owners on Titan's policies and took over the US$10,000,000 pollution liability.

January 1993–Steamship P&I Club's "FROTA HUMAITA," an 8,000 ton freighter, holed and capsized in Dunkerque, France. Utilizing our computer program for damage stability, we determined a precise pumping sequence and were able to refloat the vessel without the aid of heavy lift equipment. At the request of the P&I Club, we took title and all responsibility for pollution, third party liability, and disposal of the vessel.

November 1992–Newcastle P&I Club's "ALINA P," a 50,000 ton tanker, exploded and sank in Brazil, with all 15 tanks common and open to the sea. Titan removed and refloated the engine room, confirmed vessel stability and then had it sanitized and scuttled at sea. All remaining tanks were cut, removed from a depth of 70 feet, and disposed of. Titan accepted title to the vessel in order to dispose of the wreck. Additionally, our London underwriters named Owners on our policies for pollution risk, which directly protected the P&I Club up to US$10,000,000.

October 1990–U.K. Club's -"JUPITER," an 8000 ton chemical tanker, exploded, burned and sank at Bay City, Michigan, blocking the Saginaw River. Williams extinguished the fire and Titan removed the remaining gasoline cargo with Williams and M.P.C. Titan refloated the vessel and moved her to a safe scrapping location. The entire job was completed in 19 days despite severe environmental constraints which, among other things, required the sunken vessel to be pumped out with all water going to a sewage treatment plant some distance from the wreck site via a purpose-built plastic dredge pipe.

February 1990–Standard Steamship's "A. REGINA," a 3,900 lightweight ton Ro-Ro ferry, grounded at Mona Island, Puerto Rico. This was a very political and environmentally sensitive job because, while the ferry was not a hazard to navigation, it was endangering the food chain of a species of native turtle. Teh vessel's removal was mandated by a congressional act. Titan acquired a U.S. Army C.O.E. jack-up barge through a separate Act of Congress in order to have the proper platform for the job.