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With numerous locations around the world,

Resolve Marine Group offers you Emergency

Response coverage anywhere you need it.

Global Coverage

Global Coverage

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The U.S. Coast Guard cited a Resolve Marine

Group job as an example of best practice in

the Federal Register (33CFR155. 4050)

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Concentration on Coverage.

We have been dedicated to providing

comprehensive OPA90 SMFF

coverage since its inception, going

above and beyond U.S. Coast Guard

requirements and using this model

of preparedness around the world.

Re-Investment in Our Services.

We have established our own in-

house training academy, reinvested

in our response fleet, salvage assets,

and continue to grow our depots,

warehouses, and response teams on

a global level.

A Track Record of Proven Success.

We have successfully performed

hundreds of salvage jobs around

the world. We are happy to analyze

your ports of call and ensure you

are covered by our assets and

preferred partners.

WHY SELECT RESOLVE?

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contact usContact us today to inquire

about OPA90 response services.

24HR EMERGENCY NUMBER +1 .954 .764 .8700

EMAIL OPA90@RESOLVEMARINE.COM

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE usa OPA90

While other Salvage and Marine Firefighting (SMFF)

providers have entered and exited the market or

formed JVs, Resolve is proud to be the only one that

has ‘stayed the course,’ maintaining USCG certification

since the inception of OPA90 regulations and

continuing to deliver coverage that goes above and

beyond expectations. Our OPA90 coverage is core

to our business, meaning that when you work with

Resolve you will have a partner that is 100% focused on

high-quality compliance and response.

Resolve’s coverage is based on resources from our

owned salvage depot locations across the continental

United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii. In

addition, we use a comprehensive vetted network of

preferred providers for additional support if necessary.

Our salvage professionals, including salvage masters,

engineers, dive teams, naval architects, and additional

personnel are all on-call around the clock to promptly

initiate casualty assessment and salvage planning

when a VRP is activated.

The Resolve Funding Agreement is USCG approved

and recognized by the International Group of P&I Clubs.

It supports the USCG concern that a casualty response

should not be delayed by contract negotiations and

acknowledges the traditional protections available

to ship owners, charterers, cargo owners, and their

underwriters in settlement of a marine response claim.

Our concept is designed to preserve those rights while

rationally distributing financial responsibilities to

ensure emergency responses are timely and effective.

With this exclusive coverage for your fleets, the only

question is this: What other OPA90 SMFF providers can

demonstrate this level of commitment?

“My team and I are proud that owners of the world’s

largest ships and fleets come to us to protect them.

You don’t get that from good advertising – you get it

from a solid track record.”

– Joe Far-

Our commitment to OPA90 is unmatched within

the industry.

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE, TUG RESOLVE PIONEERalaska

By forming regulatory agreements with 24 Class 1 certified SPROs, Resolve provides your ships with

rapid Ship Pollution Response services, covering over 180 ports and terminals in areas such as Shanghai,

Qingdao, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Dalian, Xiamen, and more.

Most importantly, our response capabilities are widely recognized as the most comprehensive in China.

We have liaised closely with the IG of P&I Clubs and ITOPF in drafting our contract to ensure it complies

with their guidelines. This procedure ensures that you as a ship owner are fully covered across the entire

China coastline, while only needing to communicate with Resolve, your single point of contact.

Recognizing the lack of resources that exist in the Western Alaska / Aleutian Island chain region,

Resolve offers Alternative Planning Criteria (APC) coverage. Resolve has made a significant investment

in resources and manpower, even building our largest facility to date, to now provide the most

comprehensive APC coverage for vessels transiting Western Alaska via the Great Circle Route.

We are a trusted responder in Alaska and one of the only companies with actual assets to respond

to both salvage and oil spill incidents in the region, providing our customers with an added level of

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The Leading Global Provider in Salvage & E

RESCUE DRILL WITH RESOLVE AND CHINA MARITIME SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (MSA)china

The Resolve Marine Group story begins in 1980

when our founder Joe Farrell, Jr. purchased his

first tug. What started as humble beginnings

working on smaller salvage jobs in the Caribbean

would eventually grow into a global emergency

response and regulatory compliance force,

with offices and response bases in the United

Kingdom, Gibraltar, Singapore, India, China,

Rotterdam, and South Africa.

It was our industry-leading OPA90 compliance

coverage that sparked our growth. Following the

1989 EXXON VALDEZ oil spill in Alaska, the U.S.

Coast Guard established regulations for OPA90.

At the time, Farrell realized he needed to offer

services that met those regulations to continue

growing the company. To do this he needed a

firefighting team and, as it turned out, the only

way to establish one was to build a world-class

training facility. The Resolve Maritime Academy

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age & Emergency Responsewas launched, and soon Resolve became

the only salvage company with an in-house

firefighting team of experts that also served as

professional instructors.

With our strong track record of successful jobs,

our extensive global reach, and the amount of

resources and equipment we utilize, Resolve

Marine Group is simply the right call when you’re

in need of coverage.

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We Own Equipment In Strategically Located Warehouses Around the WorldCustom-Built Equipment

Our OPA90 fire pumps and lightering powerpacks are custom designed and

manufactured in-house, allowing us to tailor them to your exact needs.

Damage Stability

Damage Stability allows for a proactive approach to reducing the time needed to develop a

unique salvage solution. Our naval architects and engineering group design and maintain

the models in-house, allowing for a more rapid and effective response.

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Firefighting Systems

The most durable and reliable in emergency response, we built our

firefighting pumps (Lynx, Wolverine, and Badger) with a positive hydraulic

system to enable priming in seconds. They have industrial heat exchangers,

carefully chosen to avoid the issue of sediment buildup, and subsequent

system failure. Unlike most lightweight marine engines that corrode easily

and are inept in muddy waters, the pumps we customize can be deployed

in any difficult condition. Resolve fire pumps are customized to cover

as many unforeseen situations as possible—allowing for operations day

or night with LED lighting encompassing them 360 degrees. To ensure

operations go smoothly, Resolve maintenance teams exercise all depots’

equipment three times every month. Additionally, we provide services,

certifications, and client training when requested, and our in-house

manufacturers are available for support.

Ready to Respond Wherever & Whenever You Need Us

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Lightering Packages

Our emergency transfer and lightering systems employ hydraulic

submersible pumps built to handle petroleum products and hazardous

liquids. All pumps can be passed through standard Butterworth openings

and are included in deployable systems. The included pumps are selected

for size, design, and construction suitable to the volumes to be handled,

access to the tanks that need discharge, and chemical properties of the

materials needing to be pumped.

Hydraulic Power Units

Our Hydraulic Power Units (HPU) are custom built in-house for superior safety

and performance. They are skid-mounted, all-aluminum constructed and are

powered by a six-cylinder, 174-horsepower air-cooled turbo diesel engine. Our

HPU engines are equipped with a spark-free hydraulic starter, spark-arrested

exhaust system, and are capable of producing a max of 5000 PSI with a flow

rate of up to 56 GPM.

Due to their intrinsically-safe designs, these units can be operated in

hazardous environments, ensuring a sufficient base for all lightering

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Personnel & Training

Resolve is the only SMFF provider who has and operates its own training academy – the Resolve

Maritime Academy. Certified by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), our academy trains over 3,000 students

annually and offers the most realistic and customizable training programs to clients and responders

around the world.

Our academy is the only school in South Florida that offers students real-life LNG Training. Developed

in partnership with New Fortress Energy, this course provides hands-on training experience and

valuable knowledge on dealing with LNG in an emergency situation.

As part of our commitment to our clients, Resolve supports and participates in training seminars,

tabletop exercises (TTX), and field exercises within the U.S. and internationally, working with

ship-owners, qualified individuals, the United States Coast Guard, and industry leaders. To further

support our clients, Resolve has developed a virtual Salvage and Marine Firefighting (SMFF) TTX

course offered throughout the year at no additional cost. We have completed hundreds of drills

since the inception of the SMFF regulations in 2010, and are actively engaged in all 41 USCG Area

Planning Committees, maintaining currency on every Area Contingency Plan as well as attending

all 13 Regional Response Team (RRT) meetings.

As an ISO 9001:2008 certified organization, we continually improve our

programs and safety analysis systems to deliver a genuine culture of safety.

Emergency Response Experts

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A vessel carrying an ammonium nitrate-based fertilizer off of the Canary Islands reported smoking from one of the

cargo holds. Resolve was activated and mobilized its fire and salvage response team to the site. Using grappling

hooks to board the vessel in five meter swells, the salvage crew was able to make a temporary tow connection

and re-establish control of the vessel over 250 nautical miles from shore. Once connected, Resolve was able to

secure a port of refuge and using marine chemists and a drone mounted heat camera, provided assistance to the

shipowner to discharge the cargo and redeliver the vessel.

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150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula, a 102,000-ton passenger cruise ship lost propulsion and nearly all

generation power due to an engine room fire. Resolve was able to respond swiftly by sending out the RESOLVE

PIONEER salvage tug to work on transporting the ship to port in Mobile, AL. While the tow was underway,

another Resolve vessel, LANA ROSE, supplied provisions to the over 4,200 passengers and crew members on

board via helicopter and the heli-rescue basket.

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A tanker collided with a barge in the Sabine-Neches Waterway in Port Arthur, TX spilling over 10,000 barrels

of high-sulfur, sour crude oil into the waterway. Resolve, acting under the vessel’s response plan, mobilized

its lightering and firefighting team. Given the low flash point of the cargo, Resolve had to inert all tanks being

lightered as well as create an inert blanket over the damaged areas of the tanker. Using a combination of

intrinsically-safe hydraulic power units and damage stability analysis Resolve was able to separate the two

vessels and successfully lighter the damaged tanker.

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PASSENGER SHIP

A 331-foot passenger ship struck an uncharted rock at a location in the Coronation Gulf, Canada, above the

arctic circle. The ship was far from shore, exposed to strong cold fronts that generated significant wind and

swells, and not within close proximity to any commercial airport. All double bottom tanks were breeched in the

grounding, with significant damage, and the vessel was starting to break in half.

Regardless of the challenging conditions and location, Resolve acted quickly, working closely with the Canadian

Coast Guard to defuel, refloat, and tow the vessel to Port Epworth for survey and stabilization. Resolve also

prevented any pollution or damage to the environment during the process.

CASE STUDY: Emergency Response

24HR EMERGENCY NUMBER +1.954.764.8700

EMAIL OPA90@RESOLVEMARINE.COM

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Contact us today to inquire about OPA90 response services.