Serving clients for 40 years.
A private, family-owned company, Resolve Marine was founded by Joseph E. Farrell, Jr., a U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy veteran. Farrell acquired his first tug and served as captain and owner as he launched his marine salvage operation in Florida and the Caribbean in the early ‘80s. Resolve Marine was established in 1984.2024
- Joseph Farrell III appointed Chief Executive Officer
- Resolve Marine Gibralatar operations sold
2023
- Resolve Marine establishes 10,000 square foot warehouse and facility in Tacoma, Washington
2022
- Dutch Harbor, Alaska facilities and services expand with Mac Enterprises acquisition
- Peter Gast Shipping strategic partnership in Germany announced
- Agreement with The Great Lakes Towing Company adds OPA 90 SMFF services in USCG District 9
2019
- Athens, Greece commercial office established
2015
- 1-Call Alaska approved as Alternate Planning Criteria provider
- Gibraltar facility established
- Singapore facility established
2014
- Dutch Harbor, Alaska marine services and facilities expand with Magone Marine acquisition
2013
2012
- Resolve forms a Ship Pollution Response Organization joint-venture in China
2011
- Resolve Marine Engineering Group established
2006
- Resolve Marine acquires and develops a nine-acre port facility near Mobile, Alabama, USA to serve the Gulf of Mexico
1994
- Resolve Academy opens to train marine industry firefighters
1990
- The U.S. Federal government enacts the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), legislation to prevent, respond and pay for oil pollution incidents in navigable waters of the United States. The legislation following the Exxon Valdez incident in 1989, transforms regulation of maritime transportation within U.S. waters
1984
- Resolve Marine, as it is known today, is established
1980
- Founder Joseph Farrell Jr., begins operations with the RESOLVE, a single tug that provided salvage services to coastal freighters and small vessels in the Caribbean and Florida
