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2023 Finishes Strong for Resolve Marine's U.S. West Coast Region

01.23.24

January 23, 2024 – Dutch Harbor, AK – Resolve Marine, a global leader in ship and vessel salvage and rescue, emergency response, and specialized marine services, today announced that business across its U.S. West Coast region ended 2023 on a high note, demonstrating substantial growth. The region offers aviation services out of Anchorage, Alaska, shipyard, drydock and marine services in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and marine response and support services in Tacoma, Washington. In 2023, a 10,000 square foot facility opened in Tacoma, expanding business across ship husbandry, marine construction, emergency firefighting, and environmental response. From Dutch Harbor, drydocks, environmental remediation and machining, welding, and painting jobs dominated business. The company’s Pilatus PC-12 Turboprop, capable of transporting nine passengers or payloads up to 2,100 pounds, logged 603 hours of flying time serving commercial fishing fleets, crew transfers, remote lodge and business owners, and Alaskan villages.

Dutch Harbor Highlights

20 drydocks were completed, up 17% from 2022.
Marine construction and general shipyard services increased 32%. Drydock repairs, machining¾including in-house fabrication¾salvage diving and military port service projects led to more than 330 jobs performed during the year.
Environmental remediation work removed over 100,000 gallons of sewage and oily waste from the Aleutian Islands and surrounding areas. The company houses environmental response equipment in seven OPA 90 response depots in Alaska.
One vessel removal operation and four emergency tows were conducted.

Pacific Northwest Highlights

In March, Resolve Marine’s salvage and marine firefighting strike team was first on the scene to respond to a fire on a fish processing vessel docked in Tacoma, Washington. The Resolve Marine team coordinated with the Tacoma Fire Department to cool the exterior hull and dewater the vessel ensuring it was stable. Six days later the fire was declared extinguished. Additional work performed included a dive inspection of the hull and removal of the remaining fuel onboard.
New work at the facility included ship husbandry projects, vessel salvage and underwater inspections jobs.

A.W. McAfee, U.S. West Coast Region General Manager, said, “Establishing the Pacific Northwest facility was essential to expanding business development opportunities. The regional team of full-time and on-call contractors means we can respond to any marine emergency with skilled personnel and deploy specialized assets and equipment. Clients in the region continue to applaud our professionalism, commitment to safety and affordable, quality work.”

For more information about Resolve Marine’s Dutch Harbor facility, click here. For more information about our Pacific Northwest services and capabilities, click here.

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