ITS Salvage Company of the Year Award, sponsored by Uzmar, went to Donjon-Smit LLC for the successful salvage of grounded Evergreen Marine’s 12,000-TEU container ship Ever Forward outside of Baltimore, US during a 35-day refloat project in March 2022. This was achieved with a fleet of Jones-Act compliant tugs, including Read more
9 April 2020 DONJON-SMIT announces the acquisition of maritime emergency response specialist Ardent Americas LLC (Ardent Americas). Ardent Americas is a leading player under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA-90) for the provision of marine emergency response services in the United States (US). Under the OPA-90 program there is Read more
Alexandria, VA – DONJON-SMIT and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) are pleased to announce the establishment of a cooperative alliance. This alliance, while it can support both tank and non-tank vessel owners, will include the ability of non-tank vessel owners to establish their pre-arranged agreements with both DONJON-SMIT and MSRC, Read more
The “Nontank Vessel Response Plans and Other Response Plan Requirements” Final Rule was published September 30, 2013 in the Federal Register. The regulations come into effect on October 30th, 2013 and NTVRPs must be submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard by January 30, 2014. The rule, in accordance with the Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2011 Contact: Debra Colbert, 301/332-0813; daccomm@aol.com Alexandria, VA – A DONJON-SMIT client today received the first Tank Vessel Response Plan (TVRP) Salvage and Marine Firefighting (SMFF) Update Approval issued by the U.S. Coast Guard under the new SMFF regulations. The SMFF regulations, effective as of Read more