Welcome to Resolve Marine Group's OPA-90 Tank Vessel Response Plan (TVRP) program. The up-to-date information contained here describes how the Resolve organization, through dedicated subsidiary company Resolve Salvage & Fire (Americas), Inc., enables tank vessel owner/operators comply with the salvage, marine firefighting and lightering requirements in United States waters. Resolve can be cited in your TVRP as the primary resource provider for the response service planning requirements described in 33CFR155.4030 and depended on to deliver those services when called.

Resolve coverage is based on cascading resources from a network of salvage bases including Resolve and our network contractors' facilities in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Our equipment includes portable pump systems for offloading the largest cargo tanks in 24 hours and external firefighting systems sized to deliver the proscribed quantities of extinguishing materials. Resolve salvage professionals including salvage masters, engineers and dive teams are on-call around the clock to initiate casualty assessment and salvage planning when a TVRP is activated.

The Resolve Salvage & Fire (Americas), Inc. USCG approved and International Group of P&I Club recognized Tank Vessel Response Plan (TVRP) Citation and Funding Agreement can be accessed via this page through an owner/operator's Qualified Individual.

The Resolve agreement supports the USCG concern that a casualty response not be delayed by contract negotiations while it acknowledges the traditional protections available to ship owners, charterers, cargo owners and their underwriters in settlement of a marine response claim. Resolve understands how essential it is that the new OPA-90 required funding agreements not alter fundamental relationships that have proven their value not only to marine insurance and charter party interests, but also in protecting public and third party interests. Our concept is designed to preserve those rights, historically the foundation of timely and effective emergency responses, while rationally distributing financial responsibilities.

Resolve meets all 15 Coast Guard requirements for OPA 90 coverage

1. Resource provider is currently working in the response service needed

   Resolve was founded in 1980 specifically to engage in marine salvage and has a continuous history delivering marine emergency response and wreck removal services.

2. Resource provider has documentation of participation in successful salvage and/or marine firefighting operations, including equipment deployment

   Resolve's record includes provision of the full range of services described in the regulations and involving the deployment of our own inventory of specialized salvage and marine firefighting equipment.

3. Resource provider owns or has contracts for equipment needed to perform response services

   Resolve maintains standing agreements with specialist companies for equipment support in those cases when our own equipment is not locally available or suited to a particular task.

4. Resource provider has personnel with documented training certification and degree experience

   Resolve staff emergency response personnel include licensed masters and ship's engineers, degreed naval architects and fire science professionals, former USCG and US Navy salvage officers, a former Lloyd's Special Casualty Representative, trained salvage divers, and a complete roster of certified technicians, all of whom have worked in a variety of salvage operations.

5. Resource provider has 24-hour availability of personnel and equipment and a history of response times compatible with the time requirements in the regulations

   Resolve's main office phone is answered 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and all physical resources are maintained in "ready to go" posture. In the preamble to the subject regulations, USCG sites as the positive example of planning and action, the timely and effective Resolve response to a stranded tanker in New York harbor.

6. Resource provider has an on-going continuous training program. For marine firefighters, show equivalent training, or demonstrate qualification through experience

   In addition to on the job training, Resolve's proprietary training facilities serve our salvage and marine firefighting teams, and our crews provide training to industry.

7. Resource provider has a successful record of participation in drills and exercises

   Cited in approximately 40% of all OPA 90 vessel response plans, Resolve participates in numerous drills and exercises regularly and annually supports USCG and industry-wide exercises.

8. Resource provider has salvage or marine firefighting plans used and approved during real incidents

   Resolve has FOSC-approved operations plans from every one of the projects in which we have been engaged since the implementation of OPA 90 regulations.

9. Resource provider has membership in relevant national or international organizations

   A founding member of the American Salvage Association, Resolve is also a member of the International Salvage Union, Association of Diving Contractors, International Spill Control Association and North American Marine Environmental Protection Association. Resolve's firefighting training is approved by Det Norske Veritas.

10. Resource provider has insurance that covers the salvage and/or marine firefighting services which they intend to provide

    Working with the largest broker in the world, Resolve constantly reviews and refines a complete suite of insurance coverages specifically tailored to working in the heavy marine salvage business.

11. Resource provider has sufficient up front capital to support an operation

    Resolve has demonstrated its ability to undertake high risk operations that require significant capital outlays for mobilizing and maintaining large scale casualty response efforts.

12. Resource provider has equipment and experience to work in the specific geographic environments that the vessel operates in

    Having completed operations in coastal waters from the equator to the Arctic Circle, Resolve's has developed an equipment inventory and support network for delivering services in any climate.

13. Resource provider has the logistical and transportation support capability required to sustain operations for extended periods of time in arduous sea states and conditions

    Resolve's well documented history includes salvage and diving operations offshore in winter conditions and marine firefighting at great distance from our home base and satellite support facility locations.

14. Resource provider has the capability to implement the necessary engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment controls to safeguard the health safety of their workers when providing salvage and marine firefighting services

    The safety of our crews and protection of the environment are paramount factor in Resolve's planning and project management. Our engineering and logistics teams focus on the development and maintenance of the safest working plans possible.

15. Resource provider has familiarity with the salvage and marine firefighting protocol contained in the local ACP's (area contingency plan) for each COTP (Captain of the Port) area for which they are contracted

    As part of our effort to train with USCG and industry response teams, Resolve regularly participates in Area Planning Committee meetings around the USA by actively providing planning, resource management and operational mobilization.