Resolve Marine, a glob­al leader in spe­cial­ized marine ser­vices, emer­gency response, sal­vage, and recov­ery, today announced an exclu­sive agree­ment with The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny (GLT) to pro­vide OPA 90 Sal­vage and Marine Fire­fight­ing (SMFF) ser­vices in U.S. Coast Guard Dis­trict 9. The joint arrange­ment, effec­tive Feb­ru­ary 2022, ensures con­ti­nu­ity of ser­vice for all Resolve Marine clients in Buf­fa­lo, Detroit, Lake Michi­gan, Sault Saint Marie, and Duluth COTPs. Ships with ves­sel response plans for the Great Lakes COTP zones that are not Resolve Marine clients can also be served under the agree­ment by con­tact­ing Resolve Marine.

Todd Duke, gen­er­al man­ag­er, Com­pli­ance Ser­vices said, “We are excit­ed to be work­ing with The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny. The joint effort means that Resolve Marine is the only SMFF provider able to list GLT emer­gency tow­ing assets in ves­sel response plans, ensur­ing con­ti­nu­ity of ser­vice for Resolve Marine clients in the Great Lakes. The com­bi­na­tion also allows us to expand response capa­bil­i­ties to our clients in com­pli­ance with OPA 90 regulations.”

Resolve Marine has pro­vid­ed con­tin­u­ous emer­gency mar­itime response cov­er­age since the incep­tion of OPA 90 and main­tains 23 equip­ment depots, and an exten­sive net­work of region­al part­ners, cov­er­ing all COTPs in the Unit­ed States and its territories.

About Resolve Marine

Resolve Marine is a glob­al leader in spe­cial­ized marine ser­vices, includ­ing emer­gency and oil spill response, sal­vage and recov­ery, and mar­itime train­ing. A pri­vate com­pa­ny estab­lished in 1984 and head­quar­tered in Fort Laud­erdale, FL, Resolve Marine has com­mer­cial offices, response ware­hous­es and equip­ment depots locat­ed in the Unit­ed States, Europe, Africa, and Asia. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www.resolvemarine.com.

About The Great Lakes Towing Company

The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny is the largest U.S. Flag com­mer­cial tug­boat oper­a­tor on the Great Lakes, with more than 30 tugs sta­tioned in 13 U.S. Great Lakes ports. The Tow­ing Company’s Lakes-wide cov­er­age include har­bor assist, car­go trans­porta­tion, and ice break­ing in more than 40 U.S. Great Lakes ports. The Company’s ser­vices also include a full-ser­vice ship­yard oper­a­tion in Cleve­land, Ohio. For more infor­ma­tion about the Tow­ing Com­pa­ny, its range of ser­vices, and its Full Ser­vice Lakes-Wide (FSLW) Con­tracts, vis­it www.thegreatlakesgroup.com.