Guice Offshore brings substantial experience in supporting inspection and repair activities following disaster events along with assisting in marine salvage, a broadly defined industry that encompasses rescue towing, putting out fires, patching or repairing a ship, refloating a sunken or grounded vessel, moving a disabled vessel in order to clear navigation channels, and raising sunken ships or their cargo. The versatility of the GO mini-supply vessel fleet is well-suited for many of these roles. In fact, Guice Offshore has supported the needs of salvage operations, and even treasure hunting projects.
Below, the article reprinted from the NOAA Marine Debris Program Office explains the various tools to combat marine debris, including offshore vessels equipped with deck cranes and other heavy lifting machinery.
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Marine debris is a challenging problem.
Across the country, NOAA and partners remove everything from lost fishing gear tangled on the seafloor to sunken vessels, abandoned tire reefs, and other trash that have become hazards to navigation and marine ecosystems in the ocean and Great Lakes.
Beginning in 2013, NOAA and its partners began to take on the removal of larger-scale marine debris that is beyond what is considered typical — this includes the removal of abandoned vessels, barges, piers, and other debris that can remain in the environment for decades. Doing so improves vessel navigation, supports the fishing and tourism economy, helps communities recover from disasters, and prioritizes productive and safe shorelines and waterways across the United States.
To date, more than 50 million pounds of large-scale marine debris has been taken out of marine environments.
But clearing large-scale and bulky debris can present big challenges depending on where it is located and what it is made of.
Let’s peek into 4 techniques that NOAA and our partners use to keep our marine environments free of debris:
1. Gear recovery from seafloor to sea surface
2. Heavy machinery for heavy lifting
3. A hands-on approach for high-impact debris removal
4. Aircraft-assisted removal in remote areas
Dive deeper
Since 2006, NOAA’s Marine Debris Program has served as the U.S. government’s lead to reduce and prevent the adverse impacts of marine debris on our ocean and Great Lakes.
- Learn more about large-scale marine debris
- What is marine debris?
- 20th anniversary of the NOAA Marine Debris Program
- Stay current with NOAA’s Marine Debris Blog.
- Follow NOAA’s Marine Debris Program on X, Facebook and Instagram.
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Guice Offshore Marine Disaster Response, Submerged Disaster Debris Cleanup, Salvage, Inspection and Repair
In the aftermath of a storm, finding and removing submerged debris amid devastated inland waterways and coastal areas can be critical in restoring utilities, transit and maritime traffic into ports or other crucial commerce locations.
To help with virtually any kind of underwater removal, Guice Offshore has the vessels, crew and often the deck machinery like cranes, winches, a-frames and can even access submersible and remote-operated underwater vehicles via preferred vendors and partnerships.
Our various multi-purpose vessels such as the GO America can be available to assist with all types of hurricane recovery operations, and even serve as floating accommodations for FEMA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, federal and state emergency management staff, and other military, law enforcement and government recovery personnel.
