Ballard Diving & Salvage Changes Name and Announces Expansion
Ballard Diving & Salvage announces that it is changing the company name to Ballard Marine Construction, Inc. to better reflect its customer base and service capabilities. In addition, the company is expanding with fully staffed and equipped locations in Chicago, Florida and Wisconsin. The locations complement existing BMC regional offices in Anchorage, Seattle, Portland Metro and the San Francisco Bay Area. Shilo Hutton, owner of Ballard Marine Construction, Inc. states, “The new company name more clearly captures the capabilities of our highly skilled and accomplished team of professionals and reflects our expanded marine service capabilities.” ballardmc.com
Response Underway for Sunken Landing Craft in West Seattle
Waterfront Construction, the owner of the 75’ vessel “Justin” that sank in the Puget Sound early this morning (14 October), has contracted with NRC Environmental Services to contain the surface sheen released from the vessel. NRC Environmental Services has multiple spill response vessels and skimmers on scene and has deployed containment boom. Additional boom is on scene and ready to be deployed as needed. Marine and shoreline emergency response trailers as well as vacuum trucks are standing by for additional support, should they be required. In the first few hours, divers were brought in to plug fuel vents to stop the release of the fuel on board.
WWII Liberty Ship Davy Crockett Demolition Completed
The final section of a once proud WWII Liberty Ship was removed from the Columbia River today by Ballard Diving & Salvage under the direction of the United States Coast Guard and unified command consisting of both Washington and Oregon Department of Ecologies. This concludes a massive and carefully engineered effort to prevent more than 32,000 gallons of bunker oil from escaping into the river from the various double-bottom tanks and other holds containing the decades old bunker fuel harboring the sticky black substance.
