American 250 Anchor Winch Repower
Check out this American 250 anchor winch! We found this winch after it had been stashed in a desert and unused for several years.
May 2022
Jacobsen Pilot Tower Removal
In 1949, the Port of Long Beach gave this old oil derrick to Captain Jacob Jacobsen to use as a radar tower. This was the first private, shore-side radar in the United States! At the time, radar was new technology.
April 2022
Video: Salvors Recover Wrecked Boeing 737 Cargo Jet Off Honolulu
A team led by the National Transportation Safety Board has successfully recovered the wreckage of TransAir Flight 810, a Boeing 737-200 cargo jet that went down off Honolulu in early July.
August 2021
Curtin Maritime is Expanding to San Diego
Curtin Maritime is expanding to San Diego. Specializing in marine transportation, marine construction, vessel design & construction, we are bringing Full Service Marine Solutions and a full-time dedicated fleet of Floating Cranes, Tugboats, and Barges.
April 2019
Becker #1 Re-Abandonment Project 2018 InterAct PMTI
The Becker #1 well, located on Summerland Beach in Santa Barbara County, first made history in the 1890’s when it was one of the first offshore wells drilled in the U.S. and is once again making history as one of the first of these vintage offshore wells to be permanently abandoned. The Becker well is notorious to local beach-goers as it has been the source of visible oil seepage for years.
March 2014
Saving Coral Reefs – One Shipwreck at a Time
In the summer of 1991, a 121 foot long Taiwanese long line fishing vessel, the HUI FENG #1, ran aground on an atoll in the middle of the Pacific. With a footprint of just 4.6 square miles . . .
Shipwreck Removal from Sensitive Underwater Ecosystems
What started in the summer of 1991 as an ill-conceived and ultimately futile attempt in seeking political asylum by Taiwanese fishermen, ended 22 years later in a pile of scrap bound . . .
Curtin Clears Wreckage so Coral Reefs Can Thrive
The crew of Port of Long Beach-based Curtin Maritime Corp. returned Tuesday from a job in Palmyra Atoll where they collected wreckage from three ships onto a barge and brought . . .
February 2014
Saving coral reef in the Pacific Ocean: One million pounds of shipwreck at a time
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken an extraordinary conservation action to remove nearly one million pounds of shipwrecks to protect some of the most pristine coral reefs . . .
Removal of Shipwrecks to help Coral
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service is giving coral reefs a chance to survive by getting rid of shipwrecks. Take a look at what they found!