Full agenda for Global Wreck and Salvage 2025 published

Places for the Global Salvage and Wreck Forum 2025 to be held on 10th and 11th December at the Leonardo Royal City Hotel are going fast so please ensure that […]

New President for International Salvage Union (ISU)

The Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) was held in Cape Town, South Africa, 2 October 2025. At the conclusion of the meeting, Captain Leendert Muller, Managing […]

ISU salvage industry statistics 2024

The ISU has published its annual statistics for 2024. They are the only published measure of the state of the industry but do not include information from non-ISU members. Gross […]

ISU pollution prevention survey shows importance of a sustainable salvage industry

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) provided 162 services to vessels carrying 2.4 million tonnes of potentially polluting cargo and fuel during operations in 2024. It again demonstrates the […]

ISU publishes salvage industry statistics for 2023

Key figures: • Gross revenue for ISU members – US$ 398 million (2022, US$ 241 million) • 184 services provided (2022, 149 services) • Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) – 16 […]

ISU pollution prevention survey shows environmental benefit of salvage industry

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) provided 173 services to vessels carrying 1.9 million tonnes of potentially polluting cargo and fuel during operations in 2023. It again demonstrates the […]

New President for ISU

The Annual General Meeting of the International Salvage Union (ISU) was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 12 October 2023. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr John Witte Jr. Donjon […]

ISU publishes salvage industry statistics for 2022

Key figures: • Gross revenue for ISU members – US$ 241 million (2021, US$ 391 million) • 149 services provided (2021, 189 services) • Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) – 26 […]

ISU pollution prevention survey shows environmental benefit of salvage industry

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) provided 186 services to vessels carrying 2.6 million tonnes of potentially polluting cargo and fuel during operations in 2022, clearly showing the critical […]