Inland Salvage Inc. (www.inlandsalvage.com) recently completed the salvage of a capsized tugboat near the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana.  The 46ft tugboat capsized at approximately 15:30 on September 30, 2011and was lying partially submerged in approximately 15 feet of water near the vessel owner’s fleet. Immediately upon being notified by the vessel’s assured and underwriters that Inland Salvage Inc.…

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Inland Salvage Inc. (www.inlandsalvage.com) Salvage Team members recently fought with high current Mississippi River conditions to refloat a sunken coal barge near Lake Providence, LA. The barge was fully loaded and headed south when it went down in March of this year. Having been on the river bottom this long, the barge was partially buried in…

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Inland Salvage Inc. successfully completed the salvage of a hopper barge loaded with iron ore which was damaged and sunk during a collision on the Mississippi River near Waggaman, La. The 195ft hopper barge was struck by a north bound bulker while tied up in the fleet. The resulting damage caused the barge to sink fully loaded in…

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Inland Salvage Inc. recently completed the removal of approximately 1000 tons of structural scrap steel from a sunken hopper barge and subsequent salvage of the barge which had been obstructing a loading dock on the Mississippi River near LaPlace, LA. Link below http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inland-salvage-inc-completes-lightering-and-salvage-operations-of-sunken-hopper-barge-131470738.html

Immediately upon being notified by the vessel’s owner that Inland Salvage Inc. (ISI) had been appointed as the salvor, ISI responded to the sinking of the 168′ fishing vessel “Sandy Point” which collided with the container ship “Eurus London” on May 18, 2011.  The “Sandy Point” was laden with approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel oil, with 1,200,000 menhaden fish and 100 gallons…

TUNICA, Miss., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Driven by an unwavering commitment to the employees, residents and visitors of the Mid-South region, MGM Resorts International’s Gold Strike Casino Resort Tunica will reopen its doors for business today – just two weeks after rising Mississippi River floodwaters forced a mandatory closure of all Tunica County’s nine casinos. The Mississippi River reached…