Salvage agreements
This circular applies to owners of tank vessels carrying oil calling at US ports. Members are referred to Circular 2483/2009 in which attention was drawn to the US Coast Guard (USCG) Final Rule amending the Vessel Response Plan (VRP) Salvage and Marine Firefighting requirements for tank vessels carrying oil (33 CFR part 155). This final rule became effective on 30 January 2009 and states that owners of tank vessels calling at US ports must enter into agreements with salvage and marine firefighting services and list these in the VRPs for such vessels.

Read more in the attaced Circular below: