Boat salvage and vessel recovery in New Orleans, LA

Boat salvage in New Orleans, LA

We know New Orleans waterways don't give you much margin for error. Between the busy shipping channels on the Mississippi, the tangle of bayous, and weather that can flip on you fast, having a vessel in peril here is a serious situation. Our marine salvage service covers emergency response for all types of boats and commercial vessels across New Orleans and the surrounding areas of Orleans Parish. We work safely and efficiently to handle vessel recovery for residential and commercial clients, no matter the size of the boat or the complexity of the situation.

We're a local team rooted in New Orleans, LA, and we take environmental protection seriously on every recovery job. Whether your boat is grounded, wrecked, or stuck at a marina or dock, we've got it handled.

Types of salvage situations we handle

We offer a full range of recovery services designed for the unique challenges of Lake Pontchartrain and the New Orleans waterways.

• Damaged vessel recovery — We deploy lift bags, pumps, and rigging to stabilize your boat fast, no matter where it's sitting. Speed is everything here. We move fast to prevent a bad situation from becoming a total loss, and our salvage process starts the moment we get your call.
• Grounded vessel assistance — Every grounded vessel situation gets a full on-site assessment before we touch anything. We work carefully to avoid hull damage during the refloat, then coordinate safe transport once the boat is free. Rushing this step is how things go sideways, and we don't rush it.
• Underwater operations — Our certified divers handle the work you can't do from the surface. Hull inspections, patching, rigging in zero-visibility conditions, it all gets done. The Mississippi and surrounding bayous don't offer clean water to work in, and our divers train specifically for those kinds of types of salvage situations we handle every season.
• Environmental containment and mitigation — From the moment we arrive, we deploy containment booms and get control of any hazardous materials on board. Protecting the local waterways isn't an afterthought. It's built into how we work. If you're working through insurance coverage for salvage, we document the environmental response thoroughly to support your claim.

Our salvage process, start to finish

When you've got a vessel in peril, you don't have time to shop around. You need a crew that's done this before, knows these waters, and won't flinch at what they find. Here's why we're the right call.

• We handle the tough jobs — Our certified divers and crew push through accessibility issues that stop other companies cold. Flooded bilges, tangled debris, tight canals, we've seen it. Our salvage process is built around recovery situations that other operations walk away from.
• 24/7 emergency readiness — Day or night, storm or calm, our team is on standby. We're moving when you call, not when it's convenient for us. The types of salvage situations we handle don't wait for business hours, and neither do we.
• Asset protection and environmental care — Our job is twofold. We work fast to stop further damage to your boat's value, and we contain any fuel or fluid threat to New Orleans waterways from the moment we arrive. Both matter. Neither gets skipped.
• Direct insurance support — We provide clear, accurate documentation of every step in our salvage process. That paperwork is built to streamline your insurance claim, cutting down the back-and-forth and giving you one less thing to fight through. Insurance coverage for salvage is complicated enough without us adding to it.