Marine Salvage, Wreck Removal, Pollution Response & Casualty Cost Tool

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Marine Salvage, Wreck Removal, Pollution Response & Casualty Cost Tool

Build a preliminary casualty-response budget, track salvage spreads and wreck-removal stages, model pollution containment and estimate schedule-driven cost escalation. Document unresolved authority, environmental and insurance checks independently of the financial forecast.

Response-cost timelineSalvage & wreck work packagesResponse asset utilizationWeather standbyReserve scenariosEvidence & approval holds

Rapid casualty-cost screen: 12 inputsEstimate response duration and cost from entered rates. A financial screen never authorizes salvage, pollution intervention, towing or wreck removal; it does not infer legal liability or coverage.

Operational response workbenchPlan sequential intervention stages, contracted spreads, weather standby, waste handling and insured-vs-retained planning exposure. Add or remove rows in the five registers below the results.

Scope: Preliminary commercial planning only. Do not use to direct emergency operations, select oil-spill treatments, determine safe working methods, set environmental limits or claim insurance coverage. Liability, salvage awards, SCOPIC, wreck-removal obligations, pollution compensation and financial security depend on the incident, contract, flag, coastal state, insurer and applicable law. Financial amounts and operating limits are user-entered, not official rates.

Response & Recovery Phase Register

Sequential phases. Productive duration, weather availability and an assigned phase group drive each stage. Enter durations as days and costs as USD. A stage with 50% weather availability requires twice the productive calendar time.

Use	Phase / work package	Group	Productive days	Weather availability %	Fixed cost USD	Material/waste cost USD	Evidence status	Remove

Marine Spread & Contractor Asset Register

Hourly/daily spread costs are budget rates, not LOF/SCOPIC tariffs. Enter the phase group served, daily productive rate, weather standby rate and one-off mobilization/demobilization costs.

Use	Asset / service	Phase group	Daily working $	Daily standby $	Mobilization $	Demobilization $	Availability	Remove

Response Interruptions & Cost Changes

Additional calendar days in an identified phase and fixed external charges. Interruptions are additive to weather downtime; only phase assets assigned to that stage incur standby for those days.

Use	Event	Phase number (1-based)	Standby days	Direct expense $	Status	Remove

External Loss, Waste & Documentation Expense Register

These are financial provisions only. Do not enter costs that are already included as phase materials, contracted assets or mobilization. Actual pollution compensation and loss of earnings require separate validation.

Use	Expense / provision	Category	Quantity	Unit amount $	Already committed?	Remove

Operational Authorization & Evidence Register

Critical pending or failed entries always create review holds. Verified status is self-declared and is not an approval issued by a coastal state, insurer, competent authority or class society.

Use	Verification requirement	Discipline	Critical?	Status	Responsible / document reference	Remove

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