Compass Maritime joined fellow members of the American Waterways Operators (AWO) in Washington, D.C. to advocate directly on Capitol Hill for the American maritime industry and the men and women who power it.

Our team met with U.S. Senators and Representatives to champion the importance of a strong domestic maritime sector, one that directly supports upwards of 100,000 maritime jobs and around 650,000 American jobs, sustains a skilled seafaring and shipbuilding workforce, and ensures the United States maintains the vessels and expertise necessary to move cargo along its coasts, rivers, and inland waterways. These capabilities don’t rebuild overnight, so protecting and investing in them today is essential to our nation’s long-term economic resilience and security.

Compass Maritime is proud to not only work within this industry every day, but to show up and speak up for it.

Compass Maritime, under existing service agreements with our client and its support to the U.S. Navy Salvage Contract, continues to directly support launch planning and execution of any potential recovery mission.

We are responsible for advising on the identification of potential vessel candidates to support a recovery effort if the Artemis rocket’s personnel capsule was aborted mid-flight. Compass Maritime identifies vessel candidates prior to launch and enrolls them into our client’s NASA Recovery Program.

We brief NASA just before the launch window. During the launch sequence, and if the capsule releases mid-flight, Compass Maritime will contact vessel owners and coordinate the movement of any vessels toward the capsule location to begin recovery efforts.

Under a U.S. government contract, U.S. flag equipment was needed to assist in lightering bulk vessels transporting rocks, sand, and other bulk commodities from anchorage to shore for a runway restoration project.

Compass Maritime arranged the charter of the necessary U.S. flag tugs and barges for the Ascension Island runway restoration project in the south Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Brazil. We helped our client obtain the required tugs and barges. We outfitted the equipment in compliance with Ascension government regulations governing fumigation, wood sourcing, and packaging, etc.

We also supported the implementation of crew rotation SOP for flights to and from the island, maintaining strict COVID-19 quarantine protocols during the height of the pandemic in 2020.