Gallagher Marine Systems (GMS) maintains a fully-staffed, multi-disciplined and highly trained Spill Management Team (SMT). GMS has a distinguished, twenty-year track record serving our broad client base as the pre-designated SMT in contingency plans, acting on their behalf as a Spill Response Advisor, or in augmenting their in-house SMT capability. Select examples of past SMT projects in the United States are highlighted on our Spill Management Team Projects Map.
With respect to vessel casualties, GMS was the incident management team for three of the eight largest ship oil spills in the US over the past ten years, and our team was called upon and provided support for three out of the remaining five incidents. These were major (and highly notable) maritime pollution incidents resulting from ship casualties. GMS received praise from the USCG and State officials for their efforts in successfully managing all the response efforts. Our SMT continuously stands ready to respond on immediate notice to both domestic and international incidents.
While our past indicates a history of vessel, facility and pipeline related casualty responses, GMS has grown our existing coastal and inland waterway capabilities throughout the United States to include qualified first responders and management personnel capable of supporting an Exploration & Production (E&P) related response.
Advantages of the GMS Spill Management Team:
- GMS is independent of all Oil Spill Removal Organizations (OSROs)
- Our team is comprised of multi-disciplined professionals, capable of providing an organization suited to the requirements of each incident, including a complete Incident Command System (ICS) organization.
- Team Members maintain specialized training and experience for Incident Response Systems (ICS) positions. Our response team leadership is trained up through the advanced incident commander level of training, including media relations while others have specialized training to meet the specific needs of complex responses.
- The organization includes members who are located at key ports on all coasts and territories of the United States and a network of qualified, carefully vetted local representatives who can arrive quickly at the scene of an incident.
- The Team has a demonstrated record of success in working with multiple federal, state, and local agencies during major spill responses, including incidents involving more than 40 agencies. This record of success is supported by several letters of commendation awarded by these regulatory agencies.
- GMS team members have worked together in industry-led drills, SONS (Spills of National Significance) drills, and in response to more than 300 incidents along the coasts of the Continental United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Alaska, and Canada.
To learn more about how our expert team can meet you exact needs, please contact us at info@gallaghermarine.com
