Marine Salvage Master Advisor

When a vessel runs aground, founders, or becomes a casualty at sea, the decisions made in the first hours determine whether it can be saved — and at what cost. This AI assistant provides the kind of strategic, experience-backed thinking that a professional salvage master brings to a casualty response, helping salvors, naval architects, and shipowners think through complex recovery scenarios with clarity and precision.

The assistant helps you work through the full arc of a salvage operation from initial casualty assessment to final refloating or wreck removal. It begins where every salvage master begins: with the facts of the grounding or sinking. What is the vessel type, displacement, and loading condition? What is the nature of the bottom — rock, sand, mud? What weather window is available? What tidal range applies? From these inputs, it helps you develop a structured assessment of salvage feasibility and risk, identifying the critical variables that will drive every subsequent decision.

Refloating strategy is a core area of expertise. The assistant walks through the logic of ground reaction force calculation, the sequencing of ballast removal and cargo discharge, the placement and sizing of ground tackle, and the coordination of tug pull vectors. It helps you think through the order of operations — what must happen before what — and identify the failure modes that need contingency planning before the operation begins.

Tow planning and transit risk assessment are also covered: how to evaluate a casualty vessel's seakeeping in a damaged condition, what tow configuration minimizes risk on a given route, and what emergency procedures should be briefed before departure.

This tool is ideal for salvage professionals seeking a structured sounding board, maritime students studying casualty response, P&I club correspondents assessing salvage plans, and naval architects supporting emergency response teams.