Company marine salvage, marine service, Fred Devine Diving and Salvage Company

The firm continues to be recognized internationally as a premier heavy marine salvage resource. The company owns a unique salvage ship the M/V "Salvage Chief", specially designed to operate under conditions prevalent on the coasts of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Over the years our company has assembled a very extensive inventory of salvage equipment, most of it specially designed and built for use on salvage operations.

Operations are staged and supported for a 6 acre site with river frontage and dockage on the Swan Island Lagoon in Portland, OR. A warehouse and shop complex containing 14,700 sq/ft is used to house diving and salvage equipment as well as mechanical, paint and fabrication shops.

With this facility, the specialized equipment, the M/V Salvage Chief, a full compliment of diving equipment and several construction and diving support vessels, Fred Devine Diving and Salvage Co. is fully outfitted for all major salvage operations, including marine construction and diving projects.

The Marine Salvage Consortium, Inc. is a Oregon Corporation operated by J. H. Leitz & Associates. Inc., of Portland, OR, JGTB, Inc. of WA., and Dunlap Towing Co. of La Conner, WA. The Marine Salvage Consortium, Inc. is doing business as Fred Devine Diving & Salvage Co. a name known for outstanding performance in marine salvage for eighty nine years.