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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 23 Resolve, T&T Bisso Form FiFi Coalition T&T Bisso team delivering 6000 gpm during offshore firefighting deployment exercise. Resolve Marine Group and T&T Bisso announced a coalition for Marine Firefighting services in U.S. waters. The agreement combines both companies’ firefighting infra- structure to produce overlapping coverage and higher volume fire- fighting capacity throughout the U.S. The coalition was created to help tank vessel operators fully com- ply with the new Oil Pollution Act of 1990 regulations that will be effective on February 22, 2011. The regulations require that all tanker and tank barge owners oper- ating in U.S. waters update their existing USCG-approved Vessel Response Plan (VRP) with a Salvage and Marine Firefighting (SMFF) plan. Tank vessel owners must certi- fy they have pre-contracted firefight- ing services, equipment, and trained response personnel. During the past three years, both RESOLVE and T&T Bisso developed comprehen- sive in-house firefighting response systems which include newly pur- chased, custom-built equipment and networks of trained maritime fire- fighters to meet any vessel response needs.
