2004: Conference Proceedings
Conference Presentations

Salvage Capability in Australia: The Issues

Published 2004-09-29

Keywords

  • salvage,
  • emergency response capability,
  • towage,
  • arbitration

Abstract

This paper was presented as part of Business Session 2, on the topic of 'Salvage, Pilotage, Towage: Business Issues and Public Concerns', which was chaired by Barbara Pearson. The second page of the paper contains a short biography of the author.

This paper contains the slides for Hoskison's presentation about salvage capability in Australia. Hoskison considers Australia's Emergency Response capability from 1984 to the present, potential threats and consequences of reduced response capability, the Productivity Commisson Report from August 2002, recommendations from the Commission, and the future of salvage capability in Australia.