Our mission is to provide consistently high quality oil spill removal and emergency response services to our clients in a timely and cost-effective manner. A high quality service includes promoting environmental improvement while minimizing risks to persons, equipment, and property.

Our Company

As a result of the Exxon Valdez incident in March 1989, Congress enacted stringent oil pollution regulations for both vessels and marine transportation facilities entitled the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA 90”). National Response Corporation (“NRC”) was created to provide the resources needed to satisfy the requirements of this legislation.

Under regulations promulgated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), all vessels and marine transportation facilities are required, while operating within United States waters, to have an approved oil spill response plan. Included in each plan are the specific actions, duties and resources a responsible party would engage in the event of a mishap.

NRC and our affiliate, International Response Corporation (IRC) are nationally and internationally recognized Oil Spill Removal Organizations (OSROs). Since its inception in 1992, NRC has responded to nearly every major oil spill in the U.S and many other emergencies such as TWA Flight 800 and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

Broad Customer Base

NRC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR SMIT, Inc. (NYSE : CKH) has approximately 500 worldwide clients, including contracts with several state administrative entities and the USCG. NRC provides pre-contracted oil spill removal coverage to more than 6,800 vessels of all types, and an additional 1,600 tank barges. NRC also covers approximately 500 assorted terminals, refineries, utilities, offshore exploration and production platforms, pipelines and airports. Many of NRC’s clients are the largest oil producers/distributors in the world.

USCG Classification

NRC holds the highest classification offered by the USCG, and operates in all the noted environments: rivers and canals, inland, nearshore, open ocean and offshore. These services are provided within the continental US, Hawaii and the Caribbean in every U.S. Captain-of-the-Port Zones as defined by OPA 90 and the OSRO Guidelines. For more information about NRC's OSRO classifications click here.

Customer Satisfaction

NRC’s unique and cost conscious approach to spill response is supported by in-house expertise, a vast amount of specialized response resources and a highly skilled Independent Contractor Network (ICN). Presently, the ICN is comprised of 168 emergency response & spill clean-up companies with over 175 locations throughout our Area of Service. These contractors have been selected by NRC after a review of their resources, capabilities and experience. NRC places our own equipment, including shallow water portable barges, boom, high capacity skimming systems, inland work boats, vacuum transfer units and mobile communication centers, at the ICN locations. NRC resources also include a Marine Resource Network which consists of seventeen dedicated oil spill response vessels, which are strategically positioned throughout our Area of Service to meet the planning requirements of OPA ‘90. Through our parent company, SEACOR SMIT, Inc., NRC has access to a vessel fleet of more than 328 offshore vessels and supply boats worldwide. The Marine Resource Network also provides NRC with pre-contracted access to hundreds of tugs and oil barges from our tug and barge clients.