ASA Confers With Chinese Colleagues
Leading the delegation was Mr. Wang Zhenliang, Deputy Executive Director of the Bureau of Salvage and Rescue, China Ministry of Transportation. Ms. Diana Zhang, the delegation’s program director, served as interpreter for the meeting. Captain Jim Wilkins, USN, U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage, addressed salvage recovery efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf Coast region.
“The American Salvage Association was pleased to host this delegation from China and to exchange ideas about how our respective countries perform professional marine salvage and oil spill response activities,” said ASA President George Wittich.