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Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix) is a marine services company that performs manned and unmanned underwater operations worldwide. Phoenix was incorporated in 1996 as Phoenix Marine, Inc. and started doing business in 1997. It changed its name in January 2000 to Phoenix International, Inc., and then to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. in November 2007, when it became an employee-owned company.

The company’s core business segments include waterborne ship repairs; underwater inspection, maintenance and repair; deep ocean search and recovery; submarine rescue; and marine engineering. They provide expertise in underwater welding (wet and dry chamber); non-destructive testing; conventional and one-atmosphere manned diving; and side scan sonar, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations. The marine engineering services that Phoenix provides include unmanned underwater vehicles, underwater robotics, cofferdams & weight handling fixtures, and diving systems. Its customers include U.S. and foreign navies and government agencies; the oil and gas, subsea mining and entertainment industries; and the archaeological community.

Notable projects

Notable projects in which Phoenix has participated include:

2022-Location and Recovery of a downed U.S. Navy F-35C Lightening II aircraft in South China sea [[1]]
2021-Location and Recovery of the fuselage of a downed MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter in Okinawa [[2]]
2019-Deep Ocean Salvage of C-2A Aircraft (location and recovery) in 18,809ft [[3]]
2014-The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370;^[1]
Air France Flight 447,^[2] Yemenia Flight 626,^[2] Adam Air Flight 574,^[3] and Tuninter Flight 1153^[4] black box recoveries;
2012-Search for Amelia Earhart Airplane [4]
2011-Submarine Rescue Readiness Exercise with Bold Monarch [[5]]
2010-Forensic inspection of the Deepwater Horizon control room;^[5]
2010-The design, fabrication, and testing of a Saturation Fly-Away Diving System (SAT FADS) for the U.S. Navy;^[6]
2003-The search for Space Shuttle Columbia debris;^[7]
2003-RMS Titanic documentary investigations and mapping projects;^[8]
2002-USS Monitor turret recovery;^[9]
2000-The discovery and forensic survey of the Israeli submarine INS Dakar;^[10]

Offices

Phoenix has eight offices in seven geographic locations:

References

^ "Maryland Salvage Firm Tapped for Malaysia Flight 370 Search". Wall Street Journal. 25 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b Troadec, Jean-Paul. "BEA Press conference, Recife harbour (Brazil), 25 March 2010, English transcript of Mr Troadec's speech". Archived from the original on 23 November 2011.
^ "Black box retrieved from crashed Indonesian plane". Reuters. Aug 28, 2007.
^ FINAL REPORT ACCIDENT INVOLVING ATR 72 AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION MARKS TS-LBB (PDF), Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV), p. 76, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14
^ Pol, Daniel; John Tomasi (December 2010). "xBot III: Exploring Treacherous Spaces". Sea Technology Magazine. 51 (12): 10–13.
^ Burgess, Richard (May 2011). "Mobile Saturation Site". Seapower. 54 (5): 26–28. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Riendeau, Roger (November 2003). "Space Shuttle Columbia Water Recovery Operations" (PDF). Faceplate.
^ Lynch, Don; Ken Marschall; introduction by James Cameron (2003). Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey Into The Heart of the Titanic. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo. ISBN 978-0-306-81223-1.
^ Cavey, Rick (November 2002). "USS MONITOR Turret Recovery" (PDF). Faceplate. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
^ Baumgartner, Henry (August 1999). "The Sub That Vanished". Mechanical Engineering Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28.

External links

Phoenix International Home Page

[1] "Maryland Salvage Firm Tapped for Malaysia Flight 370 Search". Wall Street Journal. 25 March 2014.

[press_conference-2] Troadec, Jean-Paul. "BEA Press conference, Recife harbour (Brazil), 25 March 2010, English transcript of Mr Troadec's speech". Archived from the original on 23 November 2011.

[3] "Black box retrieved from crashed Indonesian plane". Reuters. Aug 28, 2007.

[4] FINAL REPORT ACCIDENT INVOLVING ATR 72 AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION MARKS TS-LBB (PDF), Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV), p. 76, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14

[5] Pol, Daniel; John Tomasi (December 2010). "xBot III: Exploring Treacherous Spaces". Sea Technology Magazine. 51 (12): 10–13.

[6] Burgess, Richard (May 2011). "Mobile Saturation Site". Seapower. 54 (5): 26–28. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[7] Riendeau, Roger (November 2003). "Space Shuttle Columbia Water Recovery Operations" (PDF). Faceplate.

[8] Lynch, Don; Ken Marschall; introduction by James Cameron (2003). Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey Into The Heart of the Titanic. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo. ISBN 978-0-306-81223-1.

[9] Cavey, Rick (November 2002). "USS MONITOR Turret Recovery" (PDF). Faceplate. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-07-22.

[10] Baumgartner, Henry (August 1999). "The Sub That Vanished". Mechanical Engineering Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28.

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-'''Phoenix International Holdings, Inc.''' (Phoenix) is an employee owned [[Naval architecture|marine services]] company that performs complex manned and unmanned underwater operations worldwide.  Phoenix was incorporated in 1996 as Phoenix Marine, Inc. and started doing business in 1997. It changed its name in January 2000 to Phoenix International, Inc., and then to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. in November 2007 when it became an employee owned company.
+'''Phoenix International Holdings, Inc.''' (Phoenix) is a [[Naval architecture|marine services]] company that performs manned and unmanned underwater operations worldwide. Phoenix was incorporated in 1996 as Phoenix Marine, Inc. and started doing business in 1997. It changed its name in January 2000 to Phoenix International, Inc., and then to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. in November 2007, when it became an employee-owned company.
 The company’s core business segments include waterborne ship repairs; underwater inspection, maintenance and repair; [[Deep sea|deep ocean]] search and recovery; submarine rescue; and marine engineering.  They provide expertise in underwater welding (wet and dry chamber); non-destructive testing; conventional and one-atmosphere manned diving; and side scan sonar, [[Autonomous_underwater_vehicle|Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)]], and [[Remotely operated underwater vehicle|Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)]] operations.  The marine engineering services that Phoenix provides include unmanned underwater vehicles, underwater robotics, [[cofferdam]]s & weight handling fixtures, and diving systems. Its customers include U.S. and foreign navies and government agencies; the oil and gas, subsea mining and entertainment industries; and the archaeological community.