HOME ABOUT US SERVICES EQUIPMENT PROJECTS CONTACT US CAREERS American Marine Corporation Our Story PREVIOUS The 1970s Our Beginnings American Workboats & The Clean Water Act The 1980s NEXT Excellence in Operations American Marine Services Group and its operating companies American Marne Corporation, Pacific Environmental Corporation, and American Workboats owe their growth to a personal and professional philosophy summarized by these words, “Excellence in Operations”. The 1970s Our Beginnings American Marine Corporation began as a start-up, commercial diving business in the early 1970s called American Divers. Three young men were the core of the initial creation and expansion of American Divers, which incorporated in 1975 to become American Divers, Inc., headquartered in Hawaii at a small dive shop adjacent to the Honolulu Harbor. Pat Wolter was born and raised in France, moved to Hawaii and started American Divers, the first formal diving company in Hawaii to provide general commercial diving services, with a focus on marine construction projects in Hawaii. Robert Shahnazarian had come to Hawaii from New Jersey on a University of Hawaii swimming scholarship. It was his passion for the ocean that caught Pat Wolter’s attention and eventually led him to become Captain of the Company’s Vessel Fleet. Scott Vuillemot, starting from a young age, had been involved in offshore federal funded infrastructure projects in the Hawaiian Islands and was engaged as a Commercial diver working for marine construction companies. This career eventually led him to American Divers. American Workboats & The Clean Water Act In 1972 a law known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act was expanded and improved to become the Clean Water Act. It established the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States and gave the EPA the authority to implement pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry. In Hawaii there were three primary ocean outfalls to be constructed as well as significant repair projects to existing systems. This was good work for the ambitious and motivated American Divers Inc and eventually led to new opportunities in the Caribbean located at Puerto Rico and the West Coast of the United States. Larger marine construction companies had been pleased with the work of American Divers, Inc., and offered them work on multiple ocean outfall projects. These significant projects demanded a larger marine fleet so the three owners made the first of many trips to the Gulf of Mexico in search of the perfect vessels to match their growing needs. As a result of the fast expanding marine fleet, was formed in 1979 to manage these assets. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PREVIOUS NEXT VIEW THUMBNAILS A member of American Marine Services Group ABOUT US AMC provides specialty marine contracting, commercial diving, and vessel support services to clients in both the public and private sectors. Read More CONTACT US ALASKA LOCATION 1 (907) 562-5420 CALIFORNIA LOCATION 1 (310) 547-0919 HAWAII LOCATION 1 (808) 545-5190 HOME FEATURED PROJECTS ALASKA CALIFORNIA HAWAII CAREERS Copyright 2021 © American Marine Corporation [admin] SITE BY AKSYS