Clean Rivers Cooperative is proud to announce the formal naming of the newest Marco-Belt Skimming Vessel in the Cooperative’s fleet. Put into service in 2022, the skimming vessel was formally named OSRV “John Hartup” on December 10, 2024, during the Cooperative’s Annual Member Meeting.
A longtime employee and manager at Chevron, John Hartup and was active in the founding of the Cooperative. He saw a need for dedicated oil spill response equipment along the Lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers in the aftermath of the 1971 collision under the Golden Gate Bridge of the Chevron tankers Oregon Standard and Arizona Standard. He served as the Cooperatives first Board President in 1971 when the Cooperative was known as the Oregon State Oil Spill Cooperative. Mr. Hartup was also involved in the formation of the Maritime Fire and Safety Association (MFSA), a founding member of MFSA, and served as their Board President in 1988. Now in his late nineties, Mr. Hartup attended the naming ceremony and swung the champaign bottle that christened his namesake.
The OSRV “John Hartup” is a 30-foot Kvichak shallow water capable bow skimmer with the capacity of 1,008 gallons and an EDRC of 3,588 gallons. It is equipped with a Marco filter belt oil skimmer with a large offload pump system and a Kubota hydraulic power unit. It is currently being staged in Portland, OR.
