Baltimore Marine Recovery

Specialties

Baltimore Marine Recovery has five tow boats equipped with state-​of-​the-​art equipment to serve boater’s towing and salvage needs throughout our Chesapeake Bay service area. Our experienced Captains offer routine and emergency towing, fuel delivery, soft ungrounding and jump start services to all boaters in need.

History

Established in 1981.

Baltimore Marine Recovery was established in 1981 by Captain Frank Dolan. In 2010 Captain Frank retired and the business was purchased by BMR employee Captain Dale Plummer.

Meet the Business Owner

Dale P.

Business Owner

Dale Plummer, a lifetime Chesapeake Bay boater, left Corporate America in 2007 to begin his professional marine assistance career. He is a USCG licensed Master Captain with a Commercial Assistance Towing endorsement and began towing for TowBoatU.S. Baltimore/​Middle River/​Baltimore Marine Recovery in 2007. Dale’s 20 plus years of diving experience has been instrumental in the growth of salvage operations for BMR. His 20 years of business, marketing and organizational knowledge enabled Dale to purchase BMR/​TowBoatUS Baltimore/​Middle River in January of 2011.

Dale is President of Chesapeake Marine Towing and Assistance Association (CMTAA), a regional chapter of C-​PORT, and an active member of the Marine Trades Association of Baltimore County. Dale believes that corporate responsibility and professionalism must extend to all trades. He is a leader in the marine community lending support to local law enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard and he proactively works to protect the valuable nat