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CRT Express
CRT Express is the new name assigned to the former Dutch tug Meander when it was registered in Quebec City June 27. Built in 2006 by Gebr. Kooiman NV in Zwijndrecht it was acquired in May of this year...
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Tugs at Ile-aux-Coudres - Part 1
Ile-aux-Coudres, QC, home of the Industrie Océan shipyard, and headquarters for the GFFM Leclerc tug building and leasing company, has long been a busy spot for tugs. Saturday August 10 was...
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Tugs at Ile-aux-Coudres - Part 2
The GFFM Leclerc shipyard on the eastern tip of Ile-aux-Coudres builds small powerful shallow draft tugs for sale or charter. Many of the tugs find work as lighterage tugs in northern supply work....
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Alberta Bound
The Province of Alberta has become an important market for small tugs and workboats as the major oil companies need numerous reservoirs and catchment basins. These waterbodies require maintenance...
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Tugs from above
A walk out on the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge this afternoon allowed for some interesting angles on various tugs.First was a general view of two of HMC Dockyard's Glen tugs awaiting their next...
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Stephenville Tug Sinks
The Stephenville, Newfoundland based tug Omni St-Laurent sank at its berth September 23. There was no one aboard at the time, and so far there is no explanation for the incident. According reports the...
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R.J.Ballott - return of a veteran
The Newfoundland based tug R.J.Ballott is back in Halifax for one of its rare visits, but it is certainly no stranger to the port.Built in 1956 as Foundation Victor it initially served the port of...
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Trinity Sea
Secunda Marine's Trinity Sea remains laid up at The Cove in Dartmouth. It was replaced by the newly acquired Siem Commander (ex Stril Commander) this summer. Despite a slight resurgence in utilization...
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R.J.Ballott follow up
The tug R.J.Ballott (ex Jerry Newberry, Kay Cole, Point Victor, Foundation Victor) sailed from Halifax today giving Triton, NL as its destination. It is towing the barge Kaligak, loaded with...
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KOTUG and Horizon
Halifax based Horizon Maritime has just announced an alliance with the Dutch tug company Kotug International BV to go after harbour and terminal work in Canada under the Kotug Canada banner.In one of...
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New Home for well known tug
Carrying the name Florence M a well known tug may be starting a new career. It has recently arrived in Thunder Bay, ON in tow of an equally well known fleet mate Molly M 1. (ex Point Vigour ex...
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Triple Decker Correction
My error in my last post about Foundation's triple deckers was eventually corrected, but not until three days had passed, so may have been missed by many readers.For the record Foundation Vera was not...
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Groupe Ocean breaks into BC
Groupe Ocean has registered two new tugs in Vancouver with local Vancouver names.Ocean Granville and Ocean Kitsilano are 381 gt vessels built by Damen's Song Cam shipyard in Vietnam. Although...
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Groupe Ocean is augmenting its Kingston, Jamaica harbour tug operation with the addition of Ocean Tallawah which is currently en route from Capetown, South Africa.Another Damen tug, this one was built...
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The Narrows - the place to be
For a short stretch of time this morning [ 9:47 -10:21 AST], the Narrows was the place to be to see some tug and workboat activity.Siem Commander arrived to tie up at pier 9C south.Since joining...
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Dominion Warrior
The versatile Dominion Warrior added another arrow to its quiver today as it took over towing responsibility for the dump scow Pitts No.12.The dump scow job would normally be done by the tug Mister Joe...
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Dominion Warrior Corrected
I made an error in my last post regarding the workboat Dominion Warrior. The vessel was built in fact by Neptune Shipyards BV in Aalst, Netherlands. The info I used in my post came from the Transport...
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End of an Era
In case I don't get to see tomorrow's departure, I took the opportunity this morning to get a photo of two tug /suppliers for the last time. As previously recounted Burin Sea and Trinity Sea were...
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Off to Turkey
As planned Burin Sea sailed from Dartmouth this morning towing Trinity Sea bound for Aliga Turkey.The Trinity Sea had been stripped of some of its valuable gear, such as rescue boat and lifeboat,...
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Osprey
This afternoon the the Anchor Handling Tug Supplier Atlantic Osprey returned to the port where it was built. The 3453 gt vessel was delivered by Halifax Shipyards in 2003 and has worked from ATL's...
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