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Big Tug, Big Tow
The 15,500 bhp tug Avalon Sea got underway this afternoon towing the barge BOA Barge 37. The tug was built in 2016 by Remontowna Gdanska in Poland and is equipped for a variety of tasks including...
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Pacific Constructor
The impressive SMPV (Subsea Multipurpose Vessel) Pacific Constructor made a brief stopover in Halifax today (July 31) en route to the Sable Offshore. The ship has apparently been deployed from the...
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Firebird's new home
The former HMC Dockyard fireboat Firebird has found a new home on the west coast of Newfoundland. I recently received some pictures showing it doing pilot transfer and ship assist work in Lower Cove...
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Rig Move
Offshore drilling oil rigs are becoming a rare sight these days as there are no active offshore oil or gas fields and no plans for drilling any new ones. Therefore today's arrival may be the last for...
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Articulate tug
The articulated tug / barge combination Leo A. McArthur / John J.Carrick arrived with another load of asphalt for McAsphalt Industries in Eastern Passage. Although the tug is equipped to tow if...
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East is East and West is West
The twain did meet in Halifax today with Atlantic Kingfisher and Pacific Constructor at pier 9C.As previously posted Pacific Constructor with ROV was likely here for some well capping work off Sable...
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Welcome back Mister Joe and Oshawa
McNally Construction's tug Mister Joe arrived this evening towing the crane barge Canadian Argosy with the small tug Oshawa. These vessels are regulars in Halifax to support heavy marine construction...
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Venture Sea heads north
The Halifax based anchor handling tug/supplier Venture Sea set out from Halifax September 27 for the far north waters of Davis Strait between Greenland and Canada. The trip is in response to a call...
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Thor 1
A former Canadian anchor handling tug supplier is making a return to Canadian waters, but this time as a towing vessel.Thor I arrived in Montreal October 11 and prepared to take the retired bulker...
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André-H and Jerry G - off the books
Quebec City based Groupe Oçéan appears to be largely finished scrapping two veteran tugs at their Quebec City base.The older of the two was the Jerry G. built in 1960 by Davie Shipbuilding in Lauzon. A...
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The last Norton
The history of ship preservation in this country and many others is unfortunately a tale of woe, as enthusiasm often could not be backed up with money. Good intentions have all to often "run aground"...
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Panuke Sea - off into the sunset
The former Secunda Marine Services supplier Panuke Sea sailed from Sydney, Nova Scotia today November 14 as KYDY Sea under Panamanian flag. Giving a destination of Calderas, Dominican Republic, it is...
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Atlantic Teak - RIP
A long serving member of the Atlantic Towing Ltd fleet has been scrapped during the past year. Atlantic Teak was acquired in 1979 in Singapore, where it had been built in 1976 as Essar. A twin screw...
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R.F.Grant - a gift
Another elderly tug has been removed from service to become a static display. Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd in Montreal in 1934 R.F.Grant has carried the same name for its entire career.The tug was...
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Roxane D. - retired
Another elderly tug from the Groupe Océan fleet has been sold off. This time it is a World War II standard tug - one of the last TANAC types still in existance. Built in 1945 as TANAC-V-220 by...
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Old but indestructible, or When I'm sixty-four
This blog has contained too many notices of old tugs going to the scrappers recently. Tug companies may be cleaning house as they have been carrying worn out vessels on their rosters for too long....
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New life for Kenneth A.
Some more good news for an old tug. The veteran Kenneth A has not only received a major rebuild, but it has also found steady work.The story starts in 1950 when Mathieson Welding Services (also known...
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Back in Business
An anchor handling tug supplier that was converted to a fishing vessel in 1988 has been converted back again for anchor handling and salvage work.In May 1995 the Atlantic Surf was hauled out at...
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See today's companion blog Shipfax for news on another AHTS conversion:http://shipfax.blogspot.com/2020/11/ccgs-jean-goodwill-arrives.html .
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Tug Shuffle
The advantage of having a multi-tug fleet was apparent this past week when Atlantic Towing Ltd sent two tugs to Newfoundland and moved one from Saint John to Halifax to cover. Atlantic Willow and...
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