Jaya Holdings Limited, has delivered its second new build ice class anchor handling tug supply vessel to Atlantic Towing Limited. The 16,000 BHP vessel was delivered on 7 February 2014 in Singapore and was christened the “Atlantic Merlin” at a naming ceremony held earlier today. She was previously known as
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Svitzer tug Pointe aux Basques arrived in Halifax today. This was a bit of a surprise, as the port website was listing the arrival of fleet mate Pointe Sept Iles . Mac at Tugfax reports these tugs will now be stationed in Halifax, since thier contract at Sept-Iles, QC with
After (i am assuming) failing to sell at auction in June, word is that the tug will be scrapped. The work is to be completed by the same outfit currently scrapping the Farley Mowat in Lunenburg, after she failed to sell. Craig Trans was moved to Woodside on the weekend
Foggy weather leads to grainy photos – The Tug Atlantic Coast tied on the hip to the Barge Penn 410. Both are at anchor right now, they will move to the Imperial Oil this evening.
last summer, Atlantic towing Announced they had purchased the Jaya Supreme, To be come Atlantic Kesteral. An Article in the March issue of Tug and OSV Magazine lets slip at the End that Atlantic Towing has also purchased her sister ship Jaya Soverign. No ATL Bird name has yet been
General cargo vessel Maple Lea reportedly suffered engine failure off Nova Scotia on Feb 17 13 and was adrift north of Prince Edward Island. According to AIS, vessel was en route to Skaw, Shetland. Maple Lea is tying up at Sydport in Sydney ns. She was towed in with the
Unmanned passenger vessel Lyubov Orlova was spotted on Feb 19 13 in the vicinity 49 22.70N 044 51.34W in North Atlantic. Vessel is drifting towards Europe. It appaers the vessel was located by the US NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, who are tasked with producing Geographic inteligence, such as navigation charts and
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, to investigate an incident involving the tug boat Charlene Hunt and the cruise ship Lyubov Orlova, which broke free of its tow line while en route to the Dominican Republic and
Various sources are reporting that the Vessel Lyubov Orlova is now adrift at sea. The tug Charlene Hunt was ordered back to St Johns by transport canada over safety concerns, after she lost the tow off Cape Race, last thursday. The CCGS Cape Roger (File Photo, Below) is On Station,
The tug Tarpon arrived with the barge Potomac early this morning. After tieing the barge up at Imperial Oil, The tug moved to the ECTug Wharves on the Halifax Waterfront. (Above and Left) Tug Tarpon Tied up at Ectug (Below) Barge Potomac at imperial oil.