The BBC Maple Lea, Loads Cargo directly onto a barge. The barge NT1509 arrived in tow of Northern Transportation’s Tug Keewatin. Note the BBC Maple Lea is also carrying a large deck load of Yachts near the Bow. She also earlier offloaded some fabrications onto trucks.
Category: barge
The tug Tim Mckeil spent the weekend with a barge at Fairview Cove. They appear to be handling spools of some sort, which have been at the west end of the dock for several days now. Both were gone by last night, presumably to clear space for todays arrivals of
Due tonight is the tug Ocean Arctique. The tug is tandem towing two barges, abys and timberland to be used by American Bridge co. For the big lift. The tug was finished at the Halifax shipyard, and the barge timberland was owned by the yard until it was sold in
The Mckeil tug Lois M arrived over the weekend with the Barge Nunavut Spirit. The tug has been working with the Hebron offshore project, and is likely here to pick up parts from Cherubini in Dartmouth. The Tug was Built in Japan in 1991 as Lambert, and was Acquired in
Today Brought about a Florida Aquarium Shipspotting Dolphin watching cruise. The dolphins were found playing in the bow wake of the Articulated tug/barge OSG Independence/ OSG243. (Above) Close up of the Tug (Bellow) Full view of the whole unit. More Shippspotting Posts to follow..
The Articulated Tug And Barge Victorious with John J Carrick have been frequent visitors to Halifax over the years. Typically they are delivering liquid Asphalt to the McAsphalt Dock in Eastern Passage. This year, they spent the winter in halifax, arriving on January 23rd. They served as a supply base for
The NYK line PCTC Aquarious Leader tied up at Autoport. She is a regular caller to autoport, as part of NYK RORO’s USCX service. She was built in 2008 and can carry 5980 cars. The observant of you may notice a more head on angle then normal. The Tug Victorious
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.