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In 1907, Sprague set a world's all-time record for towing: 60 barges of coal, weighing 67,307 tons, covering an area of 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres, and measuring 925 feet (282 m) by 312 feet (95 m). [3] She was decommissioned as a towboat in 1948.
GLT is the largest U.S.-flag tugboat company engaged in towing on the Great Lakes. [3] The company is widely referred to as “The Towing Company.” 1, 10 GLT provides services such as local harbor towing, docking and undocking, interport towing of vessels and barges, icebreaking, as well as rescue and assistance to grounded or damaged ships with a fleet of nearly forty tugboats stationed ...
Great Lakes Towing Company tug Ohio was built in 1903 as MFDS No.15 it operated as MFDS No.15 until it was retired in 1948 and sold to Great Lakes Towing, who then renamed her Lauren C Turner. She was renamed to Ohio in 1973 she would operate until 2015 when she was taken out of service. In 2018 she was towed from Cleveland to Toledo, where she ...
A pair of Pittsburgh-area bridges reopened Saturday morning after 26 barges broke loose the previous night and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River, damaging a marina, authorities said.
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In 1984, Ingram purchased Ohio Barge Line, formerly owned by U.S. Steel. Neil N. Diehl came on board as Chairman Emeritus of IBCO to oversee the acquisition. [3] During the 1980s, Ingram bought many boats and barges from several different transportation companies, allowing IBCO to become the third largest for-hire river carrier in the U.S.
Seaspan ULC evolved into a prominent marine transportation company serving the West Coast of North America with a large tugboat and barge fleet. Seaspan's barges haul forestry materials (logs, wood chips, hog fuel, lumber, pulp, paper and newsprint), minerals (construction aggregate and limestone), railcars, plus machinery, fuel and supplies to coastal communities.
Waratah Tug & Salvage Company, Port Jackson [2] Diesel: 1968–1987 Cape Bruny (Wonga (1949) 1949: Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Sydney: Adelaide Steamship Company [3] Tamar River, Launceston: Diesel: 1971–1988 York Syme: 1961: Adelaide Ship Construction, Port Adelaide: Coastal D & C Limited: 28.96 m: 7.57m: 1973- Cape Raoul (Sirius ...