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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 30 years ago (1995 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Fleet tug USS Tawasa (1,255 tons, 205 ft), which towed a nuclear depth charge as it was detonated in Operation Wigwam in 1955 Articulated tug and barge (ATB) Seagoing tugs (deep-sea tugs or ocean tugboats) fall into four basic categories: The standard seagoing tug with model bow that tows almost exclusively by way of a wire cable.
With U.S. government support, breakwater construction began in 1899, and the area was annexed to Los Angeles in 1909. The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners was founded in 1907. In 1912 the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its first major wharf at the port. During the 1920s, the port surpassed San Francisco as the West Coast's busiest ...
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The tug struck the barge Nestucca while trying to put a line up, opening a nearly 4 ft (1.2 m) gash below the waterline. The early leak estimate was 70,000 US gal (264 m 3), but in the final analysis, the loss was determined to be more than 200,000 US gal (757 m 3), affecting marine environments from California to British Columbia. [26] [27]