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The Nordic is owned by NORTUG Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG which is partially held by the members of the German consortium Arbeitsgemeinschaft Küstenschutz. The ship is operated by Fairplay (after merger with the former operatior Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft) who charter the tow vessel to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development for an initial time of ...
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.
Alligator tugs were a type of amphibious vehicle used in the forestry industry throughout Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime provinces of Canada and the northern United States from the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. These tugs were so named because of their ability to travel between lakes by pulling themselves with a winch ...
Red Cloud (foreground), a type V2-ME-A1 tug, alongside USNS David C. Shanks, outside the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay, California, 1950s. On the bow is a traditional rope tugboat fender . Tugboat fenders are made of high-abrasion-resistance rubber with good resilience properties.
The Canadian Government announced it will buy 15 Bell 429 helicopters to satisfy the requirement for light helicopters. [94] The contracts for both the light helicopters and the medium-lift helicopters were signed in 2014–2015, with the seven Bell 412 EPI ordered to fulfill the medium-lift helicopter role in April 2015.
The Baltic replaced the tugboat Fairplay 26 as an ETV and operates from Warnemünde in the western Baltic Sea. [3] She was commissioned on 24 September 2010. [4] The Baltic features a bollard pull of 127 tons and a maximum speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph). [3]
The Iron Guppy is a single screw tug, capable of breaking ice up to 6 inches (15 cm) thick. [1] [2] [4] Ports Toronto called upon elementary school students to help pick the vessel's name. [5] The vessel was designed by Robert Allan Limited, ship architects, and built by Hike Metals of Wheatley, Ontario.
Horizon Arctic is an anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) completed in 2016 by Vard Group at its Brattvåg shipyard as Bourbon Arctic for Bourbon Offshore Norway AS , part of the Marseille-based Bourbon group. As of 2023, it is operated by Horizon Maritime of Canada.