by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
The 108 gross ton tug Adanac, which is Canada spelled backwards, was built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company of Port Arthur, ON, in 1913. The 80 foot, 3 inch long by 19 foot wide by 11 foot deep vessel was originally known as the Edward C. Whalen...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
The Purvis Marine tug Anglian Lady dates from 1953. The 122′ 10″ by 30′ 1″ by 14′, 318 gross-ton-vessel was built by J. I. Thornycroft & Co. of Southampton, England, as Hull 4151. Originally the Hamtun, the ship operated for the...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Avenger IV survived a harrowing delivery voyage to the Great Lakes. It cleared Gravesend, England, on Oct. 30, 1985, with a Canadian crew and had to go south for better weather. It was battered by different Atlantic storms and finally passed upbound in the Welland...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Purvis Marine’s G.L.B. No. 2 was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. as Hull 789 at Decatur, Alabama, and completed in June 1953 as a double-shell hopper barge. It went to work for the Potter Towing Co. of Nashville as the Jane Newfield. The 290 by 50 by 12 foot...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Malden (C138148) is a deck cargo barge. The 150 foot long by 41 foot, 9 inch wide by 10 foot, 3 inch deep vessel was built at Owen Sound by Russel Bros. Ltd. in 1946. The barge was ordered by J. Earl McQueen of Amherstburg but moved to McQueen Marine Ltd. in 1947 and...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
The tug Martin E. Johnson (C188403) was built for American Can of Canada in 1959. The 47′ x 16′ x 7′ vessel was constructed by Russel Bros. Ltd. of Owen Sound, ON. The 26-gross-ton ship is equipped with a Cummins Model NVH-12 diesel engine of 600...
