Heritage Marine

[Jay from Westland]

Glad to hear they where just there for some maintenance. Seems like a lot of vessels with bad news end up at MCM.

[BigRiver]

Tugs returned upbound through the locks Tuesday afternoon headed to Duluth

[Chief]

It costs a lot of money to dock a tug, even more then then a footer because there is more water to pump out. Then there is the daily on the blocks fee. Bayship has a small graving dock made out of the hull of the Sparta for just such things. I assume the Heritage Marine went out with a bid package to all the shipyards and took the low bidder.

[Mr Link]

I only saw them from the land side (Portage Avenue). The view is somewhat obscured, so I don't know if there was a barge or not.

[Ted Knack]

Did the two tugs have a barge?

[Guest]

Odd that they would travel that distance for work when Fraser Shipyards is right across the road from where they dock.

It's uneconomical for Fraser to flood their drydock for the tugs. Great Lakes Towing has done the same thing with their Duluth tugs.

[Chris M]

Odd that they would travel that distance for work when Fraser Shipyards is right across the road from where they dock.

[mr link]

Edward H is on the dry dock, so my guess is for maintenance and dry docking.

[Jay from Westland]

I may have missed it but does anyone know why the Heritage tugs are in the Soo at MCM?