A tug that arrived in Halifax on a barge from the Netherlands has embarked on another long trip as cargo on a heavy lift ship.
The Saint-Georges was one of three tugs built by Damen Shipyard, Gorinchem to a Stantug 1205 design. Twin screw, powered by Volvo engines developing 600 hp total, they are rated at 8.5 tonnes bollard pull.
Two of the tugs, Dominion Enforcer and Dominion Rumbler were for Dominion Diving of Halifax while the Saint-Georges was for Pomerleau Inc, a large construction company based in St-Georges, QC. They arrived in Halifax December 5, 2021 on the barge Jacob Joseph C towed from Gibraltar by the tug Amy Lynn D, both of which had been purchased by H.R. Doornekamp Construction Inc of Odessa, ON. Once the two Halifax tugs were unloaded the larger tug and tow proceeded to Montreal where the Saint-Georges was offloaded. Amy Lynn D and barge continued on to Doornekamp's base in Picton, Ontario.
Pomerleau Inc had also acquired the 808 kW (1,000 bhp) tug Intense built in Turkey in 2016 from SNC Lavalin, where it had been used on the new Champlain Bridge project in Montreal.
Now Pomerleau has decided to transfer both Intense and Saint-Georges to British Columbia and they were loaded aboard the heavy lift ship Poolgracht in Trois-Rivières, QC between June18 and 22.
Poolgracht had also been engaged to carry the two new Royal Canadian Navy tugs Barkerville and Haro from Quebec City to Victoria.They were loaded last week and ship sailed from Quebec City June 27. It will stop at Newport, RI and Port Everglades, FL, possibly to carry some pleasure craft, before transiting the Panama Canal en route to Victoria. I will cover these tugs in another post.
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