Today (April 29) the Canadian government announced a $105 mn contract for four new tugs has been awarded to Industrie Océan shipyard in Ile-...

The well known OSV, formerly Panuke Sea , has been ordered sold by the Federal Court. An ad appeared in local newspapers today giving credit...

As spring arrives we can expect to see a bit more towing going on around Halifax, although there has been regular tug activity since January...

A big offshore construction vessel that spent some time in Nova Scotia has been sold and renamed. Toisa Pegasus , 9494 gt, 7800 dwt, was b...

A small Grope Océan tug has been re-registered after it was declared a total loss in 2016. Océan Uannaq at work on a dredging projec...

Tugs have to work year round, and in the cold of winter they are likely to take on quantities of frozen spray as they go about their busines...

On March 5 the former navy fireboat Firebird was registered for the first time as a civilian vessel. Ordered in 1974 and delivered in 1978...