Atlantic Towing supplants Secunda at Deep Panuke

A contract for supporting the offshore gas fields off Sable Island seems to have changed hands on or about January 1. The Secunda supplier Scotian Sea and standby tug Ryan Leet have been replaced by the Atlantic Hawk and Atlantic Tern respectively.

Scotian Sea  has been idle at pier 9B in Halifax since the first of the year.[January 11, 2014 photo]

Meanwhile Ryan Leet has been laid up in Mulgrave awaiting new work.[April 25, 2011 photo]

Meanwhile Secunda's Panuke Sea and Venture Sea are still working off Sable Island.