After a week of fitting out for a new task the Ryan Leet sailed this morning from pier 9. After a stop in St.John's, the tug will surve...

The tug Gulf Spray earns its keep towing a scow with garbage  from cruise ships. It may not be glamorous work, but the process is well orga...

Svitzer Canada has landed a big contract requiring two tugs for work in the far north. Baffinland Iron Mines, developers of an ambitious p...

Former Canadian warships based in Halifax when decommissioned were either sold for scrap to India, the USA or reefed in Canadian waters, wit...

A few posts recently have left readers dangling, so here are some updates: Jim Kilabuk sailed from Halifax April 30. Before leaving howev...

The tug J.F.Whelan  was back at work this morning after sitting out the winter at the Nova Scotia Power Corp dock at Tuft's Cove. For mo...

A tug that visited Halifax only once, and then only for two days, has achieved notoriety. Hamal was arrested off Scotland April 23 in the l...