Roger, I appreciate the feedback. I still think the companies I mentioned and failed to mention, represent more than “a small minority”.
“I can say with confidence that only a small portion of West Coast tugs are in the oil trade.” I can say with confidence that is probably part of the reason they have the highest gas prices in the US. My experience is only Houston, port arthur, lake Charles, Beaumont, corpus Christi, mobile Alabama and the Missisippi, Ohio river systems. A very good percentage of these tugs are hauling oil and gas. I appreciate the back and forth, my initial post was just meant to inform the audience that I see an issue arising from TPO’s. I’ve had one person go as far as to decribe it as a racket.