Not all parts of shipping is “making a killing” now and nobody knows how long the Container Lines will be in the proverbial “Capitalist heaven”.
As a tugboat guy, I really like the lines of these boats.
I believe it was the G.A.BOLLINGER in 1975
Spot on:
An unusual tug history:
When HORIZON GEOBAY passed Kiel on April 15th my routine background check revealed an interesting history. She is a DP2 geotechnical research vessel with lots of equipment such as a drill rig, a moonpool and laboratories and was acquired by Horizon Geosciences in 2013 as GEOBAY from former owners the DOF Group, Norway.
Yet before a major rebuilding in 1999 the vessel had quite a different role as a (at that time) top powerful ocean-going salvage tug of 12,000 bhp/162 t bp. It was in 1978 when Uwajima Zosensho delivered the DAHLIA to Yushin Kogyo KK for world-wide salvage and towing services.
Seen here on the Elbe river in June 1983.
Semco Salvage of Singapore became her new owner in 1987 and she started trading as SALVANGUARD until 1998, again trading world-wide as seen in June 1997 passing Hoek van Holland:
A quite unusual career during 44 years of service, with good chances to many more to come.
Photos: Martin Lochte-Holtgreven
Built in 1998, by Marco Shipbuilding Incorporated of Seattle, Washington (hull #478) as the Delta Carey for Bay and Delta Maritime Services Incorporated of San Francisco, California.
In 2005, the tug was chartered by the Foss Maritime Company of Seattle, Washington. Where she was renamed as the Pacific Explorer.
In 2013, she was acquired by the Amak Towing Company Incorporated of Ketchikan, Alaska. Where the tug was renamed as the Anna T.
Powered by two, Caterpillar 3516 B diesel engines. With Aquamaster 2001/3325 z-drive units. For a rated 4,400 horsepower.
Seems like an unnecessary amount of tugs for those small flat deck barges.
Looks like the crane fell off one of them already.
Those tugs are the cargo.