Great Lakes Towing Frees Stranded Freighter

MarineLink.com
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Great Lakes Towing Company tugboats 'Wyoming' & 'Idaho' free the grounded freighter Spruceglen in Lake St. Claire.

The Great Lakes Towing Company, which celebrates 115 years of service this year, provides tugboat and towing services, ship assist, logistics and cargo transportation, ice breaking, and emergency assistance of every kind of vessel, barge, and marine structure in 40 U.S. Great Lakes ports located on all five Great Lakes and in all eight U.S. Great Lakes States.

The Company’s tugboat services cover more than 8,300 miles of shoreline and a water surface area of roughly 100,000 square miles, an area officially identified as the nations “fourth seacoast,” and equal in distance to any of the other seacoasts.

Categories: Contracts Great Lakes Salvage Workboats

Related Stories

UAE Ports Become Country's Lifeline as Gulf Trade Remains Fragile

Express Global Expands Asia Presence with New Singapore Office

DNV’s Insight: 38 New Orders for Alternative-Fueled Vessels in April

Current News

Sara Fuentes Named as President of Transportation Institute

U.S. Coast Guard Counters Maritime Threats With New Special Missions Command

UAE Ports Become Country's Lifeline as Gulf Trade Remains Fragile

Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Increases 5.3% in April

Subscribe for Maritime Logistics Professional E‑News