VanEnkevort Tug & Barge

VanEnkevort Tug & Barge is an American shipping line, founded in 1967, that specializes in shipping bulk cargoes in tug barge units.[1][2]

In 2018 the firm was charged with negligence over allegations an anchor dragging from one of its tugboats, the Clyde S. VanEnkevort tore open an oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.[3]

VanEnkevort Tug & Barge fleet
imagenametypeacquireddispositionnotes
Olive L. Mooretug1967
Buckeyecargo1979
Joseph H. Thompsoncargo1990
  • Converted to a self-unloading barge
Joseph H. Thompson Jr.tug1993
  • Built from scrap left over from converting the Joseph H. Thompson to a barge.
Laura L. VanEnkevorttug2019
Dirk VanEnkevorttug
Michigan Tradercargo2020
McKee Sonscargo1993
Clyde S. VanEnkevorttug2011
  • Usually paired with the Erie Trader.[4]
Joyce L. VanEnkevorttug
Erie Tradercargo2012
  • Usually paired with the Clyde S. VanEnkevort.[4]

References
  1. VanEnkevort Tug & Barge History. VanEnkevort Tug & Barge. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  2. Samuel Hankinson (2019-09-26). "Tug new to the Great Lakes helps barge deliver to Grand Haven". Grand Haven Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-03. The VanEnkevort arrived in Toledo a few weeks ago, where the Joseph H. Thompson/Joseph H. Thompson Jr. were waiting. The VanEnkevort mated with the Joseph H. Thompson, leaving the Joseph H. Thompson Jr. alone. VanEnkevort’s plan is to have the VanEnkevort push the Joseph H. Thompson (likely to be renamed at some point) and the Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (expected to be renamed Dirk VanEnkevort) push the new barge Michigan Trader upon its completion at some point next season.
  3. "Feds: Human, mechanical failures likely led to Line 5 anchor mishap". Detroit News. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2020-01-03. The 2018 strike and resulting spill propelled negotiations over the future of Enbridge’s decades-old Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits. It prompted former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to file suit against VanEnkevort Tug and Barge Inc., alleging its tug was responsible for the alleged anchor strike.
  4. Roger LeLievre. "Clyde S. Van Enkevort: IMO 9618484". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
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