In Octo­ber, Work­Boat named its 10 Sig­nif­i­cant Boats of 2017. This year’s list was dom­i­nat­ed by tugs — five of them were select­ed, includ­ing The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny Tug CLEVELAND. The Great Lakes Tow­ing Company’s Ship­yard, known as Great Lakes Ship­yard, proud­ly launched the Tug CLEVELAND at The Company’s head­quar­ters on May 25, 2017 and the Ship­yard deliv­ered the tug­boat to The Tow­ing Com­pa­ny on June 30, 2017.

Tug CLEVELAND is the first Damen tug to be built under license in the U.S. The Tow­ing Com­pa­ny select­ed the Stan Tug 1907 ICE design based on Damen’s rep­u­ta­tion for qual­i­ty and fact-find­ing vis­its made by the man­age­ment of Great Lakes Tow­ing to Damen in the Nether­lands. In addi­tion to the stout scant­lings nec­es­sary for oper­a­tions in ice, the tugs spec­i­fi­ca­tions include:

• Length: 63’05”
• Beam: 24’02”
• Depth (Amid­ships): 11’01”
• Design Draft: 10’00”
• Dis­place­ment: 165 long tons (Oper­a­tional Lightship)
• Ton­nage: Less than 100 GRT
• Main Engines: Two (2) x MTU 8V4000 M54R (1,000 HP each @ 1600 RPM)
• Pro­pellers: Twin Screw – Three Blad­ed, 71” Diam­e­ter, Kaplan Style in Kort Nozzles
• Reduc­tion Gears: Twin Disc MG5321 Quick Shift, Ratio: 5.45:1

Fea­tured in Pho­to: The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny & Great Lakes Ship­yard with Damen and friends at NBA Pel­i­cans bas­ket­ball game in New Orleans, Louisiana dur­ing the 2017 Work­Boat Show.