Cleve­land, Ohio. Great Lakes Ship­yard was recent­ly award­ed a repair con­tract by McK­eil Marine Ltd. to dry­docked their 50-MT bol­lard pull Tug LEONARD M.  The tug was hauled out using the shipyard’s 770-MT Trav­elift on March 1, 2017. Repairs include gen­er­al main­te­nance, as well as clas­si­fi­ca­tion sur­veys and inspec­tions. Work is expect­ed to be com­plet­ed lat­er in the month.

McK­eil Marine has been a reg­u­lar cus­tomer of Great Lakes Ship­yard. Over the past five (5) years, Great Lakes Ship­yard has com­plet­ed sev­er­al repair con­tracts for McK­eil, including:

• Barge HURON SPIRIT – Dock­side Repairs (2014)
• Tug LEONARD M – Dry­dock­ing (2014)
• Tug LEONARD M – Dry­dock­ing (2013)
• Tug JOHN SPENCE – Dock­side Repairs (2012)
• Barge NIAGARA SPIRIT – Dock­side Repairs (2012)

Tug LEONARD M and Barge HURON SPIRIT in 2014 at Great Lakes Shipyard

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About The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny & Great Lakes Shipyard

Great Lakes Ship­yard is a full-ser­vice ship­yard for new ves­sel con­struc­tion includ­ing new work­boats and barges, truck­able prod­ucts, cus­tom fab­ri­ca­tion, ship main­te­nance and repairs, in a world-class facil­i­ty that includes state-of-the-art equip­ment such as a 770-ton mobile Trav­elift and a 300-ton float­ing dry­dock. GLS facil­i­ties are locat­ed at the Company’s head­quar­ters on the Old Riv­er Chan­nel of the Cuya­hoga Riv­er in Cleve­land, Ohio. GLT’s ship­yard exper­tise includes design­ing, build­ing and main­tain­ing its own fleet, as well as an exten­sive list of com­mer­cial and gov­ern­ment tug­boats, sup­ply boats, fer­ries, barges, cruise boats, large yachts, and many oth­er types of ves­sels, includ­ing larg­er domes­tic and for­eign car­go ves­sels. The ship­yard is a major con­trac­tor for the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Geo­log­i­cal Sur­vey, U.S. Army Corps of Engi­neers, EPA, and many oth­er fed­er­al, state and local gov­ern­ments, attest­ing to its high-qual­i­ty work­man­ship, on-time per­for­mance, and com­pet­i­tive pric­ing. Learn more at www.greatlakesshipyard.com.

Great Lakes Ship­yard is a divi­sion of The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny, an indus­try leader since 1899, pro­vid­ing essen­tial, com­mer­cial tug­boat ser­vices such as har­bor assist and tow­ing, ice break­ing and car­go trans­porta­tion in more than 35 U.S. ports, in all 8 U.S. Great Lakes’ states, includ­ing Ohio, Michi­gan, Illi­nois, Indi­ana, Min­neso­ta, Wis­con­sin, Penn­syl­va­nia, New York, and the St. Lawrence Riv­er. Learn more at www.thegreatlakestowingcompany.com.

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Con­tact
Joseph P. Star­ck, Jr.
Pres­i­dent, The Great Lakes Tow­ing Company
Tel: 216–367-8126
E‑mail: jps@thegreatlakesgroup.com