The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny is expand­ing its har­bor tow­ing and ice break­ing ser­vices to Stur­geon Bay, Wisconsin.

The Tow­ing Com­pa­ny has under­tak­en a fleet renew­al pro­gram that began with the lay­ing of ten (10) keels in August 2016.  Since that time, the Com­pa­ny has added five (5) new Damen Stan 1907 ICE design tugs to its fleet, with the sixth new tug being deliv­ered next month, and the sev­enth in Spring 2022.

The fleet renew­al pro­gram has improved the qual­i­ty and safe­ty and reli­a­bil­i­ty of the ser­vices the Com­pa­ny pro­vides to its cus­tomers, and it has also increased the size of the tow­ing fleet. This has allowed the Com­pa­ny to look for oth­er areas to expand its area of oper­a­tions and improve their Full Ser­vice Lakes-Wide coverage.

There will now be two (2) Tow­ing Com­pa­ny tugs sta­tioned in Stur­geon Bay full-time, includ­ing a for­mer Navy YTB. These tugs will offer time­ly ser­vices for ves­sels call­ing at Fin­cantieri Bay Ship­build­ing (FBS) and also pro­vide strong ice break­ing assets at the mid-South­ern end of Green Bay.

“We are excit­ed to expand our ser­vices to bet­ter serve the Great Lakes mar­itime com­mu­ni­ty.  As we con­tin­ue to grow our fleet, we will con­tin­ue to seek out new and bet­ter ways to ser­vice the needs of our cus­tomers.  A cou­ple years ago we sta­tioned a tug in Mon­roe (Michi­gan) and now we look for­ward to see­ing you in Stur­geon Bay!” says Gregg Thau­vette, Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent, Oper­a­tions, The Great Lakes Tow­ing Company.