Partnerships

Amer­i­can Bureau of Ship­ping & Lloyd’s Reg­is­ter
We hold Amer­i­can Bureau of Ship­ping (ABS) and Lloyd’s Reg­is­ter as some of the high­est stan­dards in the indus­try, and we car­ry out our trades to these clas­si­fi­ca­tions. All work per­formed by our Ship­yard per­son­nel is con­duct­ed in accor­dance with the cri­te­ria set forth by ABS or Lloyd’s rules. We main­tain an on-site satel­lite office for sur­vey­ors from the local ABS divi­sion and vis­it­ing Lloyd’s Reg­is­ter Group and uti­lize their resources along with the ABS and Lloyd’s Rules as the pri­ma­ry qual­i­ty assur­ance bench­marks for the scope of sup­ply and ser­vices required.  Some of our exec­u­tives are mem­bers of ABS and the Soci­ety of Naval Archi­tects & Marine Engi­neers, and Great Lakes Ship­yard employs only ABS cer­ti­fied welders. The Com­pa­ny’s Qual­i­ty Assur­ance Team is direct­ly respon­si­ble for the over­sight of all inspec­tions, test­ing, and tri­als; and the Qual­i­ty Assur­ance Pro­gram makes cer­tain that the qual­i­ty of the Com­pa­ny’s work­man­ship meets or exceeds the require­ments set forth in ABS and Lloyd’s Specifications.

Mas­ters, Mates, and Pilots & Seafarer’s Inter­na­tion­al Union
We are the largest employ­er of Tug­men on the Great Lakes. Our licensed Cap­tains and licensed Engi­neers are affil­i­at­ed with the Inter­na­tion­al Orga­ni­za­tion of Mas­ters, Mates & Pilots (MMP), Great Lakes and Rivers Mar­itime Region, AFL-CIO. Our Deck­hands and Act­ing Engi­neers are affil­i­at­ed with the Sea­far­ers Inter­na­tion­al Union (SIU) of North Amer­i­ca, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes, and Inland Waters District/NMU, AFL-CIO.

Unit­ed States Coast Guard
As the nation’s lead­ing mar­itime law enforce­ment agency, the Unit­ed States Coast Guard is the high­est stan­dard in the indus­try. The Com­pa­ny works close­ly with the USCG to ensure safe­ty and effi­cien­cy through­out all facets of our busi­ness.  The Tow­ing Com­pa­ny works hand-in-hand with the Coast Guard to main­tain is record of on time, safe, and envi­ron­men­tal­ly sound oper­a­tions. We col­lab­o­rate with the Coast Guard in tran­si­tion­ing to tow­ing ves­sel inspec­tion which includes par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Tow­ing Ves­sel Bridg­ing Pro­gram and Vol­un­tary Inspec­tions of our fleet above and beyond USCG require­ments.  The Ship­yard sets USCG fed­er­al reg­u­la­tion as the pri­ma­ry bench­marks for repair and new con­struc­tion projects. The Qual­i­ty Assur­ance Team works direct­ly with the USCG through­out all repair and new con­struc­tion process­es, and the Qual­i­ty Assur­ance Pro­gram ensures that the Com­pa­ny’s work­man­ship meets or exceeds the require­ments estab­lished by USCG regulation.

Green Marine

The North Amer­i­can envi­ron­men­tal cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pro­gram is the mar­itime industry’s vol­un­tary effort to sur­pass reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments. It helps par­tic­i­pants – ship own­ers, port author­i­ties, ter­mi­nal oper­a­tors and ship­yards – to reduce their envi­ron­men­tal foot­print by fos­ter­ing a cul­ture of con­tin­u­al improve­ment and by out­lin­ing the pre­cise steps they can take to achieve high­er lev­els of sus­tain­abil­i­ty. There are cur­rent­ly more than 110 com­pa­nies from coast to coast in Cana­da and the Unit­ed States par­tic­i­pat­ing in the pro­gram. The Green Marine program’s unique char­ac­ter derives from the sup­port being earned from more than 60 envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions and gov­ern­ment agen­cies. These sup­port­ers con­tribute to shap­ing and revis­ing the program.

High­way H20

High­way H₂O offers ship­pers direct access to the com­mer­cial, indus­tri­al and agri­cul­tur­al heart­land of North Amer­i­ca. They are a reli­able and cost-com­pet­i­tive gate­way that dri­ves sus­tain­able infra­struc­ture advancement.