Tugboats, Tugboats, Tugboats: J.R.W.

Tugboats, the semi's of the ocean. They pass Powell River pulling logbooms, construction barges, scows of hogfuel and chips for the local paper mill, train barges, barges loaded with
semi-trailers and chemical tankers and more. And I take their pictures as they pass.

Here you will find some of the photos I have taken of those tugboats as they pull their tows up and down Malaspina Strait and the surrounding waters. Big ones and little ones, good looking tugs and some not so.
I like them all, and if you like tugs - including tugs converted to other uses - I invite you to have a look.

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J.R.W.

J.R.W. - 2015-05-06

Seaspan's J.R.W., acquired by Seaspan from Smit at the same time as they acquired the Ace, which she is replacing here as of the 5th of May, 2014, part of a fleet consolidation by Seaspan. She was a RivTow Marine tug before she was owned by Smit. In the most recent shot she is pulling barge Seaspan 193 in to the City Transfer ramp to take on a load of scrap metal. Next 4 shots she had pulled a few log bundles the 6-7 miles from Texada Island to be added to the boom at the log dump in the mill harbour.

Length: 13.14m Breadth: 5.49m Draft: .55m Power: 1000 BHP Year Built: 1987