A notice was published in Saturdays Chronicle Herald indicating that the tug Craig Trans has been arrested and will be sold at Auction June 15th to pay creditors.
The notice is below
last summer, Atlantic towing Announced they had purchased the Jaya Supreme, To be come Atlantic Kesteral. An Article in the March issue of Tug and OSV Magazine lets slip at the End that Atlantic Towing has also purchased her sister ship Jaya Soverign. No ATL Bird name has yet been assigned.
You can read the Article here (PDF).
In A seperate Article (PDF), In the Jan/Feb issue of Offshore Support Journal, ATL explains that the vessel was purchased to meet the tender requirements for supporting the Drill Rig West Aquarious working off Newfoundland. Given the Tight timelines, the Purchase of an available vessel makes sence rather then building a new one from scratch. They expect both vessels to find work as the Hebron field is developed.
General cargo vessel Maple Lea reportedly suffered engine failure off Nova Scotia on Feb 17 13 and was adrift north of Prince Edward Island. According to AIS, vessel was en route to Skaw, Shetland.
Maple Lea is tying up at Sydport in Sydney ns. She was towed in with the tug Atlantic Beach and the tug Spanish Mist. They’re currently transferring generators and heaters from the Beach to the Maple Lea.
Update 02/22:
I have since learned that the Maple Lea was Carrying Potatoes from Summerside, and may have been struck by a Coast Guard vessel
Update 02/23
She was struck by the Louis St Laurent. Don Merritt photos of damage to both ships bellow.
More to follow.
Thanks to Peter C. For the tip
Unmanned passenger vessel Lyubov Orlova was spotted on Feb 19 13 in the vicinity 49 22.70N 044 51.34W in North Atlantic. Vessel is drifting towards Europe. It appaers the vessel was located by the US NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, who are tasked with producing Geographic inteligence, such as navigation charts and coast pilots.More can be found at msi.nga.mil
Update: added additional chart showing 200nm limit
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, to investigate an incident involving the tug boat Charlene Hunt and the cruise ship Lyubov Orlova, which broke free of its tow line while en route to the Dominican Republic and went adrift. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence.
Various sources are reporting that the Vessel Lyubov Orlova is now adrift at sea. The tug Charlene Hunt was ordered back to St Johns by transport canada over safety concerns, after she lost the tow off Cape Race, last thursday.
The CCGS Cape Roger (File Photo, Below) is On Station, and the Lyubov Orlova is reportedly drifting out to sea.
Stranded tugboat crew leave Halifax | The Chronicle Herald
Eight members of a tugboat crew left stranded in Halifax for more than three weeks have finally left for their homes in Central America.
The men — from Honduras and El Salvador — boarded a flight early Monday in Halifax.
When their rundown, 68-year-old tugboat limped into Halifax harbour on Dec. 18, inspectors deemed the rusty, cockroach-infested boat unsafe.
But the crew didn’t have enough money to get home, and the boat’s owner’s weren’t interested in helping them.
Helen Glenn, manager of he Mission to Seafarers in Halifax, says the charity raised about $7,000 and had enough airline points to pay for flights to Central America.
The tug Tarpon arrived with the barge Potomac early this morning. After tieing the barge up at Imperial Oil, The tug moved to the ECTug Wharves on the Halifax Waterfront.
(Above and Left) Tug Tarpon Tied up at Ectug
(Below) Barge Potomac at imperial oil.
the Chronicle Herald is Reporting:
The owner of a cockroach-infested tugboat detained in Halifax for safety problems says the crew should fix the boat rather than appeal to the public for help to return to their homes in Central America.
Gerard Antoine, the president of Vesta Shipping which owns the tugboat, says he doesn’t think he has any responsibility to help pay for tickets to have the crew return home.
He says the crew should stay on the vessel, repair it and complete a journey to Montreal to pick up another vessel and tow it to Mexico.
CBC News Also Had this story:
The tug Craig Trans has been detained in Halifax since prior to christmas for safety violations were uncovered during an inspection. the crew of the tug had run out of food prior to arrival. They have since been detained here, without being paid, and the vessel owner is apprently un responsive.
The Mission to SeaFarers in Halifax is raising money to send the crew home. They have also been taking care of the crew while the vessel is detained. If you want to help, you can donate at http://www.missiontoseafarershalifax.ca/donate.html
