VanEnkevort Tug & Barge is an American shipping line, founded in 1967, that specializes in shipping bulk cargoes in tug barge units.
In 2018 the firm was charged with negligence over allegations an anchor dragging from one of its tugboats, the Clyde S. VanEnkevort, damaged three transmission cables and dented an oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac.
+ VanEnkevort Tug & Barge fleet image name type acquired disposition notes Olive L. Moore tug 1967 FC-1 cargo 1968 Acid barge FC-2 cargo 1968 Acid barge BP-100 cargo 1973 Acid barge Buckeye cargo 1979 CY-11 cargo 1979 Acid barge Joseph H. Thompson cargo 1990 Converted to a self-unloading barge Joseph H. Thompson Jr. tug 1993 Built from scrap left over from converting the Joseph H. Thompson to a barge. Laura L. VanEnkevort tug 2019 Dirk VanEnkevort tug Usually paired with the Michigan Trader. Michigan Trader cargo 2020 Usually paired with the Dirk S. VanEnkevort McKee Sons cargo 1993 Clyde S. VanEnkevort tug 2011 Usually paired with the Erie Trader. Joyce L. VanEnkevort tug Erie Trader cargo 2012 Usually paired with the Clyde S. VanEnkevort.
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