VanEnkevort Tug & Barge


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.
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Olive L. Mooretug1967
FC-1 cargo1968
  • Acid barge
FC-2cargo1968
  • Acid barge
    • BP-100 cargo1973
  • Acid barge
    • Buckeyecargo1979
    CY-11 cargo1979
  • Acid barge
    • Joseph H. Thompsoncargo1990
  • Converted to a self-unloading barge
    • Joseph H. Thompson Jr.tug1993
  • Built from scrap left over from converting the Joseph H. Thompson to a barge.
    • Laura L. VanEnkevorttug2019
    Dirk VanEnkevorttug
  • Usually paired with the Michigan Trader.
    • Michigan Tradercargo2020
  • Usually paired with the Dirk S. VanEnkevort
    • McKee Sonscargo1993
    Clyde S. VanEnkevorttug2011
  • Usually paired with the Erie Trader.
    • Joyce L. VanEnkevorttug
    Erie Tradercargo2012
  • Usually paired with the Clyde S. VanEnkevort.