Yes. I thought the tug was just pushing, but it mates and locks in to the barge.
Yes. I thought the tug was just pushing, but it mates and locks in to the barge.
Yes. I thought the tug was just pushing, but it mates and locks in to the barge.
Very cool. We get a lot of these tug/barge combos on the Cuyahoga. The VanEnkevort has made it's way down to Toledo.
For those who aren't familiar, this is actually two vessels. The barge is named Michigan Trader and the tug is the Dirk S Vanenkevort (also pictured on that page). Sometimes the barges are old bulk carrier ships which have been converted into barges; such as the J.L. Mauthe, which is now the barge The Pathfinder.