Heritage Marine Tugs

The four large tugs at Heritage Marine (owned by Mike Ojard) are powerful harbor workhorses that operate in extreme weather and nasty ice condition.  These beautiful boats are truly a part of our Maritime Heritage.  Visit Heritage Marine on the web for more info.

Heritage Marine Tug Lineup

The Heritage Marine Fleet of tugs lined up in the warm light of an August sunset.
Buzz went up for a look.

Heritage Marine Tugs

John G Munson on the Move

So how do you move a boat that is more then 760 feet long that weights over 17,000 tons?

Very carefully - using two big tugs!

The John G Munson was towed from the Port Terminal to Fraser Shipyard today in order to undergo routine inspections and upgrades.

Two Heritage Marine tugs, the Helen H and Nels J,  pulled the Munson for 1.5 miles though the icy waters of St. Louis Bay using mariner skills that made the job look easy.