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Above: The Seaspan Navigator arriving Duncan Bay, near Campbell River, British Columbia with a rail barge. The harbour boat will assist her into the rail slip. These rail barges bring chemicals to the pulp mill. Below: Other boats will arrive with barges loaded with chips. Paper barges and ships are loaded with pulp & paper. Lumber is also loaded onto barges. A mill such as this keeps a number of tugs working steadily.  |
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  Many ports in Alaska are supplied by tug and barge. These two tugs are southbound through Seymour Narrows on their way to Seattle, Washington. The top tug is the Craig Foss with a small log barge. The other one is the Billy H with a container barge. Very large rail barges and container barges are on the Alaska route all year round. There is more traffic in the summer. Some barges go around to the North Slope. Below: A container barge headed for Alaska.  |
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 Many small tugs in B.C. are employed towing logs. This tug is bringing a string of logs from the North Arm into the Fraser River. The logs will go to mills on the river. |
| About tugs in Halifax, Nova Scotia. These tugs do some coastal towing but nothing like the amount west coast tugs would. They have conventional and tractor tugs. They generally use a towing hook and fibre towline. |  Tugs often have to get barges out of small spaces. The Seaspan Foam had to pull the empty gravel barge out of Rock Bay, Victoria, B.C., stern first. He then had to spin it and grab it by the bow.  The skipper handles the boat from controls on the top of the wheelhouse. |
 The Atlantic Elm has just tied up an empty barge in Pictou, N. S. The barge will be loaded with lumber for Newfoundland. The barge was originally from the Mackenzie River. |
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 Larger tugs are used for towing log barges and large rock barges. They also can be used for towing ships if necessary. |
 Captain Bob loading logs on a self- dumping barge on the west coast of Vancouver Island. After loading, near Gold River, they will head out through Nootka Sound and into open water. She will probably dump the logs near Ladysmith on the east coast of the Island. |
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