VanEnkevort Tug & Barge

VanEnkevort Tug & Barge is an American shipping line, founded in 1967, that specializes in shipping bulk cargoes in tug barge units.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

VanEnkevort Tug & Barge fleet
name	type	acquired	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.^[4]
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.^[5]
Joyce L. VanEnkevort	tug
Erie Trader	cargo	2012	Usually paired with the Clyde S. VanEnkevort.^[5]

References

^ VanEnkevort Tug & Barge History. VanEnkevort Tug & Barge. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
^ Samuel Hankinson (2019-09-26). "Tug new to the Great Lakes helps barge deliver to Grand Haven". Grand Haven Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-03. The VanEnkevort arrived in Toledo a few weeks ago, where the Joseph H. Thompson/Joseph H. Thompson Jr. were waiting. The VanEnkevort mated with the Joseph H. Thompson, leaving the Joseph H. Thompson Jr. alone. VanEnkevort's plan is to have the VanEnkevort push the Joseph H. Thompson (likely to be renamed at some point) and the Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (expected to be renamed Dirk VanEnkevort) push the new barge Michigan Trader upon its completion at some point next season.
^ "Feds: Human, mechanical failures likely led to Line 5 anchor mishap". Detroit News. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2020-01-03. The 2018 strike and resulting spill propelled negotiations over the future of Enbridge's decades-old Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits. It prompted former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to file suit against VanEnkevort Tug and Barge Inc., alleging its tug was responsible for the alleged anchor strike.
^ "Dirk S. Van Enkevort, Joseph H. Thompson Jr". www.boatnerd.com.
^ ^a ^b Roger LeLievre. "Clyde S. Van Enkevort: IMO 9618484". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

[VTBargeHistory-1] VanEnkevort Tug & Barge History. VanEnkevort Tug & Barge. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

[grandhaventribune2019-09-26-2] Samuel Hankinson (2019-09-26). "Tug new to the Great Lakes helps barge deliver to Grand Haven". Grand Haven Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-03. The VanEnkevort arrived in Toledo a few weeks ago, where the Joseph H. Thompson/Joseph H. Thompson Jr. were waiting. The VanEnkevort mated with the Joseph H. Thompson, leaving the Joseph H. Thompson Jr. alone. VanEnkevort's plan is to have the VanEnkevort push the Joseph H. Thompson (likely to be renamed at some point) and the Joseph H. Thompson Jr. (expected to be renamed Dirk VanEnkevort) push the new barge Michigan Trader upon its completion at some point next season.

[detroitnews2018-06-05-3] "Feds: Human, mechanical failures likely led to Line 5 anchor mishap". Detroit News. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2020-01-03. The 2018 strike and resulting spill propelled negotiations over the future of Enbridge's decades-old Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits. It prompted former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to file suit against VanEnkevort Tug and Barge Inc., alleging its tug was responsible for the alleged anchor strike.

[BoatnerdDirkSVanEnkevort-4] "Dirk S. Van Enkevort, Joseph H. Thompson Jr". www.boatnerd.com.

[BoatnerdClydeSVanEnkevort-5] Roger LeLievre. "Clyde S. Van Enkevort: IMO 9618484". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

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