The Leo A. McArthur/John J. Carrick Tug/Barge

 Next up was the vessel that was requiring all that support.

The tug name is the Leo McArthur and the barge is the John J. Carrick.

The barge is used to carry ashphalt and it was heading to Windsor.

I assume that the Risley was going there with her.

I don't think the Carrick has much icebreaking capability and needed the icebreakers to help her.

Although, I think they can detach the tug and use the tug to do some icebreaking.

Even though it wasn't a proper ship, it was nice to see her.

She is about to pass.

I kind of like this view.

She passes the apartments of Windsor.

the beam shot.

And she continues on to Windsor.

The Leo McArthur/John Carrick Unloading in Windsor

On Wednesday, I decided to head down to Riverside Park to catch a ship that I thought was on her last year of service.  

While I was waiting for that ship, I saw this ship across the river and decided to take a picture of it.  Well, it is not actually a ship but an articulated tug and barge.  The tug is the Leo McArthur and the barge is the John Carrick.  Both are owned by McAsphalt Marine and the barge is used to carry asphalt.  I've seen it a few times in the past.  It was just nice to get another picture.

 

The Leo McArthur/John Carrick Pass Milliken State Park

The Algosteel was being followed pretty closely by another vessel.

 Of all the times I've caught this ship, I never realized that her tug was named the Leo A. McArthur.  She was built in Penglai, China with her barge, the John J. Carrick.

 The pair was completed in 2009 and are owned by the McAsphalt Marine Transportation Company out of Toronto.

 She was heading to Nanticoke.  I presume she is carrying asphalt, but I'm not sure.

 A close shot of her tug.

One more shot of the tug before moving on.

The John J. Carrick Docked

Nothing special...

Just the John J. Carrick docked in Sarnia.

The Everlast/John J. Carrick Passes the Rocky Beach

Next I headed over to the Rocky Beach to catch the ship I was kind of waiting for.

 As I was approaching the beach, I saw the tug Everlast with her charge the John J. Carrick passing by.  I nearly missed the pair.  But I made it in time.

 This pair is probably one of the other tug barges that I don't mind the looks of.  She was carrying asphalt and I could partially smell it.

And just as quickly as she appears....she's gone.

Random Randomness on the River

Tuesday night found me down at the Detroit River once again.  I was hoping to catch a glimpse of a certain freighter that was going to be leaving there as I would get there.  It was actually a pretty busy night.

 Of course many of the ships were unloading.  The Mississagi was unloading stone at the dock across the river in Windsor.

 A little further down the River was the behemoth American Century which was unloading at Zug Island.  The freighter I was hoping to see isn't quite the same size as her.

 Another shot of the Mississagi.  The Mississagi kind of provides a hint to what I was hoping to see, but even she is a bit newer.

 Back to the American Century.  Even though I've seen plenty of 1000 footers, I'm still amazed that something this big can float.  I'm even more amazed that it is seen on the Lakes but then again, the Lakes are pretty big in their own right.

 Dock up closer to the Ambassador Bridge is the Stephen Roman.  I haven't seen her in ages, so it was of cool to see her.  She also provides a hint to the freighter I was hoping to see as she carries similar cargo.

 Another ship that I saw was the John Carrick.  She's not to be confused with Paul Carrick who is a singer.

 And we come back to the Mississagi.  And with this, I kind of moved on to another spot.

 My prey kind of eluded me at Del-Ray but she ended up stopping for fuel, so I headed up to Belle Isle in the hopes of catching her there.  I didn't catch her right away but I did catch the Ovation.

 It's kind of a cool looking boat.  Almost reminds me of one of those painting from the early 80's of what the future would look like.

 And then we have the Macasa Bay.  She operates out of Windsor.

My last shot of the night would be the Buffalo.

The Victorious/John Carrick Again

My last vessel for the evening (can probably call her a ship since it's a dedicated barge..still) is the Tug Victorious and her barge the John Carrick.  This combination has appeared on this blog before, so I'm not going to go into the details about them especially since I didn't really have many details in the first place.

 From this angle, she looks almost like a proper ship.  I've probably said it before but I'm not entirely sold on the tug/barge combination.  I can understand why it's done but still.

 Still looking almost like a proper ship but you can see that something is amiss by the way the barge wraps around the tug.

 Here you can definately see that it is a tug pushing a barge.

 Well, I will go into some details on the shots themselves.  The black and red flag is the flag of her owners.

 A closeup of the superstructure.

 Another full shot.

 A shot of the bridge.

 A closeup of the tug itself.

I think a better shot of the tug.  I believe this is called an articulated tug because it is dedicated to the barge.  Someone who follows tugs more often can probably answer this one better for me and if they do, another shout out.

 A shot of the back.

And one more shot.