Point Chebucto

She has been aiding ships in and out of Halifax Harbour and later Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia since she was registered in January 1993.

[1] Eastern Canada Towing was purchased in 2007 by Svitzer, a tug boat division of Maersk.

Point Chebucto is powered by twin diesel engines which put out 4000 HP and is an azimuthing stern drive tug.

Her companion tug is the Point Halifax, which was built in England in 1986 and usually makes the long trips.

[3] In July 2010, Point Chebucto, along with her sister tugs were reassigned from Halifax to Port Hawkesbury to handle ships in Cape Breton as part of an agreement between Irving owned Atlantic Towing and Svitzer owned Eastern Canada Towing which left tug duties in Halifx to Atlantic Towing and tug work in Cape Breton to Svitzer.