Samuel de Champlain is a large, twin-screw tugboat owned by Lafarge North America and managed by Andrie Inc.

[4] In 1976, this vessel, now known as Samuel de Champlain, was built as Musketeer Fury by Mangone Shipbuilding of Houston, Texas for Bernhard Hansen and Company of Norway.

In 1993, after ten years sailing as Vortice, the vessel suffered a major fire near the islands of Azores.

In 2006, Norfolk was purchased by Lafarge North America and renamed Samuel de Champlain after the French explorer.

The tug was modified with a Bludworth coupler system by Manitowoc Marine Group so it would be compatible with the 460 foot-long cement barge Innovation.