Drawing made by Alexander van Maanen
Canada-flagged, homeport Toronto, IMO 7527332, MMSI 316003880 and callsign CFG8057. Ex-Bilibinio renamed October 1996. Gross tonnage 1.331 tons, summer deadweight 336 tons and as dimensions 157 x 22 x 6,6 metres. Built in 1977 at the Hakodate Dock, Hakodate, Japan. Owned and managed by Mcasphalt Marine Transport Limited, Hamilton, Canada. According to the website www,marcon.com was she and three other similar tug including the Baykalsk and Biryusinsk built as ice-classed 43,7 metres long pusher tug with a horsepower of 6.000 BHP for the Far-Eastern Shipping, Co. Soviet Union. It was possible to connect these pusher tugs to log barges of 9.000 tons. Sold in 1996 to Portolos Salvage&Towage Maritime, Piraeus, Greece and then to the Upper Lake Group/McAsphalt Marine Transportation Limited via ship broker Marcon International. In Canada was she to be used for the Great Lakes and fitted out to push the double hulled asphalt barge McLeod.
