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Tecumseh - (1995-2000)
"Tecumseh" was build in 1990 by Bollinger Machine Shop & S.Y., Inc., ( #208 ) as "Doc Candies".
She came as a charter ot Mobil Oil Corp. in 1995, Renamed as "S/R Providence" in 2000
and was sold in 2002 as "Emma Roehrig". Sold as "Emma M. Roehrig in 2001.
"Sold in 2008 as "Greenland Sea".
 
"Tecumseh".
 
"Tecumseh".
 
"Tecumseh".
 
"Emma M. Roehrig", ex. "S/R Providence", ex. "Doc Candies".
 
"Greenland Sea", ex. "Emma M. Roehrig", ex. "S/R Providence", ex. "Doc Candies".

The Miramar Ship Index for "DOC CANDIES"
IDNo:
9032783
Year:
1990
Name:
DOC CANDIES
Keel:
Type:
Tug
Launch Date:
Flag:
USA
Date of completion:
1990

Tons:
482
Link:
-
DWT:
Yard No:
208
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
Country of build:
USA
Beam:
Builder:
Bollinger
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Lockport
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):

Subsequent History:
1996 TECUMSEH - 2000 S/R PROVIDENCE -
2001 EMMA M.ROEHRIG - 2008 GREENLAND SEA

Disposal Data:
-

History:
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
9032783
9032783
1990
DOC CANDIES
482
Otto Candies, LLC. of  Des Allemands
9032783
9032783
1990
TECUMSEH
482
1996
Mobil Oil Corporation (Charter)
9032783
9032783
1990
S/R PROVIDENCE
482
2000
Sea River Maritime
9032783
9032783
1990
EMMA M.ROEHRIG
482
2001
Roehrig Maritime
9032783
9032783
1990
GREENLAND SEA
482
2008
K-Sea Transportation Partnership
968591
9032783
9032783
1990
GREENLAND SEA
482
2011
Kirby Corporation of Channelview

GREENLAND SEA
Division
ATL
Official #
968591
IMO #
9032783
Horse Power
4200
Gross Tons
83.52
Net Tons
56
Dimensions
117' x 34' x 17'
Air Draft
--
Fuel Capacity
--

Built in 1990, by Bollinger Machine Shop of Lockport, Louisiana (hull #208) as the Doc Candies for Otto Candies, LLC. of  Des Allemands, Louisiana.
In 1995, the tug was chartered to the Mobil Oil Corporation where she was renamed as the Tecumseh.
In 2000, when Mobil Oil Corporation merged with Exxon to become Sea River Maritime the tug was renamed as S/R Providence.
In 2002, Sea River's assets where liqudated when the company was dissolved and the S/R Providence was acquired by Roehrig Maritime of Staten Island, New York where she was renamed as the Emma M. Roehrig, named for Roehrig Maritime founder Chris Roehrig's oldest daughter.
In 2007, Roehrig Maritime was acquired by K-Sea Transportation Partnership where she was renamed as the Greenland Sea.
In 2008, she was outfitted with a JAK 400 coupler system at Feeney's Shipyard in Kingston, New York. She's equipped for K-Sea's 80,000 bbl and 100,000 bbl barges.
In 2011, K-Sea Transportation was acquired by the Kirby Corporation of Channelview, Texas, where the tug retained her name.
She is powered by two General Motors Corporation Electoromotive Division L-16-CE-645-E2 16 cylinder main engines for a rated 4,200 horsepower.