Dunlap Towing launches new era with tug built for future
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January 24, 2018
IN DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT – It’s not every Saturday morning that a boat is launched using the very old method of cutting the boards holding the hull to the slipway, but that’s what happened at the Hansen Boat Company shipyard in Everett to launch the “Sigrid Dunlap” Jan 20. – Photo courtesy of Amy Dawson
Dunlap Towing is making sure a grand old name not only rides the tide of history but also impacts the Pacific maritime industry for years to come.
The La Conner-based company expanded its fleet with the launching on Jan. 20 of the “Sigrid Dunlap,” a state-of-the-art Phyllis-class ocean-going tug designed for the firm’s work towing barges between Seattle and Honolulu.
“It was dark and cold at 7:30 in the morning,” said Dunlap Towing Assistant Controller Meghan Dunlap-Rice, “but the wind subsided, making for a great launch.”
The event took place at the Hansen Boat Company Yard i...
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