AVANTAGE - IMO 6828882
&
OCEAN BASQUES - IMO 7237212

2023-01-03
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2022
Avantage has an interesting history, it started life as the Sea Lion of the famed Belgian fleet of Union de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (URS). The 2160 bhp, 34 ton BP single screw tug came to Canada in 1997 for Remorquage de Trois-Rivières / Three Rivers Boatmen and later merged into Groupe Océan.

Laid up in Quebec City in 2018, it was "sold" earlier this year to Guyanese owners and renamed Kane G. Along with fleet mates Océan Echo II (renamed Brianna T) and the ATB Mega / Motti (tug renamed Mega II) all are now detained in Trois-Rivières, QC where they are likely to remain until next year - they are unlikely to depart in winter.

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Avantage
This large tug was built in 1969 by J. Boel En Zonen in Temse, Belgium as Sea Lion. In 1997 she was acquired by Three Rivers Boatmen of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec and renamed Avantage. In 2002 she was acquired by Ocean Group of Quebec, QC, where she retained her name.

After a lengthy career of towing and ship-docking, the Avantage was retired from service in 2018, and remained laid up until 2022 when the tug was sold to BK Marine Inc. of Georgetown, Guyana and renamed Kane G.