Photo by: Birk Thomas
TASMAN SEA
Built in 1976, by Main Iron Works of Houma, Louisiana (hull #311) as the Ambassador for Interstate Oil Transportation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the time, Interstate Oil Transportation maintained two fleets. Their Northeast Fleet or " Green Fleet " which operated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And a Southern Fleet or " White fleet" that operated out of Tampa, Florida.
However in the years that followed many changes came to Interstate Oil, a company called Southern National Resources purchased (also known for a time as SONAT Marine). SONAT eventually sold out to Maritrans Operating Partners LLP.
In 1998, Maritrans's northeast fleet was thinned. Many of vessels were acquired by K-Sea Transportation of New York, Reinauer Transportation (also of New York) Vane Brothers of Baltimore, Maryland and other miscellaneous buyers.
The Ambassador was acquired by K-Sea Transportation where she was renamed the Tasman Sea.
She was later outfitted with a JAK coupler system. She is a twin screw tug rated at 3,900 horsepower, with a fuel capacity of 127,534 gallons.
In 2011, K-Sea Transportation was acquired by the Kirby Corporation of Channelview, Texas, where the tug retained her name.
- Vessel Name: TASMAN SEA
- USCG Doc. No.: 578207
- Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
- IMO Number: 7617151
- Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
- Call Sign: WDB5559
- Hull Material: STEEL
- Hull Number: 311
- Ship Builder: MAIN IRON WORKS, INC.
- Year Built: 1976
- Length: 114.5
- Hailing Port: NEW YORK, NY
- Hull Depth: 13.7
- Hull Breadth: 34
- Gross Tonnage: 94
- Net Tonnage: 138
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Owner:
K-SEA OPERATING LLC
1 TOWER CENTER BLVD. 17TH FL
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 -
Previous Vessel Names:
Ambassador -
Previous Vessel Owners:
Interstate Oil Transport, SONAT, Maritrans Operating Partners, K-SEA TRANSPORTATION LLC, K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L P
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