NICKELENA

  • General
    • Vessel Name : NICKELENA 0
    • Operator : BASIC TOWING, INC. 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 431 0
    • Vessel Type : 36 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 2000 0
  • Location
    • City : ESCANABA 0
    • STATE : MI 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 197 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 102.7 257
    • Regular Breadth : 28.8 257
    • Overall Length : 102.7 257
    • Overall Breadt : 28.8 257
    • Load draft : 10 257
    • Light Draft : 10 257
    • Height : 40 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1973 0
    • EQUIP1 : MACHINE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 1210059 0

BASIC TOWING, INC.

  • Area of Operation : GREAT LAKES 0
  • Principal Commodity : HEAVY LIFTS THAT ARE TOO BIG FOR TRUCK OR RAIL TRANSPORTATION 0

ERIKA KOBASIC

  • Type : 36 0
  • Construction : A 0

BMI

  • Type : 49 0
  • Construction : A 0

BTI

  • Type : 49 0
  • Construction : A 0

News

Visual Estimate of Height Led to Crane Hitting Bridge

Visual Estimate of Height Led to Crane Hitting Bridge

A captain and barge company managers not identifying the crane they were towing was too high to pass under the Mackinac Bridge near Mackinaw City, Michigan, led to the crane hitting the bridge, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has concluded.On May 7, 2023, the towing vessel Nickelena was transiting the Straits of Mackinac, while towing a deck barge transporting a crawler crane