At the heart of Maine Maritime Academy's tug and barge operations program, the Tug Pentagoet provides students with unique hands-on opportunities. In addition to tug and barge operations, the Academy offers semester-long courses in ship handling and workboat operations. During the course of a semester, students work aboard on the waters of Penobscot Bay to learn and practice the art of hawser towing, towing alongside, and a wide range of close-quarters boat handling skills. The Academy acquired the
 Pentagoet, formerly the Tug Jekyll Isle, in 1984, and since that time
has
partnered the tug with a variety of barges. Recently K-Sea
Transportation
generously donated the barge Cleanwater 21. Working with this 230- foot
notched barge, our students are exposed to all aspects of this
growing
sector of the marine industry.
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