SAAM Towage 60th Anniversary - 2020

Feb 16

Written by Ian Harland

For SAAM Towage’s 60th year in operation in 2020, they wanted me to shoot a collection of images of their boats, workers, and the Port of Vancouver.

A yellow SAAM tugboat crosses choppy Vancouver harbour beneath snow-covered North Shore mountains and low clouds.

The SAAM Hunter tugboat cuts through waves at the Port of Vancouver, with larger ships and a bridge behind it.

A tugboat crew member in reflective workwear stands on a yellow deck overlooking Vancouver harbour.

Three SAAM crew members in reflective workwear stand beside a large towing winch on deck.

Container cranes stand in silhouette against a blue and amber sky at the Port of Vancouver.

A crew member in orange coveralls climbs a vertical ladder among pipes inside a tugboat.

A SAAM crew member checks machinery beside a large yellow engine in the tugboat’s engine room.

A worker in reflective orange coveralls descends metal stairs between engine-room pipes and machinery.

Two workers in hard hats review a tablet at a waterfront workshop doorway framed by hanging ropes.

A worker in orange coveralls and a hard hat leans on a yellow railing above a marine equipment workshop.

A worker wearing a white safety helmet, orange flotation vest and checked face mask stands beside a yellow tugboat.

The SST Orca and SST Grizzly tugboats are moored side by side at a Vancouver dock.

SAAM crew members gather beside control panels and coiled ropes inside a tugboat compartment.

Red gantry cranes tower over a container ship and stacked cargo at the Port of Vancouver.

A yellow SAAM tugboat works alongside the red-hulled St. Nikolai cargo ship beneath port cranes.

A yellow and blue SAAM tugboat manoeuvres beside waterfront warehouses as birds rise above the dock.

Portrait of a SAAM worker in a white hard hat, glasses and reflective safety vest on a sunlit tugboat deck.

Workers in orange coveralls walk toward the Vancouver waterfront, seen through hanging ropes at a marine workshop.

A SAAM crew member in orange coveralls and a black cap rests a hand on a blue tugboat railing beside Vancouver harbour.

The SST Orca tugboat runs alongside a large Westfal-Larsen ship beneath steel bridges in Vancouver harbour.

Red, blue and cream shipping containers form a sunlit geometric pattern at the Port of Vancouver.

A tugboat is silhouetted against an orange sunset and the Vancouver skyline, with seabirds above the harbour.

A SAAM crew member in orange coveralls lifts an overhead hatch inside a dimly lit tugboat compartment.

A crew member in a flotation vest walks along the SAAM Hunter deck while another stands in the wheelhouse doorway.

A smiling crew member in a white safety helmet and orange flotation vest sits on yellow steps beside the SAAM Hunter.

The yellow SST Orca tugboat travels beside a towering Westfal-Larsen ship in warm light on Vancouver harbour.

Rows of red, yellow, blue and grey shipping containers stack high at the Port of Vancouver.

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