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Ice Breaking In January 2018
Ashton Marine, LLC has had a busy start to 2018 by breaking ice to extend the busy shipping season. We […]


Friends and Family Day
Ashton Marine hosted over 40 people consisting of Family, Friends and Employees for lunch on the Tug “Candace Elise”. The […]

ABS Great Lakes Loadline Hopper Barges
We are so excited to announce that we are building two 200’ x 35’ x 15’ ABS Great Lakes loadlined […]

Maritime Career Day
Ashton Marine, LLC participated in the Maritime Career Day in Muskegon, which 70 students from area high schools attended. The […]

Winter 2016
Ashton Marine, LLC has been busy in the winter 2015/2016 with obtaining fresh certificates for our Tug Candace Elise. Both […]

Time lapse video of Tug Candace Elise
The Tug Candace Elise transporting an empty barge from S. Chicago Lake Front to EMESCO Dock in Lake Calumet. (Open […]

Candace Elise Completes Tow to Port Maitland
August – 2015 Tug Candace Elise completes tow for McKeil Marine from South Chicago to Port Maitland, Ontario.

Ashton Marine, LLC Purchases Tug
May 2015 – Ashton Marine, LLC purchased the Tug Candace Elise (formally Stephen Dann) from Dann Ocean Towing out of […]