Operating for over 50 years, McKeil Marine Limited is a family-owned company that has been involved in various sectors of the marine industry since 1956. Having begun as Evans McKeil Work Boats Limited, the company has grown and diversified its activities in the fields of marine transportation, towing, ship docking, icebreaking, salvage services, chartering, and marine construction.

With a fleet in excess of 25 vessels and 40 barges, McKeil Marine specializes in the transportation of dry and liquid bulk, oversized project cargoes, heavy equipment, and general cargo on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, the eastern seaboard and in the Canadian Arctic. The acquisition of larger, ocean-going tugs and barges has also enabled us to expand into the US Gulf and Caribbean trade market.

McKeil Marine Limited is a market leader within the marine industry. Much of our success can be attributed to the more than 200 men and women who have helped establish and maintain the company’s reputation for marine expertise and engineering ingenuity. From our shore personnel, which include naval architects, engineers, project managers, master mariners and first-class engineers through to our crew of seasoned professional mariners, we are ready to meet the most stringent needs of our customers, wherever and whenever the need arises.

McKeil Marine Limited is headquartered in both Hamilton and Montreal with operational facilities in several ports in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.