McKeil Marine Limited

About Us

We trace our roots of entrepreneurship and honest, hard work back to founder Evans McKeil, who started the enterprise with a hand-built wooden boat used to support the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1956. Over the next four decades, he grew McKeil Marine into one of the largest tug-and-barge operations on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.In 1992, Evans’ son, Blair, took over as president when challenging economic times required a dynamic new approach. Blair identified and pursued niche opportunities in marine salvage and complex marine construction and led the company into the field of marine project management and execution.