History
1923
BC Towboat Owners Association organized- Small Membership
1925
About 1925, the owners of towboats in the Vancouver area first organized as a section of the recently formed Vancouver Merchants Exchange. In 1930, the section was reconstituted as the British Columbia Towboat Owners' Association. The main functions of the Association have been to establish and maintain a common standard of operating practice both ashore and afloat for the tug and barge industry, to study and offer solutions to problems related to the towboat industry and to promote a high degree of operating efficiency amongst its member firms, to promote sound labour management relations, to maintain liaison with Provincial and Federal government authorities, and to maintain an interest in technical developments which may concern the membership.
| Presidents of BCTOA | |
Claude Thicke E.J. Coyle Cecil Prowse S. M c Keen A. M. Gilley Murray Cliff D. M c Kenzie J. B. Stevenson J. A. Lindsay | Lloyd B. Gore J. H. Cates Doug Coyle Rufus Gilley L. C. Gore O. H. New C. Burke F. L. Kurtz G. H. Burt |
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BCTOA Agenda
Negotiated labour contracts
Active in introducing ship to shore radio telephone services, radar, and echo sounders
Established log tow shelters (tie-ups and reserves)
Maintained an active lobby to replace bascule at Second Narrows with a lift span
Championed the replacement or restructuring of the Marpole Bridge
Supported the establishment and maintenance of Navigation Aids
1962
BCTOA incorporated under the Societies Act
1974
Dec 23, CMC incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act
1975
BC Towboat Owners Association and the Towboat Industrial Relations Association joined forces to
become the Council of Marine Carriers
March 26, 1975
First AGM of the Council of Marine Carriers.
| Past CMC Presidents | Past CMC Chairmen |
| J. Alistair Pollock (1975-1987) | C.S Cosulich (1975-1978)(1982-1983) |
| Peter Woodward (1988-2003) | J. Bryn (1979-1981) |
| Phillip Nelson (2003-2022) | A W Fowlis (1984-1993) |
| R Cooper (1994-1999) | |
| J.Q. Cosulich (2000-2003) | |
| R Shields (2004-2005) | |
| Dough Towill (2006-2007) | |
| Wayne Cammell (2008-2009) | |
| Leo Stradiotti (2010-2022) |