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Inbound Hamburg port with coal from New Orleans.
Spotted from Bubendey-Ufer on 29.07.2015.
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Thank you for your nice words, look forward for your todays haul;)
Cheers, David
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David, thanks a lot for the detailed explanation concerning the ASD tugs, something I never came across so far.
And Pieter, me too, I'm fan of this wordplay;)
As for the pink/red/rosé colour-scheme I can only say that it is the natural colour, as it presented itself under the turbulent Hamburg skies. No further enhancement concerning the intensity of colours had been taken out.
I pretty much like the tone, at least it allows SCF ships to stick out from the mass of commonly black, grey or blue bulkers.
Best regards,
David
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Although there are a wide variety of names for different tug types, all those tugs with azimuth thrusters under the stern are increasingly known as azimuth stern-drive (ASD) tugs. A large number of ASD tugs, such as those operating in the USA and many Pacific ports, are designed for operating at the ship’s side; for instance for push-pull operations. These tugs, also called reverse tractor tugs or pusher tugs, are specifically built to operate over the bow.
They seldom have a stern winch and often a long deckhouse. If there is a towing point aft (in most cases just a towing hook) it lies at a very close horizontal distance forward of the thrusters. This makes these tugs unsuitable for effective towing over the stern during harbour operations.
http://www.porttechnology.org/technical_papers/azimuth_stern_drive_tugs_guidelines/
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Is it usual for the bow tug to go astern when towing?
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