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A tugboat, or tug, is a boat used to maneuver large ships in harbours, over the open sea, or through rivers and canals. They also tow barges, disabled ships, and oil rigs. Equipped with powerful engines producing thousands of horsepower, extensive rigging equipment, and a fender of tires for protection, tugboats can push or tow large vessels ...
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, such as in crowded harbors or narrow canals , [ 1 ] or cannot move at all, such as barges , disabled ships ...
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ROV at work in an underwater oil and gas field. The ROV is operating a subsea torque spanner tool on a valve on the subsea structure.. Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, and use them to secure the rigs in place.
Waratah Tug & Salvage Company, Port Jackson [2] Diesel: 1968–1987 Cape Bruny (Wonga (1949) 1949: Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Sydney: Adelaide Steamship Company [3] Tamar River, Launceston: Diesel: 1971–1988 York Syme: 1961: Adelaide Ship Construction, Port Adelaide: Coastal D & C Limited: 28.96 m: 7.57m: 1973- Cape Raoul (Sirius ...
Before committing to a new tug design, Navy Region Northwest upgraded two of the older Natick-class tugboats, [1] Menominee and Washtucna, with improved power systems and z-drive propulsion units. Experience with these and two other YTBs with improved winch and power equipment lead to the decision to build new tugs.
Each vessel in the series is 22.8 meters (74 ft 10 in) long and 7.42 meters (24 ft 4 in) wide with a draft forward of 2.35 meters (7 ft 9 in).Each tug has a capacity of 10 tonnes bollard pull at 85 per cent maximum continuous rating (MCR), speed of 12 knots at 85 per cent MCR and is fitted with two 850-horsepower (630 kW) Caterpillar Kirloskar engines, coupled to two steerable rudder ...