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Tugboat

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, log rafts, or oil platforms. Some are ocean-going, and some are icebreakers or salvage tugs. Early models were powered by steam engines, which were later superseded by diesel engines. Many have deluge gun water jets, which help in firefighting, especially in harbours.

Tugboat CSS Teaser is captured by USS Maratanza.
Justine McAllister, a tug boat in New York Harbor, January 2008.
The tugboats Reid McAllister and McAllister Responder push the LPG tanker BW Volans into port at Marcus Hook on the Delaware River.

Types edit

Seagoing edit

 
Fleet tug USS Tawasa (1,255 tons, 205 ft) which towed a nuclear depth charge as it was detonated in Operation Wigwam in 1955
 
Tug and barge connected

Seagoing tugs (deep-sea tugs or ocean tugboats) fall into four basic categories:

  1. The standard seagoing tug with model bow that tows almost exclusively by way of a wire cable. In some rare cases, such as some USN fleet tugs, a synthetic rope hawser may be used for the tow in the belief that the line can be pulled aboard a disabled ship by the crew owing to its lightness compared to wire cable.
  2. The "notch tug" can be secured by way of cables, or more commonly in recent times, synthetic lines that run from the stern of the tug to the stern of the barge. This configuration is generally used in inland waters where sea and swell are minimal because of the danger of parting the push wires. Often, this configuration is employed even without a "notch" on the barge, but in those cases it is preferable to have "push knees" on the tug to stabilize its position. Model bow tugs employing this method of pushing nearly always have a towing winch that can be used if sea conditions render pushing inadvisable. With this configuration, the barge being pushed might approach the size of a small ship, with the interaction of the water flow allowing a higher speed with a minimal increase in power required or fuel consumption.
  3. The "integral unit", or "integrated tug and barge" (ITB), comprises specially designed vessels that lock together in such a rigid and strong method as to be certified as such by authorities (classification societies) such as the American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Indian Register of Shipping, Det Norske Veritas or several others. These units stay combined under virtually any sea conditions and the tugs usually have poor sea-keeping designs for navigation without their barges attached. Vessels in this category are legally considered to be ships rather than tugboats and barges must be staffed accordingly. These vessels must show navigation lights compliant with those required of ships rather than those required of tugboats and vessels undertow.
  4. "Articulated tug and barge" (ATB) units also utilize mechanical means to connect to their barges. The tug slips into a notch in the stern and is attached by a hinged connection, becoming an articulated vehicle. ATBs generally utilize Intercon and Bludworth connecting systems. ATBs are generally staffed as a large tugboat, with between seven and nine crew members. The typical American ATB displays navigational lights of a towing vessel pushing ahead, as described in the 1972 ColRegs.

Harbour edit

 
Svitzer Tyr, a Danish tugboat, built in China in 2011, pictured in 2018 in Ystad harbour

Compared with seagoing tugboats, harbour tugboats that are employed exclusively as ship assist vessels are generally smaller and their width-to-length ratio is often higher, due to the need for the tugs' wheelhouse to avoid contact with the hull of a ship, which may have a pronounced rake at the bow and stern. In some ports there is a requirement for certain numbers and sizes of tugboats for port operations with gas tankers.[2] Also, in many ports, tankers are required to have tug escorts when transiting in harbors to render assistance in the event of mechanical failure. The port generally mandates a minimum horsepower or bollard pull, determined by the size of the escorted vessel. Most ports will have a number of tugs that are used for other purposes than ship assist, such as dredging operations, bunkering ships, transferring liquid products between berths, and cargo ops. These tugs may also be used for ship assist as needed. Modern ship assist tugs are "tractor tugs" that employ azimuthing stern drives (ASD), propellers that can rotate 360 degrees without a rudder, or cycloidal drives (as described below).

River edit

 
River tug pushing a log raft in British Columbia near Vancouver (May 2012)

River tugs are also referred to as towboats or pushboats. Their hull designs would make open ocean operations dangerous. River tugs usually do not have any significant hawser or winch. Their hulls feature a flat front or bow to line up with the rectangular stern of the barge, often with large pushing knees.

Propulsion edit

A tugboat on the Arakawa River in Tokyo, Japan

The first tugboat, Charlotte Dundas, was built by William Symington in 1801. It had a steam engine and paddle wheels and was used on rivers in Scotland. Paddle tugs proliferated thereafter and were a common sight for a century. In the 1870s schooner hulls were converted to screw tugs. Compound steam engines and scotch boilers provided 300 Indicated Horse Power. Steam tugs were put to use in every harbour of the world towing and ship berthing.

Tugboat diesel engines typically produce 500 to 2,500 kW (~ 680 to 3,400 hp), but larger boats (used in deep waters) can have power ratings up to 20,000 kW (~ 27,200 hp)[citation needed]. Tugboats usually have an extreme power:tonnage-ratio; normal cargo and passenger ships have a P:T-ratio (in kW:GRT) of 0.35 to 1.20, whereas large tugs typically are 2.20 to 4.50 and small harbour-tugs 4.0 to 9.5.[3] The engines are often the same as those used in railroad locomotives, but typically drive the propeller mechanically instead of converting the engine output to power electric motors, as is common for diesel-electric locomotives. For safety, tugboat engines often feature two of each critical part for redundancy.[4]

A tugboat is typically rated by its engine's power output and its overall bollard pull. The largest commercial harbour tugboats in the 2000s–2010s, used for towing container ships or similar, had around 60 to 65 short tons-force (530–580 kN) of bollard pull, which is described as 15 short tons-force (130 kN) above "normal" tugboats.[5][6]

 
Diagram of components

Tugboats are highly manoeuvrable, and various propulsion systems have been developed to increase manoeuvrability and increase safety. The earliest tugs were fitted with paddle wheels, but these were soon replaced by propeller-driven tugs. Kort nozzles (see below) have been added to increase thrust-to-power ratio. This was followed by the nozzle-rudder, which omitted the need for a conventional rudder. The cycloidal propeller (see below) was developed prior to World War II and was occasionally used in tugs because of its maneuverability. After World War II it was also linked to safety due to the development of the Voith Water Tractor, a tugboat configuration that could not be pulled over by its tow. In the late 1950s, the Z-drive or (azimuth thruster) was developed. Although sometimes referred to as the Aquamaster or Schottel system, many brands exist: Steerprop, Wärtsilä, Berg Propulsion, etc. These propulsion systems are used on tugboats designed for tasks such as ship docking and marine construction. Conventional propeller/rudder configurations are more efficient for port-to-port towing.

Kort nozzle edit

The Kort nozzle is a sturdy cylindrical structure around a special propeller having minimum clearance between the propeller blades and the inner wall of the Kort nozzle. The thrust-to-power ratio is enhanced because the water approaches the propeller in a linear configuration and exits the nozzle the same way. The Kort nozzle is named after its inventor, but many brands exist.

Cyclorotor edit

The cycloidal propeller is a circular plate mounted on the underside of the hull, rotating around a vertical axis with a circular array of vertical blades (in the shape of hydrofoils) that protrude out of the bottom of the ship. Each blade can rotate itself around a vertical axis. The internal mechanism changes the angle of attack of the blades in sync with the rotation of the plate, so that each blade can provide thrust in any direction, similar to the collective pitch control and cyclic in a helicopter.

Fenders edit

 
Red Cloud (foreground), a type V2-ME-A1 tug, alongside USNS David C. Shanks, at the Golden Gate at San Francisco, California, 1950s. On the bow is a tugboat fender, also called a beard or bow pudding, which is rope padding to protect the bow.

Tugboat fenders are made of high-abrasion-resistance rubber with good resilience properties. They are very popular with small port craft owners and tug owners. These fenders are generally made from cut pieces of vehicle tires strung together. Often the fendering on the sides of the tug is composed of large heavy equipment or aircraft tires attached to or hung on the side of the tug. Some fendering is compression moulded in high-pressure thermic-fluid-heated moulds and have excellent seawater resistance, but are not widely used owing to the cost. Tugboat bow fenders are also called beards or bow puds. In the past they were made of rope for padding to protect the bow, but rope rendering is almost never seen in recent times. Other types of tugboat fender include Tug cylindrical fender, W fender, M fender, D fender, and others.[7]

Carousel edit

A recent Dutch innovation is the carousel tug, winner of the Maritime Innovation Award at the Dutch Maritime Innovation Awards Gala in 2006.[8] It adds a pair of interlocking rings to the body of the tug, the inner on the boat, the outer on the ship by winch or towing hook. Since the towing point rotates freely, the tug is very difficult to capsize.[9]

Races edit

Vintage tugboat races have been held annually in Olympia, Washington, since 1974 during the Olympia Harbor Days Maritime Festival. Tugboat races are held annually on Elliott Bay in Seattle,[10] on the Hudson River at the New York Tugboat Race,[11] the Detroit River,[12] and the Great Tugboat Race and Parade on the St. Mary's River.[13]

Ballet edit

 
South African Naval tugs perform a "ballet" when welcoming a new member of the fleet.

Since 1980, an annual tugboat ballet has been held in Hamburg harbour on the occasion of the festival commemorating the anniversary of the establishment of a port in Hamburg. On a weekend in May, eight tugboats perform choreographed movements for about an hour to the tunes of waltz and other sorts of dance music.[14]

Roundups edit

The Tugboat Roundup is a gathering of tugboats and other vessels in celebration of maritime industry. The Waterford Tugboat Roundup is held in the late summer at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers in Waterford, New York. The tugs featured are river tugs and other tugs re-purposed to serve on the New York State Canal System.[15]

In popular culture edit

Tugboat Annie was the subject of a series of Saturday Evening Post magazine stories featuring the female captain of the tugboat Narcissus in Puget Sound, later featured in the films Tugboat Annie (1933), Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) and Captain Tugboat Annie (1945). The Canadian television series The Adventures of Tugboat Annie was filmed in 1957.

Film and television edit

 
Theodore Tugboat, the titular hero of a children's show, was popular enough that a fullsize replica was constructed

To date, there have been four children's shows revolving around anthropomorphic tugboats.

  • In the late 1980s, 13 episodes were made of TUGS, a series depicting the life of tugboats in the 1920s.
  • An American adaptation using edited footage from Tugs followed: Salty's Lighthouse.
  • In the 1975's Soviet short animation musical film В порту/ In the sea port a tugboat sang a song: "Through a harbour area"
  • One of the creators of Tugs went on to direct Theodore Tugboat.
  • Animated preschool series Toot the Tiny Tugboat started broadcasting on Channel 5 Milkshake! in 2014 and on Cartoonito in 2015, with a Welsh-language version airing on S4C Cyw.

"Tugger" is a tugboat in the animated series South Park. He appears in the episode "The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer" as a sidekick for Russell Crowe in a fictitious television series entitled Fightin' Round The World with Russell Crowe. Tugger follows Crowe as he engages various people in physical conflicts, providing emotional support and comic relief. At one point Tugger even attempts to commit suicide, upon being forced to hear Russell Crowe's new musical composition.

Literature edit

(Alphabetical by author)

  • The children's book Scuffy the Tugboat, written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely and first published in 1946 as part of the Little Golden Books series, follows the adventures of a young toy tugboat who seeks a life beyond the confines of a tub inside his owner's toy store.
  • The Dutch writer Jan de Hartog wrote numerous nautical novels, first in Dutch, then in English.
    • The novel Hollands Glorie, written prior to World War II, was made into a Dutch miniseries in 1978 and concerned the dangers faced by the crews of Dutch salvage tugs.[16][17]
    • The novella Stella, concerning the dangers faced by the captains of rescue tugs in the English Channel during World War II, was made into a film entitled The Key in 1958.[18]
    • The novel The Captain (1967), about the captain of a rescue tug during a Murmansk Convoy, sold over a million copies.[19]
    • Its 1986 sequel, The Commodore, features the narrator captaining a fleet of tugs in peace-time.
  • Little Toot (1939), written and illustrated by Hardie Gramatky, is a children's story of an anthropomorphic tugboat child, who wants to help tow ships in a harbour near Hoboken. He's rejected by the tugboat community and dejectedly drifts out to sea, where he accidentally discovers a shipwrecked liner and a chance to prove his worth. This story was animated as part of the Disney movie Melody Time.
  • Farley Mowat's book The Grey Seas Under tells the tale of a legendary North Atlantic salvage tug, the Foundation Franklin. He later wrote The Serpent's Coil, which also deals with salvage tugs in the North Atlantic.

Gallery edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "How Pygmy Tugboats Dock a Giant Liner." Popular Science Monthly, March 1930, p. 22-23.
  2. ^ Thoresen, Carl A (2003). Port Designer's Handbook: Recommendations and guidelines. Thomas Telford Books. p. 116. ISBN 0-7277-3228-5.
  3. ^ Poulsen, B Lund; et al. (1971). Teknisk Leksikon [The Technological Encyclopaedia] (in Danish). Vol. 2. København: A/S Forlaget for Faglitteratur København/Oslo. pp. 163–190. ISBN 87-573-0023-2.
  4. ^ Bilinski, Marcie B.: "The Workhorse of the Waterways" Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Coastlines 2007
  5. ^ "Rotor Tug "RT Zoe"". Marineline.com. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  6. ^ . The Independent. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Tugboat Fender Types and Application - Marine Fender System".
  8. ^ novatugnews. . Novatug. Archived from the original on 2007-09-08. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  9. ^ novatugprod. . Novatug. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  10. ^ "Port of Seattle". Portseattle.org. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  11. ^ "In search of the toughest tug," by Laurel Graeber, New York Times, August 29, 2008.
  12. ^ . tugrace.com. 2013-06-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-08-28. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  14. ^ "Schlepperballett: Kaiserwalzer der Kolosse – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – SPIEGEL TV". Der Spiegel. Spiegel.de. 19 May 2002. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  15. ^ "Waterford Tugboat Roundup". Tugboatroundup.com. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  16. ^ "Hollands glorie". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  17. ^ Mel Gussow (September 24, 2002). "Jan de Hartog, 88, Author of His Own Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  18. ^ "The Key". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  19. ^ "Hartog, Jan De [1914 – 2002]". New York State Library. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

References edit

  • Jane's Ocean Technology 1979–80 / Jane's Yearbooks, 1979 – ISBN 0-531-03902-1.
  • On Tugboats: Stories of Work and Life Aboard / Virginia Thorndike – Down East Books, 2004.
  • Under Tow: A Canadian History of Tugs and Towing / Donal Baird – Vanwell Publishing, 277 p., 2003 – ISBN 1-55125-076-4
  • Pacific Tugboats: / Gordon Newell – Superior Publishing Company 1957, Seattle Washington.
  • Primer of Towing / George H. Reid – Cornell Maritime Press, 1992.

Further reading edit

  • Lehman, Charles F (2009). A riverman's lexicon : in Lehman's terms. Florissant, MO: J.R. Simpson & Associates. ISBN 978-0-9841503-0-4. Nautical terminology specific to towboating on inland waterways.
  • Farrell, Paul (2016). Tugboats Illustrated History, Technology, Seamanship. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-06931-0. A gorgeously detailed guide to the evolution, design, and role of tugboats, from the earliest days of steam to today’s most advanced ocean-going workboats.

External links edit

  • A site for boatmen.[permanent dead link]
  • At the Port of Felixstowe
  • Beacon Finland Ltd JAK®-ATB Coupling System
  • Compagnie Maritime Chambon
  • "Docking The World's Great Liners" Popular Mechanics, May 1930, article on docking large ships in the first half of the 20th century using tugboats
  • Intercon ATB Couplers 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
  • NYC's Annual Tugboat Races
  • Tugboat Enthusiasts Society 2013-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
  • University of Wisconsin–La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs 2010-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  • Voith-Schneider Propeller
  • Waterford Tugboat Roundup


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This article is about the boat For other uses see Tugboat disambiguation Tug redirects here For other uses see Tug disambiguation Tugs redirects here For the television series see Tugs TV series 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 log rafts or oil platforms Some are ocean going and some are icebreakers or salvage tugs Early models were powered by steam engines which were later superseded by diesel engines Many have deluge gun water jets which help in firefighting especially in harbours Tugboat CSS Teaser is captured by USS Maratanza Justine McAllister a tug boat in New York Harbor January 2008 The tugboats Reid McAllister and McAllister Responder push the LPG tanker BW Volans into port at Marcus Hook on the Delaware River Contents 1 Types 1 1 Seagoing 1 2 Harbour 1 3 River 2 Propulsion 2 1 Kort nozzle 2 2 Cyclorotor 3 Fenders 4 Carousel 5 Races 6 Ballet 7 Roundups 8 In popular culture 8 1 Film and television 8 2 Literature 9 Gallery 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External linksTypes editSeagoing edit nbsp Fleet tug USS Tawasa 1 255 tons 205 ft which towed a nuclear depth charge as it was detonated in Operation Wigwam in 1955 nbsp Tug and barge connectedSeagoing tugs deep sea tugs or ocean tugboats fall into four basic categories The standard seagoing tug with model bow that tows almost exclusively by way of a wire cable In some rare cases such as some USN fleet tugs a synthetic rope hawser may be used for the tow in the belief that the line can be pulled aboard a disabled ship by the crew owing to its lightness compared to wire cable The notch tug can be secured by way of cables or more commonly in recent times synthetic lines that run from the stern of the tug to the stern of the barge This configuration is generally used in inland waters where sea and swell are minimal because of the danger of parting the push wires Often this configuration is employed even without a notch on the barge but in those cases it is preferable to have push knees on the tug to stabilize its position Model bow tugs employing this method of pushing nearly always have a towing winch that can be used if sea conditions render pushing inadvisable With this configuration the barge being pushed might approach the size of a small ship with the interaction of the water flow allowing a higher speed with a minimal increase in power required or fuel consumption The integral unit or integrated tug and barge ITB comprises specially designed vessels that lock together in such a rigid and strong method as to be certified as such by authorities classification societies such as the American Bureau of Shipping Lloyd s Register of Shipping Indian Register of Shipping Det Norske Veritas or several others These units stay combined under virtually any sea conditions and the tugs usually have poor sea keeping designs for navigation without their barges attached Vessels in this category are legally considered to be ships rather than tugboats and barges must be staffed accordingly These vessels must show navigation lights compliant with those required of ships rather than those required of tugboats and vessels undertow Articulated tug and barge ATB units also utilize mechanical means to connect to their barges The tug slips into a notch in the stern and is attached by a hinged connection becoming an articulated vehicle ATBs generally utilize Intercon and Bludworth connecting systems ATBs are generally staffed as a large tugboat with between seven and nine crew members The typical American ATB displays navigational lights of a towing vessel pushing ahead as described in the 1972 ColRegs Harbour edit nbsp Svitzer Tyr a Danish tugboat built in China in 2011 pictured in 2018 in Ystad harbourCompared with seagoing tugboats harbour tugboats that are employed exclusively as ship assist vessels are generally smaller and their width to length ratio is often higher due to the need for the tugs wheelhouse to avoid contact with the hull of a ship which may have a pronounced rake at the bow and stern In some ports there is a requirement for certain numbers and sizes of tugboats for port operations with gas tankers 2 Also in many ports tankers are required to have tug escorts when transiting in harbors to render assistance in the event of mechanical failure The port generally mandates a minimum horsepower or bollard pull determined by the size of the escorted vessel Most ports will have a number of tugs that are used for other purposes than ship assist such as dredging operations bunkering ships transferring liquid products between berths and cargo ops These tugs may also be used for ship assist as needed Modern ship assist tugs are tractor tugs that employ azimuthing stern drives ASD propellers that can rotate 360 degrees without a rudder or cycloidal drives as described below River edit nbsp River tug pushing a log raft in British Columbia near Vancouver May 2012 River tugs are also referred to as towboats or pushboats Their hull designs would make open ocean operations dangerous River tugs usually do not have any significant hawser or winch Their hulls feature a flat front or bow to line up with the rectangular stern of the barge often with large pushing knees Propulsion edit source source source source source source source A tugboat on the Arakawa River in Tokyo JapanThe first tugboat Charlotte Dundas was built by William Symington in 1801 It had a steam engine and paddle wheels and was used on rivers in Scotland Paddle tugs proliferated thereafter and were a common sight for a century In the 1870s schooner hulls were converted to screw tugs Compound steam engines and scotch boilers provided 300 Indicated Horse Power Steam tugs were put to use in every harbour of the world towing and ship berthing Tugboat diesel engines typically produce 500 to 2 500 kW 680 to 3 400 hp but larger boats used in deep waters can have power ratings up to 20 000 kW 27 200 hp citation needed Tugboats usually have an extreme power tonnage ratio normal cargo and passenger ships have a P T ratio in kW GRT of 0 35 to 1 20 whereas large tugs typically are 2 20 to 4 50 and small harbour tugs 4 0 to 9 5 3 The engines are often the same as those used in railroad locomotives but typically drive the propeller mechanically instead of converting the engine output to power electric motors as is common for diesel electric locomotives For safety tugboat engines often feature two of each critical part for redundancy 4 A tugboat is typically rated by its engine s power output and its overall bollard pull The largest commercial harbour tugboats in the 2000s 2010s used for towing container ships or similar had around 60 to 65 short tons force 530 580 kN of bollard pull which is described as 15 short tons force 130 kN above normal tugboats 5 6 nbsp Diagram of componentsTugboats are highly manoeuvrable and various propulsion systems have been developed to increase manoeuvrability and increase safety The earliest tugs were fitted with paddle wheels but these were soon replaced by propeller driven tugs Kort nozzles see below have been added to increase thrust to power ratio This was followed by the nozzle rudder which omitted the need for a conventional rudder The cycloidal propeller see below was developed prior to World War II and was occasionally used in tugs because of its maneuverability After World War II it was also linked to safety due to the development of the Voith Water Tractor a tugboat configuration that could not be pulled over by its tow In the late 1950s the Z drive or azimuth thruster was developed Although sometimes referred to as the Aquamaster or Schottel system many brands exist Steerprop Wartsila Berg Propulsion etc These propulsion systems are used on tugboats designed for tasks such as ship docking and marine construction Conventional propeller rudder configurations are more efficient for port to port towing Kort nozzle edit Main article Ducted propeller The Kort nozzle is a sturdy cylindrical structure around a special propeller having minimum clearance between the propeller blades and the inner wall of the Kort nozzle The thrust to power ratio is enhanced because the water approaches the propeller in a linear configuration and exits the nozzle the same way The Kort nozzle is named after its inventor but many brands exist Cyclorotor edit Main article Cyclorotor The cycloidal propeller is a circular plate mounted on the underside of the hull rotating around a vertical axis with a circular array of vertical blades in the shape of hydrofoils that protrude out of the bottom of the ship Each blade can rotate itself around a vertical axis The internal mechanism changes the angle of attack of the blades in sync with the rotation of the plate so that each blade can provide thrust in any direction similar to the collective pitch control and cyclic in a helicopter Fenders edit nbsp Red Cloud foreground a type V2 ME A1 tug alongside USNS David C Shanks at the Golden Gate at San Francisco California 1950s On the bow is a tugboat fender also called a beard or bow pudding which is rope padding to protect the bow Tugboat fenders are made of high abrasion resistance rubber with good resilience properties They are very popular with small port craft owners and tug owners These fenders are generally made from cut pieces of vehicle tires strung together Often the fendering on the sides of the tug is composed of large heavy equipment or aircraft tires attached to or hung on the side of the tug Some fendering is compression moulded in high pressure thermic fluid heated moulds and have excellent seawater resistance but are not widely used owing to the cost Tugboat bow fenders are also called beards or bow puds In the past they were made of rope for padding to protect the bow but rope rendering is almost never seen in recent times Other types of tugboat fender include Tug cylindrical fender W fender M fender D fender and others 7 Carousel editA recent Dutch innovation is the carousel tug winner of the Maritime Innovation Award at the Dutch Maritime Innovation Awards Gala in 2006 8 It adds a pair of interlocking rings to the body of the tug the inner on the boat the outer on the ship by winch or towing hook Since the towing point rotates freely the tug is very difficult to capsize 9 Races editVintage tugboat races have been held annually in Olympia Washington since 1974 during the Olympia Harbor Days Maritime Festival Tugboat races are held annually on Elliott Bay in Seattle 10 on the Hudson River at the New York Tugboat Race 11 the Detroit River 12 and the Great Tugboat Race and Parade on the St Mary s River 13 Ballet edit nbsp South African Naval tugs perform a ballet when welcoming a new member of the fleet Since 1980 an annual tugboat ballet has been held in Hamburg harbour on the occasion of the festival commemorating the anniversary of the establishment of a port in Hamburg On a weekend in May eight tugboats perform choreographed movements for about an hour to the tunes of waltz and other sorts of dance music 14 Roundups editThe Tugboat Roundup is a gathering of tugboats and other vessels in celebration of maritime industry The Waterford Tugboat Roundup is held in the late summer at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers in Waterford New York The tugs featured are river tugs and other tugs re purposed to serve on the New York State Canal System 15 In popular culture editTugboat Annie was the subject of a series of Saturday Evening Post magazine stories featuring the female captain of the tugboat Narcissus in Puget Sound later featured in the films Tugboat Annie 1933 Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1940 and Captain Tugboat Annie 1945 The Canadian television series The Adventures of Tugboat Annie was filmed in 1957 Film and television edit nbsp Theodore Tugboat the titular hero of a children s show was popular enough that a fullsize replica was constructedTo date there have been four children s shows revolving around anthropomorphic tugboats In the late 1980s 13 episodes were made of TUGS a series depicting the life of tugboats in the 1920s An American adaptation using edited footage from Tugs followed Salty s Lighthouse In the 1975 s Soviet short animation musical film V portu In the sea port a tugboat sang a song Through a harbour area One of the creators of Tugs went on to direct Theodore Tugboat Animated preschool series Toot the Tiny Tugboat started broadcasting on Channel 5 Milkshake in 2014 and on Cartoonito in 2015 with a Welsh language version airing on S4C Cyw Tugger is a tugboat in the animated series South Park He appears in the episode The New Terrance and Phillip Movie Trailer as a sidekick for Russell Crowe in a fictitious television series entitled Fightin Round The World with Russell Crowe Tugger follows Crowe as he engages various people in physical conflicts providing emotional support and comic relief At one point Tugger even attempts to commit suicide upon being forced to hear Russell Crowe s new musical composition Literature edit Alphabetical by author The children s book Scuffy the Tugboat written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely and first published in 1946 as part of the Little Golden Books series follows the adventures of a young toy tugboat who seeks a life beyond the confines of a tub inside his owner s toy store The Dutch writer Jan de Hartog wrote numerous nautical novels first in Dutch then in English The novel Hollands Glorie written prior to World War II was made into a Dutch miniseries in 1978 and concerned the dangers faced by the crews of Dutch salvage tugs 16 17 The novella Stella concerning the dangers faced by the captains of rescue tugs in the English Channel during World War II was made into a film entitled The Key in 1958 18 The novel The Captain 1967 about the captain of a rescue tug during a Murmansk Convoy sold over a million copies 19 Its 1986 sequel The Commodore features the narrator captaining a fleet of tugs in peace time Little Toot 1939 written and illustrated by Hardie Gramatky is a children s story of an anthropomorphic tugboat child who wants to help tow ships in a harbour near Hoboken He s rejected by the tugboat community and dejectedly drifts out to sea where he accidentally discovers a shipwrecked liner and a chance to prove his worth This story was animated as part of the Disney movie Melody Time Farley Mowat s book The Grey Seas Under tells the tale of a legendary North Atlantic salvage tug the Foundation Franklin He later wrote The Serpent s Coil which also deals with salvage tugs in the North Atlantic Gallery edit nbsp Swedish harbour tug Svitzer Freja in tug operation 3 600 kW 453 gross register tons GRT nbsp Dutch river tugboat Mascotte II nbsp German harbour tug and DDR quick freighter Karl Marx at Rostock harbour nbsp The tugboat Woona in Sydney Harbour Australia nbsp Danish Svitzer Tyr in Ystad harbour 2018 nbsp Danish Baltsund in Ystad harbour 2019 nbsp Tugs towing an oil tanker VLCC nbsp Tugboat Nancy Anne assisting a tug and barge docking in Rogers City Michigan nbsp Oceangoing tug Smit Rotterdam arriving at Rotterdam 1987 nbsp Dutch tugboat Watergeus towing a barge in the locks at Kiel Holtenau nbsp Ship surrounded by tug boats Sydney 1942 nbsp Eppleton Hall a paddlewheel tugboat in San FranciscoSee also edit nbsp Transport portalAdmiralty tug American Waterways Operators Azipod Charlotte Dundas E3 Tug Project Fish tug HydroTug Maritime pilot PS Comet Pusher boat Switcher rail analog Tugboats in New York City Type V shipNotes edit How Pygmy Tugboats Dock a Giant Liner Popular Science Monthly March 1930 p 22 23 Thoresen Carl A 2003 Port Designer s Handbook Recommendations and guidelines Thomas Telford Books p 116 ISBN 0 7277 3228 5 Poulsen B Lund et al 1971 Teknisk Leksikon The Technological Encyclopaedia in Danish Vol 2 Kobenhavn A S Forlaget for Faglitteratur Kobenhavn Oslo pp 163 190 ISBN 87 573 0023 2 Bilinski Marcie B The Workhorse of the Waterways Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Coastlines 2007 Rotor Tug RT Zoe Marineline com 13 September 2006 Retrieved 19 August 2013 Western Marine to build tugboat vessel for Ctg port The Independent 4 June 2012 Archived from the original on 15 April 2016 Retrieved 19 August 2013 Tugboat Fender Types and Application Marine Fender System novatugnews Novatug nl news Novatug Archived from the original on 2007 09 08 Retrieved 2008 01 18 novatugprod Novatug nl product information Novatug Archived from the original on 2008 01 19 Retrieved 2008 01 18 Port of Seattle Portseattle org Archived from the original on July 23 2011 Retrieved 2012 02 18 In search of the toughest tug by Laurel Graeber New York Times August 29 2008 tugrace com tugrace com 2013 06 22 Archived from the original on 2014 04 17 Retrieved 2014 03 23 The Great Tugboat Race Archived from the original on 2011 08 28 Retrieved 2012 06 13 Schlepperballett Kaiserwalzer der Kolosse SPIEGEL ONLINE Nachrichten SPIEGEL TV Der Spiegel Spiegel de 19 May 2002 Retrieved 2012 02 18 Waterford Tugboat Roundup Tugboatroundup com Retrieved 2022 03 08 Hollands glorie IMDb Retrieved 2008 01 20 Mel Gussow September 24 2002 Jan de Hartog 88 Author of His Own Life The New York Times Retrieved 2008 01 20 The Key IMDb Retrieved 2008 01 20 Hartog Jan De 1914 2002 New York State Library Retrieved 2008 01 20 References editJane s Ocean Technology 1979 80 Jane s Yearbooks 1979 ISBN 0 531 03902 1 On Tugboats Stories of Work and Life Aboard Virginia Thorndike Down East Books 2004 Under Tow A Canadian History of Tugs and Towing Donal Baird Vanwell Publishing 277 p 2003 ISBN 1 55125 076 4 Pacific Tugboats Gordon Newell Superior Publishing Company 1957 Seattle Washington Primer of Towing George H Reid Cornell Maritime Press 1992 Further reading editLehman Charles F 2009 A riverman s lexicon in Lehman s terms Florissant MO J R Simpson amp Associates ISBN 978 0 9841503 0 4 Nautical terminology specific to towboating on inland waterways Farrell Paul 2016 Tugboats Illustrated History Technology Seamanship New York W W Norton amp Company ISBN 978 0 393 06931 0 A gorgeously detailed guide to the evolution design and role of tugboats from the earliest days of steam to today s most advanced ocean going workboats External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tugboat A site for boatmen permanent dead link At the Port of Felixstowe Beacon Finland Ltd JAK ATB Coupling System Compagnie Maritime Chambon Docking The World s Great Liners Popular Mechanics May 1930 article on docking large ships in the first half of the 20th century using tugboats Intercon ATB Couplers Archived 2012 03 18 at the Wayback Machine NYC s Annual Tugboat Races Tugboat Enthusiasts Society Archived 2013 09 10 at the Wayback Machine University of Wisconsin La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs Archived 2010 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Voith Schneider Propeller Waterford Tugboat Roundup Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tugboat amp oldid 1175261389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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