Another purpose of the trailing tug boat is to actually slow the tanker down. The tankers main engine,which doesn’t have a transmission or gearing, even its lowest power setting can exceed the best traveling speed for the channel. So the tug helps to slow them down as well as help swing the stern around.
That’s an awesome video. Like it a lot. Thanks for posting. We get a lot of ships from Corpus Christi especially gas carriers.
Another purpose of the trailing tug boat is to actually slow the tanker down. The tankers main engine,which doesn’t have a transmission or gearing, even its lowest power setting can exceed the best traveling speed for the channel. So the tug helps to slow them down as well as help swing the stern around.
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