Great video. Looks like you have a forward tractor or possibly a Voith. I prefer sitting off the shoulder rather than right ahead for safety reasons. The interaction is constant and takes some working against but if it all goes wrong then you can slide up the side and bail out.. Nice to see you have 2 crew on deck so i take it you have a 4 man crew possibly ? We operate tugs with 3 man crew and in the uk they are trying hard to get us to work with 2 man crew believe it or not.. Crazy antics.
It's actually a really simple thing for the ships deck crew to pass the messenger through the centre fairlead, bring it back on board, take it down the side of the ship and send it to the tug from one of the shoulders rather than drop it down onto the bulbous bow. Glad I never saw anything as stupid as this when I was a deck officer.
An excellent Tug Master detailing options on his approach & commencing undertaking tow & correct that a weighted heaving line from the ships crew a preferred option... fair prevailing conditions .. consider night maneuvers in less than favorable conditions ..
The tug read "Port Adelaide" but is operating out of Port Kembla. Does it operate in both ports? They are quire some distance apart and I wonder whether a tug would normally make such a sea voyage.
What's wrong with that ship ,can the not afford a weighted line ? I can only assume the Captain has crew communication problems . Thanks for the video.
6:24 Of course the tow-line needs to feed through a certain spot on the ship, but it would have been a trivial effort for the ship's personnel to use a pole to direct the drop-line to a better spot on the side of the ship, away from the "t-bone zone." Just ignorance, or apathy. Are they trying to "make you earn your wages?" Jerks putting your vessel in unnecessary danger.
It appears to me that after they cut him loose at the end he continued to lead the way for quite some time. Was that just for safety reasons until they were more clear from shore?
The calm day presented a good time for a lesson of what could happen and how. The moments you mention involved a steady increase in speed to match the ship's speed, that included exceeding the recommended safe speed of the tug. Again, the calm seas presented the opportunity to demonstrate proper techniques to be used if/when things go pear shaped in heavier seas.
What a loudmouth that tugmaster is. I was a tugmaster for thirty years in CapeTown on Voith tugs. The centre lead forward is a routine manouevre done daily here. Winds often exceed thirty knots and swells about 3m. Container ships regularly enter at 9 knots. I Never allow a ship to "pick me up"as is done in this video. You have no idea of the speed of the ship this way. Safe way is to run parallel with him , judge his speed and then come up to the focsle. The only thing working really hard in this video is the tugmasters mouth!!
When the tug, which seemed to be a pretty good size, got up next to that big ship to get the line, I could not help but wonder what type of rope it would take to actually help steer the ocean liner. The momentum of that massive hunk of iron would be incredible, even at slow speeds. They can have that job.
I’ve done it with you guys up in Boston while working with Bouchard. We , on the barge , always took your line in this position. You have very skilled boat handlers and pilots. Never a problem.
Tugs just push and pull the ship into position, the ship is moving under its own power, the tug is not towing, its just holding tenson, same as the one at the rear. I think all tugs stay in position until docked and tied.
Girding , getting dragged sideways by the momentum of the barge or ship , modern tugs are set up different now days and even old style tugs have thumbhooks to keep the towline away from midship..
AnthonyFrancisHoy can't resist this, but "Ahoy from Baltimore!!" good show, sir. I managed to procrastinate away the years of daydreams of working on a tugboat in chesapeake bay, where i've lived most of my 59 years. never the landlubber; i've always had the sea legs :) between this particular task in action, your narrative, and excellent video quality, it's close enough to real thing for now. i've got no insignificant amount of respect for just the hands-on experience it takes to predict (and never complacently) what tens of thousands of tons of ship can suddenly do when the invisible wind takes the wheels. there's comments here by other operator/captains that appear to minimize the tasks underway in this video. whip the wind up several knots, bring on the swells, and some chop on top, then let's hear the bravado. you did say, after all, "...I let the ship come to me..... and I find this way easiest for me". I guess with enough twisting you can make that sound like overstating the difficulty. this video would be an excellent segment in a training package. just curious..... do y'all down in australia secure any comments or even thoughts of how nice the weather is before even casting off from port? half-goofin' on your comment about the calm seas as you're heading for rendezvous :) thanks for the generous and intriguing footage....... i'll never not gaze upon the ports of baltimore's tugs without imagining the incredible power and finesse it takes to manage the motion of something the size of a neighborhood.
Thanks for taking the time to provide an educational documentary on CLF, I would like to further my knowledge in towage, which is quiet hard to get a foot in the door without ASD experiance... How would I get myself onboard for some observations ?
I can't speak for Svitzer, obviously, but I'm sure the tugmaster in question, Mr Phil Jones, won't mind my forwarding his email contact to you. If you let me have your private email address, I will forward it to that, rather than post it publicly
Hi Anthony, I enjoyed watching this. Is it possible to get the email of the tugmaster? I would like some more background on towage and to ask about the potential of UAVs as aerial intelligence for operational oversight.
Don't Australians make it all sound like hard work! This is standard manoeuvre done every day in ports all over the world and at much higher speeds in worse conditions too without all the fuss this guy makes! The time when it was at is most dangerous is on a single screw tug towing off the hook with slow engine controls! In modern day this is far more complex when operating bow to bow with an ASD as opposed to a Z-Tech, ATD or Voith towing over the stern.
when i first went afloat in 1969 we had sun tugs doing this all day long and they had to watch out for craft working up and down. Their was hardly ever clear water. If you went back further in time the Thames was alive with tugs towing barges. Punts being rowed sailing ships self propelleds. every vessel you could think of. It was by far the busiest stretch of water on this earth. Yet we had tugs doing this sort of work with never ever a accident. So yes what is the big deal here
TheIndianscout I’m saying it’s not overly dangerous. However, in high wind conditions and a sea running, the risk goes up exponentially, but with today’s high powered exceptionally manoeuvrable tugs, compared with 25 years ago, the risk is very much lower. As a previous poster stated, try these operations in a crowded waterway (like the Pool of London) with a single screw steam tug and that’s when it got potentially ‘dangerous’, but the Watermen of those years were very highly skilled so accidents were rare. The guy on the video tends towards hyperbole presumably because he hopes his boss will be watching!
I can see you need to understand mechanics including so many different variables seems easy but I've worked on water before but just don't small canoes and stuff and that's hard enough for me I couldn't imagine doing this job I got to take chill pill every minute
Saw a program wherein a bow thruster wouldn't rotate the prop, so to stay on schedule, they used a tug to bring ship off the pier and into the channel and the captain commented that the tugboat assist wasn't inexpensive. So yes, they're paid. I just wonder what they charge.
From the moment you start talking, you're defending yourself and why THEY are wrong and after that you are going on and on on what could have gone wrong. Bad habbit, that wining.
imagine this captain doing a commentary during unprotected sex with his mistress, who has just revealed she hasn't been taking contraception: "right now I'm in the worst position, without the lights on in a firm bed, it's not possible, I'm moments away from pulling out..."
Samuel Carpenter Actually, the red is from iron ore for the integrated steelworks you can see in the background. In the export direction there is a coal loader.
I’ve seen a sign on a crappa door that said. This isn’t Sydney harbour so don’t come here for a tug. Haha 😂 John from the Gong. Nsw Australia 🇦🇺 good video
Did the men grabbing the line look like they though this was dangerous?, "No". To them it was a normal laid-back process, which makes me think Captain Stupid wants his own reality show. More then likely it was a simple and easy maneuver but Captain Stupid had to prove himself a fool and liar.
Thanks. You helped me get a little bit closer to the job you do and the dangers you face.
Fascinating, thank you for sharing this video with us. Seeing it up close like that is amazing.
Great video with commentary, very educational.
Nile video and Vera useful for tie beginners. Tnx a lot for RUclips Times and efforts.
Excellent work, thank you for your sharing information.
It looks so easy when you see an expert doing it ! :-)
Enjoyed it and took me to a place I will never go. Great job and liked the talking and all. Tks
Great video. Looks like you have a forward tractor or possibly a Voith. I prefer sitting off the shoulder rather than right ahead for safety reasons. The interaction is constant and takes some working against but if it all goes wrong then you can slide up the side and bail out.. Nice to see you have 2 crew on deck so i take it you have a 4 man crew possibly ? We operate tugs with 3 man crew and in the uk they are trying hard to get us to work with 2 man crew believe it or not.. Crazy antics.
I believe three crew is unsafe for harbour towage let alone four. Two is ridiculous in an emergency.
That was amazing. Thank you very much!!!
It's actually a really simple thing for the ships deck crew to pass the messenger through the centre fairlead, bring it back on board, take it down the side of the ship and send it to the tug from one of the shoulders rather than drop it down onto the bulbous bow. Glad I never saw anything as stupid as this when I was a deck officer.
lmao
Excellent footage; clear and concise. Thank you...
Background music perfectly chosen as well...
Very good video to show how difficult is that manoeuvre!!! Many thanks!!!
Thanks for providing a ride along on a ship assist. Awesome video!
John
Boston MA USA-we use Center lead forward, aft and sometimes an additional tug on the bow.
You're from Boston. I'm from Fall River, Massachusetts. Do you know where that is ?
That was awesome THANK YOU
Agreed Brian.
An excellent Tug Master detailing options on his approach & commencing undertaking tow & correct that a weighted heaving line from the ships crew a preferred option... fair prevailing conditions .. consider night maneuvers in less than favorable conditions ..
One of most fun jobs I ever had was operating a ship docking tug on San Francisco Bay. It sure holds one's attention! -Veteran '66-68
The tug read "Port Adelaide" but is operating out of Port Kembla. Does it operate in both ports? They are quire some distance apart and I wonder whether a tug would normally make such a sea voyage.
great job and video 🇦🇺
Guys, he's really working his tug.
What's wrong with that ship ,can the not afford a weighted line ? I can only assume the Captain has crew communication problems . Thanks for the video.
I love working on tugboat... ❤
Beautiful maneuvering job, guys! Any idea of the monetary ($) costs involved?
Great video, informative and professional！
Awesome vid!
This is the first video I've seen of this maneuver. My hands were shaking just watching it. Now I need a drink.
6:24 Of course the tow-line needs to feed through a certain spot on the ship, but it would have been a trivial effort for the ship's personnel to use a pole to direct the drop-line to a better spot on the side of the ship, away from the "t-bone zone." Just ignorance, or apathy. Are they trying to "make you earn your wages?" Jerks putting your vessel in unnecessary danger.
It appears to me that after they cut him loose at the end he continued to lead the way for quite some time. Was that just for safety reasons until they were more clear from shore?
The calm day presented a good time for a lesson of what could happen and how. The moments you mention involved a steady increase in speed to match the ship's speed, that included exceeding the recommended safe speed of the tug. Again, the calm seas presented the opportunity to demonstrate proper techniques to be used if/when things go pear shaped in heavier seas.
Would have been nice to actually see the turn at the entrance from the air.
We used to go alongside a incoming vessel when you are the lead tug not in front of it.If anything goes wrong you have nowhere to go.
What a loudmouth that tugmaster is. I was a tugmaster for thirty years in CapeTown on Voith tugs. The centre lead forward is a routine manouevre done daily here. Winds often exceed thirty knots and swells about 3m. Container ships regularly enter at 9 knots. I Never allow a ship to "pick me up"as is done in this video. You have no idea of the speed of the ship this way. Safe way is to run parallel with him , judge his speed and then come up to the focsle. The only thing working really hard in this video is the tugmasters mouth!!
So easy to criticize, much more difficult to create RUclips content. Wouldn't you agree?
You are right you approach parallel to the ship.If anything goes wrong with the tug controls she is in trouble right ahead of the vessel.
Thanks for your comments loudmouth tug wAnker ever heard of a heaving line
I think you're being a bit hard, Loudmouth ??? not sure what you mean really.
all Aussies are loud obnoxious
When the tug, which seemed to be a pretty good size, got up next to that big ship to get the line, I could not help but wonder what type of rope it would take to actually help steer the ocean liner. The momentum of that massive hunk of iron would be incredible, even at slow speeds. They can have that job.
Amsteel Blue. Spectra line. Incredible strength to weight ratio.
We do this every day!
I’ve done it with you guys up in Boston while working with Bouchard. We , on the barge , always took your line in this position. You have very skilled boat handlers and pilots. Never a problem.
cool drone vid too
Awesome video. It looks very challenging piloting a tug, much more than I ever thought. I'd love to know how to do it.
Looks like the ship is empty going into port and still empty when leaving.
different bulkers but yes they are both empty
They could all be filled with Styrofoam pallets :)
empty in to load coal and empty out after discharging iron ore..
@@ph11p3540 OR DRUGS
Damn good job capt
incredible absolutely incredible! thanks for sharing
Tugs just push and pull the ship into position, the ship is moving under its own power, the tug is not towing, its just holding tenson, same as the one at the rear. I think all tugs stay in position until docked and tied.
Does anyone know how much the tug company charges. Is it by the hour or is it a flat rate.
What's with the stupidly dramatic music for what is an everyday manoeuvre.
Pirates of Perth
Extra views haha
I find stem jobs on inbound ships to be unnecessary and not worth the risk to crew and vessel.
You don't know nothing then
I agree
You have no clue what your talking about
Can’t why after the tow he wants to stay in front of ship
Excellent movie!
This is a calm day.
When a lead tug is towing .. and conditions is Flat Calm ... No wind and it's at night .. What causes the Tug to capsize ????
Girding , getting dragged sideways by the momentum of the barge or ship , modern tugs are set up different now days and even old style tugs have thumbhooks to keep the towline away from midship..
Wow nice work! On a side note, saw the copper stack in the background, was very sad to see it demolished today. :(
AnthonyFrancisHoy
can't resist this, but "Ahoy from Baltimore!!"
good show, sir. I managed to procrastinate away the years of daydreams of working on a tugboat in chesapeake bay, where i've lived most of my 59 years. never the landlubber; i've always had the sea legs :)
between this particular task in action, your narrative, and excellent video quality, it's close enough to real thing for now. i've got no insignificant amount of respect for just the hands-on experience it takes to predict (and never complacently) what tens of thousands of tons of ship can suddenly do when the invisible wind takes the wheels. there's comments here by other operator/captains that appear to minimize the tasks underway in this video. whip the wind up several knots, bring on the swells, and some chop on top, then let's hear the bravado. you did say, after all, "...I let the ship come to me..... and I find this way easiest for me". I guess with enough twisting you can make that sound like overstating the difficulty. this video would be an excellent segment in a training package.
just curious..... do y'all down in australia secure any comments or even thoughts of how nice the weather is before even casting off from port? half-goofin' on your comment about the calm seas as you're heading for rendezvous :)
thanks for the generous and intriguing footage....... i'll never not gaze upon the ports of baltimore's tugs without imagining the incredible power and finesse it takes to manage the motion of something the size of a neighborhood.
Thanks for taking the time to provide an educational documentary on CLF, I would like to further my knowledge in towage, which is quiet hard to get a foot in the door without ASD experiance... How would I get myself onboard for some observations ?
where are you located?
I'm based in Newcastle .
I can't speak for Svitzer, obviously, but I'm sure the tugmaster in question, Mr Phil Jones, won't mind my forwarding his email contact to you. If you let me have your private email address, I will forward it to that, rather than post it publicly
Thank you Anthony,
Greatly appreciated. ... baden.ford1@gmail.com
@@badenford5515 He said private...
Nice film , but all over the world the same problem with the trhowingline !! "Pilot , I want a line with a waight or Monkeyfist " !!
I am tug muster..Can I am get email join work to this company...??
Jaren dit werk gedaan,maar wij praten tijdens het werk ( minimaal).
De manoeuvre moet eigenlijk vanzelf gaan,zie hier veel twijfel. 😮
I see this all day in the US i always wanted to try this im captain of a tugboat that pushed 2 oil barges
Thanks for this video
With all the technology it comes down to one tug a crew and a rope.......
What could possibly go wrong?
A dangerous enough job without unthinking or untrained crew on the other vessel.
Hi Anthony,
I enjoyed watching this.
Is it possible to get the email of the tugmaster?
I would like some more background on towage and to ask about the potential of UAVs as aerial intelligence for operational oversight.
Great Vid
I personally never heard nor seen anything like this💔💔💔
if the Panamian flagged ship has problems, they can contact the country of Panama for help:) The ship is likely very elderly.
Nice videography, sir. Not sure I appreciated the unnecessary lead out. Also, what was the cargo? Fresh air?
why cant the blokes on the ship through a weighted line.thats looks so dangerous if you lost the motors.
Because you can never do it correct for all ports. Here they want this, somewhere else they want that.
i want file name music , thank you !
Very melodramatic. I know nothing except being in front of a ship seems stupid without towing. Why stay in front near the end?.
Don't Australians make it all sound like hard work! This is standard manoeuvre done every day in ports all over the world and at much higher speeds in worse conditions too without all the fuss this guy makes! The time when it was at is most dangerous is on a single screw tug towing off the hook with slow engine controls! In modern day this is far more complex when operating bow to bow with an ASD as opposed to a Z-Tech, ATD or Voith towing over the stern.
when i first went afloat in 1969 we had sun tugs doing this all day long and they had to watch out for craft working up and down. Their was hardly ever clear water. If you went back further in time the Thames was alive with tugs towing barges. Punts being rowed sailing ships self propelleds. every vessel you could think of. It was by far the busiest stretch of water on this earth. Yet we had tugs doing this sort of work with never ever a accident. So yes what is the big deal here
+MrGennola1980 They have to make it sound dangerous, that way their overly powerful union can demand more money for them...
+Sideslip Very true Sir!
Sideslip So you are saying it isn't dangerous work ??
TheIndianscout I’m saying it’s not overly dangerous. However, in high wind conditions and a sea running, the risk goes up exponentially, but with today’s high powered exceptionally manoeuvrable tugs, compared with 25 years ago, the risk is very much lower. As a previous poster stated, try these operations in a crowded waterway (like the Pool of London) with a single screw steam tug and that’s when it got potentially ‘dangerous’, but the Watermen of those years were very highly skilled so accidents were rare. The guy on the video tends towards hyperbole presumably because he hopes his boss will be watching!
the in bound vessel should have proper equipment!
I can see you need to understand mechanics including so many different variables seems easy but I've worked on water before but just don't small canoes and stuff and that's hard enough for me I couldn't imagine doing this job I got to take chill pill every minute
I don’t understand some of the comments the guys just explaining what he’s doing.
Seems like a lot of other tug crew from around the world all having a bit of a compete
do the ships pay for the tuges into port
Saw a program wherein a bow thruster wouldn't rotate the prop, so to stay on schedule, they used a tug to bring ship off the pier and into the channel and the captain commented that the tugboat assist wasn't inexpensive. So yes, they're paid. I just wonder what they charge.
appraised it can be £5,000 per tug and remember, use of tugs in most ports is mandatory.
Nice job on the mooring Cap. Seeya'ron
This guy needs to stop crying. Try that shit at 10 knots with a bulb two feet under the water. Just another day in LA/LB.
Why not use a clearly safer and more effective Voith Water Tractor for this job...?!
if you know what you are doing the title is incorrect,
What song is this?
I love tugboats! I love Australians! What could be better?
This was hair raising; I was getting dizzy watching it. Tip of the hat to the amazing skipper and crew doing the impossible.
if i were to loose a engine ??? would mean your mechanic not worth a damn
✖️
The damn thing is empty, floats like a feather on water.
A guy can do just as good of a job well forward with a Z-Drive tug. And a lot safer for the tug.
Now with a single screw!
See how much out of the tub before the tub blows😅😂💀💀😀😃😃😆😆😇😄😄😁🤗😆😄💀💀
need 250000 SWL rope to jack propeller bar
From the moment you start talking, you're defending yourself and why THEY are wrong and after that you are going on and on on what could have gone wrong. Bad habbit, that wining.
imagine this captain doing a commentary during unprotected sex with his mistress, who has just revealed she hasn't been taking contraception:
"right now I'm in the worst position, without the lights on in a firm bed, it's not possible, I'm moments away from pulling out..."
Big Cahone's or crazy?
in Argentina bow to bow
I was used all of the WORLD💔💔💔
Looks like bauxite docks. Everything is redddddd.
Samuel Carpenter Actually, the red is from iron ore for the integrated steelworks you can see in the background. In the export direction there is a coal loader.
pull up alongside..so there Im not even a tugmaster.
That ship is very empty.
Tugboatus maximus
Captain Cranky!
I know nothing about tugs but I could figure out he is a just making it seem hard LOL
I’ve seen a sign on a crappa door that said. This isn’t Sydney harbour so don’t come here for a tug. Haha 😂 John from the Gong. Nsw Australia 🇦🇺 good video
To all the knockers he's trying to explain whats going on for us novices , its not hard to work that out ,or maybe for some of you experts it is
Its really not the that big of a deal.
Bud you might post a great video but when I click and hear the music, I cancle immediately. When are you folk going to listen???
Great video but I hate music.
Did the men grabbing the line look like they though this was dangerous?, "No". To them it was a normal laid-back process, which makes me think Captain Stupid wants his own reality show. More then likely it was a simple and easy maneuver but Captain Stupid had to prove himself a fool and liar.
what a load of rubbish !! skipper is a novice in my book