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.
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 ..
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
You have never properly been taught how do do something until you have been told how to do it by an Australian. This is bog standard stuff in the rest of the world where you actually have to work for your money. Nice sharp picture, so their camera work is fine.
@@stuarth43 Wow, looked at your channel and there you were talking about how nice a forum you were just on...it's a pity you couldn't behave like them here. Then you start showing scars from accidents that you had with a grinder...and then place it wheel down on the bench. Learning obviously isn't your strong suit.
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.
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..
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’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
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.
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
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.
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..."
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.
Thanks. You helped me get a little bit closer to the job you do and the dangers you face.
Enjoyed it and took me to a place I will never go. Great job and liked the talking and all. Tks
Fascinating, thank you for sharing this video with us. Seeing it up close like that is amazing.
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.
Excellent work, thank you for your sharing information.
It looks so easy when you see an expert doing it ! :-)
Great video with commentary, very educational.
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 ..
Nile video and Vera useful for tie beginners. Tnx a lot for UA-cam Times and efforts.
Very good video to show how difficult is that manoeuvre!!! Many thanks!!!
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
Thanks for providing a ride along on a ship assist. Awesome video!
John
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
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 ?
Excellent footage; clear and concise. Thank you...
Background music perfectly chosen as well...
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.
Awesome video. It looks very challenging piloting a tug, much more than I ever thought. I'd love to know how to do it.
That was amazing. Thank you very much!!!
That was awesome THANK YOU
Agreed Brian.
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 UA-cam 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
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.
Guys, he's really working his tug.
Great video, informative and professional！
cool drone vid too
Beautiful maneuvering job, guys! Any idea of the monetary ($) costs involved?
great job and video 🇦🇺
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.
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.
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.
Nice film , but all over the world the same problem with the trhowingline !! "Pilot , I want a line with a waight or Monkeyfist " !!
With all the technology it comes down to one tug a crew and a rope.......
A dangerous enough job without unthinking or untrained crew on the other vessel.
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.
Would have been nice to actually see the turn at the entrance from the air.
I see this all day in the US i always wanted to try this im captain of a tugboat that pushed 2 oil barges
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.
Wow nice work! On a side note, saw the copper stack in the background, was very sad to see it demolished today. :(
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.
This is a calm day.
Damn good job capt
I love tugboats! I love Australians! What could be better?
Excellent movie!
I personally never heard nor seen anything like this💔💔💔
incredible absolutely incredible! thanks for sharing
if the Panamian flagged ship has problems, they can contact the country of Panama for help:) The ship is likely very elderly.
the in bound vessel should have proper equipment!
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..
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.
Jaren dit werk gedaan,maar wij praten tijdens het werk ( minimaal).
De manoeuvre moet eigenlijk vanzelf gaan,zie hier veel twijfel. 😮
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
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.
What could possibly go wrong?
Can’t why after the tow he wants to stay in front of ship
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 job on the mooring Cap. Seeya'ron
Thanks for this video
Does anyone know how much the tug company charges. Is it by the hour or is it a flat rate.
You have never properly been taught how do do something until you have been told how to do it by an Australian. This is bog standard stuff in the rest of the world where you actually have to work for your money. Nice sharp picture, so their camera work is fine.
What a load of BS Modern Tug .. the old boys with there less luxury open cab etc etc would make this guy look like a little girl .. pussy
the highest paid from the PM DOWN and the most useless too
@@stuarth43 Wow, looked at your channel and there you were talking about how nice a forum you were just on...it's a pity you couldn't behave like them here. Then you start showing scars from accidents that you had with a grinder...and then place it wheel down on the bench. Learning obviously isn't your strong suit.
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
Nice videography, sir. Not sure I appreciated the unnecessary lead out. Also, what was the cargo? Fresh air?
What's with the stupidly dramatic music for what is an everyday manoeuvre.
Pirates of Perth
Extra views haha
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.
This was hair raising; I was getting dizzy watching it. Tip of the hat to the amazing skipper and crew doing the impossible.
i want file name music , thank you !
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..
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!
A guy can do just as good of a job well forward with a Z-Drive tug. And a lot safer for the tug.
I am tug muster..Can I am get email join work to this company...??
if i were to loose a engine ??? would mean your mechanic not worth a damn
✖️
Now with a single screw!
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 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
The damn thing is empty, floats like a feather on water.
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
in Argentina bow to bow
pull up alongside..so there Im not even a tugmaster.
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.
I know nothing about tugs but I could figure out he is a just making it seem hard LOL
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
Tugboatus maximus
Very melodramatic. I know nothing except being in front of a ship seems stupid without towing. Why stay in front near the end?.
Captain Cranky!
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.
if you know what you are doing the title is incorrect,
Big Cahone's or crazy?
Why not use a clearly safer and more effective Voith Water Tractor for this job...?!
That ship is very empty.
What song is this?
need 250000 SWL rope to jack propeller bar
I was used all of the WORLD💔💔💔
See how much out of the tub before the tub blows😅😂💀💀😀😃😃😆😆😇😄😄😁🤗😆😄💀💀
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
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..."
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.
Its really not the that big of a deal.
crikey....
Great video but I hate music.
Ha,ha
Weird flex, but okay?