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With a maximum speed of 19.9 knots (36.9 km/h; 22.9 mph) [4] the Nordic is able to reach any stricken vessel in German North Sea waters within two hours. In order to be able to operate in a contaminated atmosphere, the ship has been fitted with superstructures that can be sealed tight and are explosion-proof.
Towage may refer to: Towing, or a charge or fee associated with it; Tugboat, a boat that maneuvers larger boats ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
[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]
[4] To remedy the position, the Lloyd's Open Form (LOF) 1980 made provision for a stricken tanker to engage salvage services and guarantee a reward provided that the salvor had exercised due diligence in attempting to save the marine environment from pollution. This innovation proved very successful, and the international community was so ...
Serco Marine Services supports the Naval Service and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) in both port and deep water operations. [7] In port and UK waters, Marine Services is primarily tasked with berthing and towage activities located at the three main naval bases; Devonport, Portsmouth and Clyde.
The typical obligations of a carrier by sea to a shipper of cargo are: to provide a seaworthy ship; to issue a bill of lading; to "properly and carefully load, handle, stow, carry, keep, care for, and discharge the goods carried". [2] to proceed with "reasonable despatch" [3] to follow the agreed route (and not to deviate from it). [4] [5]
A form of what is now called general average was included in the Lex Rhodia, the Rhodes Maritime Code of c. 800 BC. [4] Julius Paulus quoted from the law around the turn of the 3rd century, and these quotes are preserved, and an excerpt is included in Justinian's 6th-century Digest of Justinian (part of the Corpus Juris Civilis), although the Lex Rhodia is itself now lost.
North Sea. Nordic: operating off the East Frisian Islands while based in Cuxhaven, bollard pull of 201 t [11] Mellum: 5 nmi (9.3 km) southwest off Heligoland, bollard pull of 100 t [12] Neuwerk: 5 nmi (9.3 km) southwest off Süderoogsand (Nordfriesland), bollard pull of 113 t [13] Baltic Sea. Bülk: Kiel Fjord, bollard pull of 40 t [14]