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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 ...
Tugs are attached to the vessel by a towline, and develop pulling forces with their engines and propellers. Salvage ground tackle is a system of anchors, ground legs, [notes 3] and hauling gear [notes 4] rigged to pullers, purchases, [notes 5] or winches, on a platform, which may be the stranded ship, a salvage ship, a barge, or the shore.
[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]
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]
The German concept of emergency towing prescribes a maximum response time of two hours for any incident in German coastal waters. [10] This requires three ETVs in the North Sea and five in the Baltic Sea despite a considerably smaller area to cover there. Equipment and performance of the vessels have been adapted to the size of the vessels in ...
[5] As of 2021, principal marine services in the Falkland Islands were provided by the contracted Netherlands Marine Services company Van Wijngaarden, [6] while in Gibraltar, marine services were provided by the vessels of Boluda Towage Europe which bought the previous Resolve Marine Group in February 2024. [7]