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Oct 1, 20092 min read

A New Twist, Literally: Dynamic Oval Towing

How’s this for some innovation: a ship-assist tug that has a European-style towing hook on a 360-degree track that allows the hook to...

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Aug 1, 20093 min read

When The Wire Breaks!

We’ve had an increasing number of hits lately coming from web searches for “emergency towing for barges”, or something like it, so it’s...

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Jun 21, 20096 min read

WIRED: How & When To Inspect & Replace Your Wire Rope Hawser

Almost all of the conventional tugs use it, but how do you know when to replace it? Where do you go for information if your company has...

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Apr 14, 20093 min read

Towing: He Gets It

Some people get it and some people don’t. Most don’t. And that’s one of the perennial problems for tug drivers: we are governed largely...

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Feb 5, 20093 min read

Wicked Shahp!

There are circumstances that you might find yourself in where the ability to literally “cut yourself loose” in a hurry might be highly...

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Jan 30, 20092 min read

“Y’all Can Wait”

I’ll continue on the speed riff for a bit longer. It often seems that everyone’s in a hurry to go nowhere fast. Call it hurry up and...

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Jan 28, 20092 min read

Speed And The Damage Done

Consider this to be a kind of epilogue to my last post on damaged stability for barges. What’s better and more professionally rewarding...

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Jan 27, 20095 min read

Damaged Stability For Barges

While doing the research and fact-checking for the Practical Stability For Tugs post, I realized that I normally don’t think too much...

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Jan 18, 20093 min read

Practical Stability For Tugs

Overall, adhering to most of the operating restrictions contained in your vessel’s stability letter is pretty simple and straightforward....

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Jan 11, 20096 min read

Your Stability Letter: Read It & Heed It.

The ongoing analysis of the sinking of the tug Valour brings us to the stability letter, and how the master and all of his licensed...

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Dec 22, 20084 min read

CEMS, Let’s Talk…

I think Joel’s point is well taken, there’s got to be a better way. I don’t think the system should be abandoned out of hand, and I...

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Dec 14, 20082 min read

Close The Crossovers!

Revisiting the tragic loss of Maritrans’ tug Valour for some lessons-learned type discussion will be a recurring project here on the MTVA...

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Dec 13, 20081 min read

The Coast Guard’s New Safety Plan?

The Coast Guard has released their new Marine Safety Performance Plan FY 2009-2014 and it makes for some interesting reading, especially...

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Nov 21, 20082 min read

Do You Live In A Barn? Close Your Doors & Stay Afloat!

The Coast Guard has issued another marine safety alert, #12-08, concerning Watertight Doors. Please read it along with the two companion...

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Nov 4, 20083 min read

Normal Practice vs. Best Practice: Fight The Inertia!

We value all comments that we receive, and one of the comments on the “Death on the River Clyde” post of October 5th is worthy of further...

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Oct 14, 20084 min read

More Thoughts On The River Clyde Tragedy…

Having read through the MAIB report on the T/V Flying Phantom a second time, some more things come into focus. This provides both answers...

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Oct 4, 20083 min read

Death on the River Clyde: a tug is tripped and three men are lost in Scotland.

Here’s another accident report that all hands should read and heed. Svitzer Marine’s tug Flying Phantom was assisting the M/V Red...

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Sep 20, 20081 min read

Rope Inspection & Retirement

High Modulus Polyethylene (HMPE) line, commonly called “spectra” or “plasma”, has been a career-saver for many a deckhand and...

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Sep 18, 20082 min read

Tug Valour Investigation Report

On August 15th the U.S. Coast Guard issued its final report on the sinking of the Maritrans tug Valour, which went down about 40 miles...

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Sep 14, 20084 min read

The 30-Day Wonder

Well, they finally went and did it, and we always had “faith” in them that they would. The Coast Guard published their Final Rule for...

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