Tugs

Author : Josh Leventhal
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 9781579120856
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tugs written by Josh Leventhal and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've all seen them from afar, but how do they work, what do they do and who runs them? This mammoth book gives readers a rare, closeup look of working tugboats around the world. Huge color spreads that fold out a full 27 inches show the boats at work. In-depth text explains the complex maneuvering systems, techniques and the technology tugs employ. From the port of New York to the Mississippi River, from Hong Kong Harbor to the Panama Canal, these indispensable hard workers quietly control the harbors and rivers of the world. The detailed history walks readers through the development of these beautiful creations of woodwork and engineering from the first makeshift tug to today's rugged powerhouse models. Interviews with working captains and profiles of legendary sea dogs depict the colorful and often difficult lives of tugboat crew-daily routines that differ substantially from most of our own as they work in tight quarters under the constant threat of dangerous water conditions. The book describes how, through an intricate choreography of movements, a fleet of tugs navigates massive ships and tankers into narrow waterways, around perilous shallows and into tight docking bays. Their world is a delicate balance of nautical engineering, brute motor force and coordination among vessels that can often mean the difference between safety and disaster.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navy Should Reconsider Plans to Acquire New Fleet Oilers and Ocean Tugs written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian Collard
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445654113
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mersey Tugs Through Time written by Ian Collard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Mersey tugs have changed and developed since the late nineteenth century.

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428964924
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulatory Assessment Use of Tugs to Protect Against Oil Spills in the Puget Sound Area written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. J. Gaston
Publisher : Haynes Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781852605216
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tugs Today written by M. J. Gaston and published by Haynes Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, the chairman of the British Tugowners Association is an experienced captain and describes the technology and the ways it is exploited in the modern tugboat in this illustrated guide to international tugs.

Author : Simon Rainey
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317984323
Total Pages : 1615 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of Tug and Tow and Offshore Contracts written by Simon Rainey and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 1615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated and revised, the only modern work on the law of towage and offshore vessel services, comprising a comprehensive account of the general law coupled with a detailed clause-by-clause commentary and analysis of the major standard contracts used in the international offshore, towage and heavylift sectors, including the BIMCO Towcon, Towhire, Supplytime and Heavylift forms. The Law of Tug and Tow and Offshore Contracts has rapidly established itself as a leading text and is written by, Simon Rainey QC, one of the foremost shipping practitioners with unrivalled experience in the field. Key reasons to buy The Law of Tug and Tow and Offshore Contracts, Third Edition • the only clause-by-clause commentary on all of the major standard form contracts used by the offshore industry • the only in-depth analysis of the drafting history of the BIMCO standard form offshore contract, comparing the recent amended versions in their drafting context; • the only authoritative analysis of the case law and arbitration decisions affecting the towage and offshore industries • written from the perspective of a leading practitioner with unrivalled practical experience over many years of the contract forms and of the issues which arise under them (many of which are unreported) and involved in almost all of the leading cases in the field • written with an eye on the practicalities of how the contracts work given the everyday problems which arise in the industry, with guidance where the standard forms may require amendment

Author : George Swede
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453572392
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steam Tug written by George Swede and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Steam Tug is a historical read about the evolution of the steam engine and steam tug. Developed and patented in England in 1737, the author takes the reader to the end of the roaring 1850s in New York Harbor. It was not until 1807 that Robert Fulton introduced the first commercially successful steamboat the “Clermont” on the Hudson River in New York. In the early 1800s sailing ships entering the harbor would lie at anchor in Sandy Hook for days and weeks waiting for wind to power them into the harbor so they could offload their cargo. Due to the expansion of shipping and commerce during the mid 1800s, sailing ships realized that small steam ferries operating between Staten Island and lower Manhattan could tow them into local wharfs to discharge their cargo and begin loading domestic goods to distant ports abroad saving valuable time. With the advent of large clipper ships, increased commerce and advanced steam boats, would lead to the rise and birth of a new industry, The Towing Business.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Tug--1973 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Tug--1973, Hearings [with Committee Summary] Before the Subcommitte on Manned Space Flight..., 93-1, September 5, 7, 8, 10, 26, 1973 written by United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. McIlroy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tug/ship Control Strategies written by W. McIlroy and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: