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Video: Tugs prevented serious incident after engine failure of tanker Key Marmara near Rotterdam
Tugs prevented the tanker Key Marmara from running onto the dam at the mouth of the New Waterway from the North Sea to the port of Rotterdam on Nov 21, 2015.

The ship had suffered engine failure in pos. 51°.59.01 N 004°.02.03 E.

Although the anchors were dropped, the tanker threatened to hit the wall in swells of up to two meters and six Beaufort wind at 2.20 p.m local time.

Also the KNRM search & rescue boat 'Jeanine Parqui' of the Station Hoek van Holland and the Pilot tender Aquila provided assistance.
The tanker has been towed towards Vlaardingen, where it was being checked after having berthed at Vopak.

Source: www.knrm.nl

[Mufasa7]

How the fuck do those little boats pull such big ass boats?

Crazy I tell ya

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by Mufasa7 ↗

How the fuck do those little boats pull such big ass boats?

Crazy I tell ya

Tugboat engines typically produce 500 to 2,500 kW (~ 680 to 3,400 hp), but larger boats (used in deep waters) can have power ratings up to 20,000 kW (~ 27,200 hp) and usually have an extreme power:tonnage-ratio (normal cargo and passenger ships have a P:T-ratio (in kW:GRT) of 0.35 to 1.20, whereas large tugs typically are 2.20 to 4.50 and small harbour-tugs 4.0 to 9.5).

The engines are often the same as those used in railroad locomotives, but typically drive the propeller mechanically instead of converting the engine output to power electric motors, as is common for diesel-electric locomotives. For safety, tugboats' engines often feature two of each critical part for redundancy.

A tugboat's power is typically stated by its engine's horsepower and its overall bollard pull. The largest commercial harbour tugboats in the 2000s-2010s, used for towing container ships or similar, had around 60-65 tons of bollard pull, which is described as 15 tons above "normal" tugboats.

[Kelseecat65]

Cool!! It felt like we were on the water!!