Elliot Njus, The Oregonian
Published: May 25, 2013, 15:00
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A gleaming, 273-foot-long red-and-black barge – the 18th in the Shaver Transportation fleet and the 82nd on the Columbia River system – slid with unexpected grace Wednesday from its ramp at Zidell Marine Corp.
The Bob Franco,one of Harley Marines newest tugs on a shake down run in Portland Ore.
Glad to see it moving finally
Nice bow winch, dam.
Is this boat going to end up in Cook Inlet or?
Ohhhh boat porn me like. Is that a brand new vessel or refurbished?
Headed to cook inlet to be the nikiski assist boat.
Brand new , built by Diversified Marine in Portland, Ore.
How do they expect this tug to do any sort of ship assist work with that fendering setup? There is no way it could get under the flare of a ship as it is set up in the photos.
Most of the assist work in the cook inlet is done along side backing or working ahead into the head like a twin screw…and no box ships so not much flare on the bow of an OSG tanker…
I imagine they will be adding more heavy truck tires to the bow as well being they are just on sea-trials as of now.
[QUOTE=tug_trash62;110917]Most of the assist work in the cook inlet is done along side backing or working ahead into the head like a twin screw…and no box ships so not much flare on the bow of an OSG tanker…[/QUOTE]
I always forget that not everybody has to deal with box ships.
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Tug Hawaii, built at J.T. Marine , Vancouver Wa.