Ship Assist - Push/Pull vs on the line

[Kennebec_Captain]

@tugsailor

‘On the line” may be the only way to handle a ship in a lock, dry dock, or narrow slip.

I think that’s the case with a car ship in Bremerhaven. They routinely moor / unmoor there in gale force winds. I’ve had as many as four tugs.

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