[image] Rijnmond @RTV_Rijnmond Dat ging maar net goed... 😲 https://t.co/yCgAvCQnfL 2:57 PM - 4 Jul 2022 72 17 Steady as she goes… I don’t get it. Is this a barge l…

i dont see twist locks and they are not lashed down, probably all MT’s going back to the terminal from up river in some places short sea shipping works. the deck hand on the top of one container doesn’t seem too concerned

[image] Bruce1: the deck hand on the top of one container doesn’t seem too concerned That may be the Skipper, Since the telescopic wheelhouse is lowered, he give orders from there. (Or maybe he uses a remote control unit, if this is one of the newer and better equipped inland ships/push tugs…

Very interesting tug looks like it fits into a notch in the barge as I don’t see facing wires Purpose built so it obviously makes money on that side of the world Integrated tugs and barges on the west coast of California are used to Haul petroleum It’s a rule beater as the manning requirements ar…

They are mostly single hull, not tug and barge designs. Very nice vessels typically. The ones I’ve been aboard (mostly bunker barges) have very nice accommodations and families live aboard them. European short sea shipping is really impressive.

To avoid the ire of moderators I’ll answer in the new Short Sea Shipping thread.

Like the canal barges of old. Pretty cool. Family operators so maintenance is probably above average The us coast guard and the large tug operators have driven 90% of the mom and pop family owned companies out of business in the US I was at the tail end of the family owned businesses. Very proud p…

[image] Bruce1: i dont see twist locks and they are not lashed down, probably all MT’s… I do not see the necessity to lock down the containers. These are not ships that go near coastal, nor are they trucks. They work in the mainly flat regions of Europe, in more or less tortuous rivers or can…

This is what you could call a tight fit

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This is what you could call a tight fit

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