Crowley’s new tug eWOLF visited the Port of San Diego this week. The first electric tug in the U.S., the vessel runs whisper quiet and emissions free—truly groundbreaking.
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A well known tug captain has finally made his book “Tales of a Tug Captain” available in English:
Even to people who could not read Dutch but still wanted the book. Several times Kees was asked to translate the book into English. At first he was reluctant to do so, but finally he gave in, did it and it is now finished. The book will not be printed on paper and will not be for sale. It is a PDF file with 204 pages, the size is 27.4 MB. Kees is making it available for free. If you are interested in reading ‘Tales of a Tug Captain’, send an e-mail to Kees and it will be sent to you via WeTransfer. The email address of Kees Pronk is voorloper@outlook.com
Source: Maasmond Newsclippings
PS> I have not read the book myself, but I known Kees and can assure you that he is both a knowledgeable and entertaining person.
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He was a longtime Captain of Smit’s largest ocean tugs?
Yes he was:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw0rOd-2kbg
Kees was the Master on Smit Singapore for many years:
PS> His son with the same name is now Master at ALP Maritime Service: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kees-pronk-a7b76441/?originalSubdomain=nl
I recall seeing the sistership Smit London in Honolulu for provisions about 35 years ago. An incredible tug.
The story I heard was that they often drifted for weeks on salvage station about 700 miles north of Hawaii as that was a central location to wait for distress calls from ships crossing the Pacific.
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The Salvage and Rescue vessel “Heroínas de Sálvora” has been delivered from the building yard this week:
Video from her sea trial:
PS> She is also suitable for Ocean Towage.
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I wish they had given more data about which countries are building the most tugs and of what type.
Also, it would be nice to know where these growing hot spots are
Some current data is here:
More details can be found here:
PS> If you want access to the full data unfortunately you have to pay for it
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This $2500 report from 2022 sounds interesting. On the other hand, it might be just a composting pile of manure.
