Towing Articles

Towing operations seem pretty straightforward – we just need to connect the vessel to be towed to the right sized tug and get started! However, a simple exercise of digging deeper will reveal critical items that we need to take care of. If we start thinking about the...

In my working with the marine transportation industry for more than a decade now, I have come across many different calculations for required bollard pull for both barges and ships. The principles of the calculation are same, whether it is a ship, a barge...

Bollard Pull Calculations for Towing Operations Part II - Finding out the maximum feasible tow speed (To read Part I, please click here) Introduction This is Part - II of the two part article on Bollard Pull calculations. In the Part I we saw how to calculate the...

Bollard Pull Calculations for Towing Operations - an Introduction Part I – Calculating the required Bollard Pull (BP) (Click here for Part II) SECTION A - INTRODUCTION Bollard Pull calculation is one of the most frequent calculations performed in marine towing...