by Team TheNavalArch | May 20, 2019 | Marine Transportation, Towing
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 or any other...
by Team TheNavalArch | Feb 18, 2017 | Marine Transportation, Towing
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...
by Team TheNavalArch | Feb 4, 2017 | Marine Transportation, Towing
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...