Tug accident

[Alistair_Heaton]

Real Life Incident: Tug Capsizes With 2 Fatalities

Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.

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Trying to get my head round the forces involved

 

[TugboatEng]

I haven't heard about this incident. The writing of the article is very strange and doesn't explain the situation well. This article does a little better but both have similar references so there must be a parent pre-AI article somewhere.

COLUMN | A fatal capsizing in the UK and why it should serve as a wake-up call for the tug industry [Tug Times]

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I don't operate any conventional type tugs so I can't offer much insight on ship assist with conventional boats. We have had a ship come head while we had a tow wire up which I think is a similar configuration. It did end up dragging the boat sideways through the water and did substantial damage to the winch. I don't recall how the situation was escaped. I believe we were able power into the direction of travel which restored control. That can't be done with a conventional vessel.

 

[IRstuff]

Looks like there were a lot of mistakes
https://safety4sea.com/uk-maib-investigation-girting-and-capsize-of-tug-biter/#:~:text=Biter's%20deckhand%20had%20not%20completed,the%20movement%20of%20these%20tugs.

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

oh nice find. And not strange!

And thanks tug for replying, it was you I was aiming at for interpretation of the thing I posted. I found it strange as well.