Tugs and Towing: A Worldwide Survey of the Vessels, Techniques and
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Tugs and their development over the past 150 years are described in this book and it particularly looks at the past 20 years with emphasis on the use of tugs today. The book shows tugs engaged in salvage, rescue and manoeuvring larger vessels. There are small tugs handling logs on Canadian rivers and ocean-going tugs capable of hauling vast objects between continents. The book also contains details of individual tugs and propulsion systems.
Author: M. J. Gaston
Format: Hardback, 200 pages, 169mm x 238mm
Published: 1990, Haynes Publishing Group, United Kingdom
Genre: Transport Industries
Tugs and their development over the past 150 years are described in this book and it particularly looks at the past 20 years with emphasis on the use of tugs today. The book shows tugs engaged in salvage, rescue and manoeuvring larger vessels. There are small tugs handling logs on Canadian rivers and ocean-going tugs capable of hauling vast objects between continents. The book also contains details of individual tugs and propulsion systems.