Last time I used “specialized ” as title happened almost a year and a half ago. But this short post on SPT Guardian seems to beg for that. Recently I’ve seen Guardian move around the boro
showing its unusual profile.
I’ve read the site maintained by Skaugen PetroTrans (hence, SPT), but I’d love to hear from a reader about Guardian’s actual range of late. Usually I’ve seen in docked near Caddell’s.
Here’s a foto of their first ship and some more history.
Guardian, sounds vaguely mythical, or legal. I need a guardian now and then. Seriously, why does it carry these fenders on the afterdeck? Summer looks vaguely familiar here, too. I miss that.
Anyone fill me in on Guardian’s routines?
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December 18, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Bob Easton
There’s a “Lightering 101” video at the bottom of this page: http://sptmts.com/fleet-description/
Those huge fenders are deployed alongside a super tanker to allow it to dock with another tanker for cargo transfer. Guardian deploys them, then stands off during the actual transfer, and comes back later to retrieve them.
December 18, 2008 at 10:03 pm
tugster
thanks, bob
December 18, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Mage Bailey
Fascinating. Nice to know what she does. Thanks.
December 19, 2008 at 5:58 am
jeff s
the large fenders are called ”Yokohamas”in some circles. some older examples were partly wicker.
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