Dutch Tugs 9

On a windy day recently in the Beerkanaal section greater Rotterdam harbor, Jan Oosterboer took these photos, passed along by Jan van der Doe.

The small boats here are operated by the KRVE, self-translated as “rowers” but more likely we’d call them linesmen.  The more distant KRVE boat is alongside Smit Cheetah.  The link that follow are mostly for previous instances these boats have appeared on this blog.

Here’s their own site in English.

Fairplay 27

SD Rebel

Multratug 31

In the distance newly-launched LNG carrier Vladimir Rusanov, shuttling between Rotterdam and Russian Kara Sea port of Sabetta.   I had to look up Sabetta, since I’d not heard of it:  average annual temperature is 14 degrees F, -10 C

Above and below, that’s Smit Hudson.

Iskes tug Venus is about three years old. 

 

Above and below FairPlay X,

which has not been on this blog before.  Multratug 5 shows her Japanese origins, 

here with Beagle, new this spring.

Many thanks to Jan and Jan for these photos.  Any errors in text are mine.

 

Thanks to Xtian

Xtian has been sharing photos here for some time.  Now it turns out he and I were in the tiny dorp of Maassluis within days of each other earlier this month, as evidenced by his photo of Furie, which was in the same spot the day I visited here (and scroll).

I would never have guessed RPA 14 is 31 years old!  Xtian certainly caught the light right here.

Smit Ebro has been on this blog before, as in this post.

Equipment on Husky?Make your guesses and on Monday or so, I’ll explain.

Smit Cheetah and SD Seal . . . doing fire equipment training?

FairPlay 21 … in between Smit Panther 

and FairPlay 24 with still more Smit tugs in the foreground.

Here’s part of the Kotug fleet.  From left, it’s unidentified, RT Evolution, SD Rebel, and RT Adiaan.  Click on each of the three links previous to see how different those three tugs are.

Smit Hudson has been around since 2008.

Click here for the entire FairPlay list.

 

 

 

Many thanks to Xtian for these photos.

Really Random Tugs 27

The first two and last two photos here come thanks to John Jedrlinic . ..  aka Jed.  He took these of Marlin in Baltimore in late July 2009.

Has anyone heard of/seen it since it was sold foreign?

The next batch were taken in the Beerkanaal area seaward of Rotterdam in early March (I think) by Jan Oosterboer and sent via Rene Keuvelaar and Fred Trooster.  I’ll just list the names and embed more info:  Iskes Brent, 

Smit Panther with 1200′ CSCL South China Sea,

Smit Ebro,

Fairplay 24,

SD Stingray with enhanced fire fighting gear,

Smit Cheetah,

Canadian built Svitzer Nabi and Nari,

Smit Hudson, 

and SD Rebel.

Look at the palm trees.  Jed took this one of Fort Bragg last month in a place where northerners probably wished they were. . . .

. .  and this one of Susan Moran in Norfolk in early June 2012.

Thanks to Jed, Jan, Rene, and Fred for these photos.