Course Content

  • 1

    Who is SeaWays?

  • 2

    SeaWays Training

    • SeaWays Training

    • SeaWays Training Presentation

    • Would this have happened with Tugs?
  • 3

    SeaWays Training - Additional Course Reading

    • SeaWays Training Early Years

    • Pilot Tugmaster Training - ITS 2016

    • The State of Tug Safety Today - ITS 2016

    • Low Speed ASD Tug Escort - ITS 2016
  • 4

    Escort Tugs

    • Escort Tugs

    • Escort Tugs Presentation

    • High Speed CLA Active Escort

    • Escort Tugs Assessment
  • 5

    Escort Tugs - Additional Course Reading

    • Performance Matters - Tugnology 2015

    • The Whys & Wherefores of Escort Towage - SeaWays 2020

    • Escort Tug Safety - Tugnology 2019

    • Escort Tugs Selection of Winches and Ropes - Tugnology 2007

    • RAindrops Escort Issue - Robert Allen Ltd 2018

    • Rudder Forces - HR Wallingford 2019
  • 6

    Escort Tugs - Additional Course Videos

    • ASD RA85 Indirect @ 8 kts Ship View

    • ART Direct Combined Arrest Transition to Indirect at 8kts - Ship View

    • Connecting Towline CLA 12kts Tug View

    • CLA Powered Indirect to Direct to Indirect Tug View

    • RA85 Combined Arrest at 7.5kts Tug View
  • 7

    Active Escort Towage

    • Active Escort Towage

    • Active Escort Towage Presentation

    • Escort Towage Assessment
  • 8

    Active Escort Towage - Additional Course Reading

    • Escort Article - Greg Brookes

    • Pythagoras Theorem Combine Arrest - SeaWays 2021

    • CLA Active Escort Exercise for Tugmasters - SeaWays

  • 9

    Active Escort Towage - Additional Course Videos

    • CLA Powered Indirect to Direct to Indirect - Tug View

    • ART CLA - Ship View

    • CLA Powered Indirect to Direct lift off - Tug View

    • ART Direct Assist - Ship View

    • Why Towline Forces can Decrease - Tug View

    • ART Indirect Assist - Ship View
  • 10

    Breaking and Steering Forces

    • Braking and Steering Forces

    • Braking and Steering Forces Presentation

    • Stopping with Tugs - Henk Hanson 2013

    • Arresting a Ship at Various Speeds

    • Braking and Steering Forces Assessment
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    Braking and Steering Forces - Additional Course Videos

    • ART Direct Assist - Ship View

    • ART Direct Combined Arrest to Indirect - Tug View

    • ASD Direct Arrest then Direct Assist - Tug View

    • Brake and Steering Forces

    • CLA Act as Brake & Direct Liftoff - Tug View

    • RA85 Combined Arrest at 9kts - Tug View

    • Rastar85 Combined Indirect Arrest - Tug View
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    Dynamic Ship Assist

    • Dynamic Ship Assist

    • Dynamic Ship Assist Presentation

    • CLA Dynamic Arrest to Indirect - Tug View

    • CLA Push on Quarter - Tug View

    • CLA Transition Astern to Powered Indirect to Direct - Tug View

    • Dynamic Ship Assist Assessment
  • 13

    Active Escort Dual Towage

    • Active Escort Dual Towage

    • Active Escort Dual Towage Presentation

    • Dual Towage - Active and Passive

    • Dual Towage Trials - Tug View

    • Active Escort Towage Assessment
  • 14

    Rotor Tug Design

    • Rotor Tug Design

    • Rotor Tug Design Presentation

    • Indirect Assist RT Discovery Port Hedland

    • ART Direct Assist - Ship View

    • Rotor Tug Design Assessment
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    Tug Stability During Escort Towage Operations

    • Tug Stability when Undertaking Escort Towage

    • Tug Stability During Escort Towage Operations Presentation

    • Escort Tug Safety: Accounting for Dynamic Scenarios in Design and Operations - Tugnology 2019

    • Enhanced Tug Safety Through Internationally Harmonised Stability Regulations - Tugnol0gy 2017

    • Tug Stability During Escort Towage Operations Assessment
  • 16

    Tug Propeller Wash Affecting Ships

    • Propeller Wash Affecting a Ship

    • Propeller Wash Affecting a Ship Presentation

    • Port Ash Simulation

    • Ship lift off without line attached - PPU

    • Tug wash affecting ship - Tug & OSV

    • Tug Propeller Wash Assessment
  • 17

    Bow Operations

    • Bow Operations

    • Bow Operations Presentation

    • Fairplay 22 Investigation - The Dutch Safety Board

    • Bow Operations Training Guidelines

    • Bow Operations is it Necessary?

    • Bow Operations Towline Connection

    • Bow Operations Example Training Schedule

    • Pilot's View of Bow Operations

    • Bow Operations

    • CLF Lead Ahead and Follow Alongside

    • Bow Operations Assessment
  • 18

    Rudder Push Tug Operations

    • Rudder Push Tug

    • Rudder Push Tug Presentation

    • Indirect and Push on Transom

    • Pushing on Ship's Quarter to Steer

    • Push on Transom and Indirect

    • Push on Transom 1

    • Push on Transom and Ship's Quarter

    • Push in Ship's Transom 2

    • Rudder Push Tug Training Exercise

    • Pilot Tug Commands for Rudder Push

    • Pros and Cons Towing or Pushing Ships

    • Rudder Push Tug Operations Assessment
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    Towline Forces During Escort Towage Operations

    • Towline Forces

    • Towline Forces During Escort Towage Operations Presentation

    • Towline Forces Diagram

    • Ship's Deck Fittings Utalised for Towing - ITS 2018

    • CLA Steaming with Ship

    • Explanation Creating Towline Forces

    • Towline Forces During Escort Towage Operations Assessment
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    Winches and Towlines Utalised by Escort Tugs

    • Winches and Towline Utalised During Escort Towage Operations

    • Winches and Towlines Utilised by Escort Tugs Presentation

    • Winches and Towlines Utilised by Escort Tugs Assessment
  • 21

    Winch and Towlines Utilised by Escort Tugs - Additional Reading

    • Safe Operation with Synthetic Fibre Ropes in Dynamic Applications - ITS 2016

    • The Compact Foredeck - Optimising Working Deck Space - Tugnology 2015

    • Guidelines on Design and Layout of Harbour Towage Equipment - European Maritime Pilots Association

    • Improving Safety and Reliability with Holistic Towline System Design - ITS 2018

    • International Standard for Bollard Pull Trials - Tugnology 2019

    • Rope Selection, Procurement and Usage - British Tugowners Association

    • Towlines - Henk Hensen

    • Towline Friction and Its Consequences - Henk Hensen

    • Standard Winch Orders - SeaWays

    • Towline Forces Diagram - SeaWays

    • Tug Safety and Modern Technology - A Winch Engineers' Perspective - Tugnology 2015
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    Winches and Towlines Utilised by Escort Tugs - Additional Videos

    • Bow operations Winch Driving

    • High Speed CLA Active Escort

    • Medium Speed CLA Active Escort

    • Winch Driving Commands CLA Active Escort

    • Winch Driving Commands CLA Inbound

    • Winch Driving During Dynamic Assist
  • 23

    Pilot Tug Communications Pertaining to Escort Towage

    • Pilot Tugmaster Communications - Tugmaster

    • Pilot Tug Objective Communications - Pilot

    • Pilot Tug Communications Pertaining to Escort Towage Presentation

    • Clock Positions Around a Ship

    • Pilot Tug Orders - SeaWays

    • Ship Terminology

    • Tugs and Wind Drift Angle - Nautical Institute

    • Pilot Tug Communications Assessment
  • 24

    Risks of Undertaking Active Escort & Dynamic Assist Operations

    • Risk of Undertaking Active Escort and Dynamic Assist Operations

    • Risks in Undertaking Escort Towage Presentation

    • Outbound Shoulder to Shoulder

    • Risks of Undertaking Escort Towage Assessment
  • 25

    Risks of Undertaking Active Escort & Dynamic Assist Operations - Additional Reading

    • Working Around a Ship's Quarter - SeaWays

    • Proving Competency and Compliance - Tug & OSV

    • CTS Towing Over the Stern - Chris Stockman

    • Advice on Accidents - A Loynd

    • The Challenges of Tug Safety - Tugnology 17

    • Legal and Practical Concerns of Towage and Salvage - James Shirley

    • The Human Element - MCA

    • Safe Tug Procedures - Henk Hensen

    • Warramunga Public Report

    • Goliath and Tugs York Cove and Cambell Cove - ATSB Preliminary Report
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    Escort Tug Towing Staples and Karmoy Pins

    • Escort Tug Towing Staples and Karmoy Pins

    • Escort Tug Towing Staples & Karmoy Pins Presentation

    • Working Angles Karmoy Pins

    • Escort Tug Towing Staples and Karmoy Pins Assessment
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    Advanced Simulation Training for Pilots and Tugmasters

    • Advanced Simulation Training for Pilot and Tugmasters

    • Initial Simulator Training Presetation

    • Advanced Simulation Training For Pilots & Tugmasters

    • Advanced Simulation Training for Pilots and Tugmasters
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    Course Summary

    • Course Summary - Sea it Our Way

    • Summary - Sea it Our Way