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Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary

Harbour Tugs, Towage Operators and Tug Builders glossary (page 2)

Vocabulary of harbour and ocean towage: tug classification rules and notations, azimuth-stern-drive and rotor-tug designs such as the Robert Allan ART, dual-role anchor-handling tugs, the major towage operators including Svitzer and captive port fleets, and the builders like Damen and the bollard-pull and assist-method terminology of ship-handling tugs.

262 defined terms.

Showing 12 on this page (page 2 of 2).

Y

Yacht Tug
Compact harbour tug used in superyacht docking at marinas in Monaco, Mallorca and the Caribbean.
Yantai CIMC Raffles
Chinese yard building some larger tug-supply units.
Yokohama Pneumatic Fenders
Standard ship-shape fender used between harbour tugs and ship hulls.
Yusen Logistics Tugs
NYK group affiliate operating harbour tugs at Japanese terminals.

Z

Z-Drive
Azimuthing propulsion unit common on tugs.
Z-Peller
Niigata's Z-drive azimuth thruster brand name.
Z-Tech
RAL design family of Z-drive tugs with the wheelhouse forward and a long working aft deck, popular in container terminals.
Z-Tech 4500
Smaller Robert Allan Z-Tech harbor tug design.
Z-Tech 6500
Mid-range Robert Allan Z-Tech ASD tug design.
Z-Tech 7500
30 m class Robert Allan Z-Tech ASD harbor and terminal tug design.
Zhenjiang Shipyard
Chinese yard delivering harbour tugs for domestic ports.
Zonda-Class Tug
Sanmar series name for one of its RAmparts variants.