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Old 03-28-2024, 7:01pm   #276
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Originally Posted by VatorMan View Post
You provide tugs based on the weight of the ship. Are you saying 4-6 tugs couldn’t have changed the ships course ?

I can’t opine on how many tugs could stop or turn a 90,000 ton ship going 9 mph in less than a minute. That’s a whole lot of mass to stop quickly. I do know that tugs don’t usually stay tied to a large ship once it’s underway in the channel.
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