VIDEO: Compact tugs Rascal and Rowdy deliver big bollard pull

Rascal and Rowdy GA drawing

Two very compact, high bollard pull ship handling tugs. Rascal and Rowdy are now in service with Longview, Wash.-headquartered Brusco Tug & Barge.The Robert Allan Ltd design RAscal 2000-D series tugs were constructed at Diversified Marine Inc. of Portland, Oregon. Measuring 65 x 32 feet and with a bollard pull ahead of 85,000 lbs (38.5) tonnes, they are the highest bollard pull tugs of this size designed to date by Robert Allan Ltd.

The compact Rascal and Rowdy are well suited for harbors where...

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Diversified Marine to build two more tugs for Brusco

Brusco Tug & Barge, Longview, Wash., has signed an agreement to build a pair of Robert Allan Ltd. designed 78’x40’x14′ tugs at Diversified Marine Inc. The new boats will be the 9th and 10th Robert Allan designed tugs built at Diversified Marine for Brusco Tug & Barge. The three companies have a history dating back to 1999, when Brusco ordered their first Robert Allan RApport series tug, the Wynema Spirit.

Jim Hyslop, manager of project development and principal at Robert Allan has been involved...

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