Not every tug claiming to be escort rated can perform the required duties safely and effectively. That was one of the messages delivered by world-renowned tug designer Robert Allan of Robert Allan Ltd. at the Tugnology ’19 conference in Liverpool, England earlier this year. Tugnology is a two-day technical conference on the design, construction, operation and economics of tugs.
Allan, the executive chairman of the Vancouver, British Columbia-based naval architect and marine engineering firm,...
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