bollard pull

Values for bollard pull can be determined in two ways.

The replacement vessels would have bollard pull of 40 tons.

Each tug in class have a capacity of 6 tonnes bollard pull.

The vessels in the class have a rated capacity of 25 ton bollard pull.

There, bollard pull is often a category in competitions and gives an indication of the power train efficiency.

The reference load used in the design and testing of the towing winch is twice the static bollard pull.

Built by Damen, these multifunctional patrol and emergency response vessels have a bollard pull of 100 tons.

Abeille Liberté: based in Cherbourg, bollard pull of 200 tons.

Grasp's propulsion machinery provides a bollard pull (towing force at zero speed and full power) of 68 tons.

Bollard pull is a value that allows the comparison of the pulling force of watercraft, particularly tugboats.

A tugboat's power is typically stated by its engine's horsepower and its overall bollard pull.

Each tug has a bollard pull of 19 tonnes and will add flexibility to the fleet both in Leith and in the river.

The tug Smit Amandla (bollard pull of 181 t) has been contracted for emergency towing.

If the readings of the test are measured at intervals of 30 seconds, sustained bollard pull is the mean value of the readings.

She has a helicopter-landing pad, a 20 tonne main crane and 28 tonne bollard pull and towing winch.

This value is substantially higher than sustained bollard pull and should not be referred to as "bollard pull".

Moreover it is mandatory to have one vessel with 200 t of bollard pull and 100 t each in the North Sea and Baltic respectively.

It operates one ETV on charter, the tug Kapitan Poinc, bollard pull of 74 t.

The ships initially had a towing capacity rated at a bollard pull of 30 tons, but this was removed during the COOP conversion.

She has a bollard pull of about 17 tons, and is fired by two coal-burning boilers, making her one of the strongest such tugs still afloat today.

The replacement vessels would have bollard pull of 40 tons - almost six times as much as the 7.5 tons the fire class vessels are capable of.

The big ship was brought into port by modern Voit-Schneider type tugboats, which have an exceptional maneuverability and a bollard pull of 35 and 45 tons respectively.

The bollard pull of the vessel was to take account of the greatly increased volume of passenger and cargo shipping in Iceland's economic zone and coastal waters.

Maximum static bollard pull is always higher than sustained bollard pull as it is the measure of the highest 30 seconds measured during the test.

She has a bollard pull of 17 tonnes making her powerful enough to work with every ship in the Royal Navy as well as a variety of barges and lighters.