SEABULK'S SUCCESSFUL "CATUG" CONSISTS OF CATAMARAN TUG LOCKED RIGIDLY TO BARGE

The unique design of the Catug tug-barge combination incorporates a twin-screw catamaran tug that fits closely over and around the specially contoured stern of the barge. The bulk of both vessels are faired so that when mated they resemble a single hull. They are locked together by a patented system of hydraulically operated latches on deck and wedges between the inboard sides of the tug hulls and the tongue-like extended stern of the barge. Details are provided on the advantages of the catamaran tug, the locking system, preliminary and design studies.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07325460
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 52-53
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barges; Catamarans; Tugboats; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Ship descriptions; Tug barge linkage
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149296
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM