Covering Puget Sound:crowley's Diverse Fleet Gets The Jobs Done

摘要

In Seattle, the East and West Waterways of the Duwamish River fork around Harbor Island at the south end of Elliott Bay. Crowley Maritime's Seattle office is on the island.rnWith the East Waterway behind him, Mark Reisen, the chief mate aboard the tug Chief, maneuvered her into a starboard indirect pull, turning the NYK container vessel Nebula and heading her into Puget Sound.rnThe tug Valor worked the stern of the outbound ship.rnChiefis a Harbor Class, Voith-Schneider cycloidal drive (VSP). Valor is a Valor Class azimuthingrnstern drive (ASD).rnIn Puget Sound, Crowley's fleet of eight tugs includes five VSPs, two ASD tugs and Hunter, a conventional twin-screw tug dedicated to response/rescue for Washington's Department of Ecology at Neah Bay.