The deck of a tug boat is definitely not the easiest and safest place to work. There are strong winds and waves, harsh weather conditions and hard-to-use heavy equipment combined to make it even more difficult and sometimes even dangerous place. But the work that is done by the people working on deck of the tug is really invaluable.

In today's shipping market, the size of vessels is increasing much faster than the ports can actually accommodate. Harbor operations are becoming increasingly complex. Time pressures and increasing traffic are making ever greater demands on tugs. To meet the challenge, tug crews depend on the professionalism of the vessel's crews. Good teamwork between everyone involved in the towing operations is absolutely essential for the safe and efficient completion of the process...

This training film supplements the training booklet on working on tugs. We highly recommend all workers of the offshore industry engaged in the towing operations on either side, to have better understanding of the operations as well as of the risks and dangers that shall be expected and get duly prepared to complete all of the operations in the safest and most efficient manner.

This short video animation was prepared by Seagull specialists for training purposes. All crew members and people who have once participated in any of the anchoring or mooring operations are well aware of the fact that subject operations are critically important and hazardous by nature - however, they are tasks routinely conducted on vast majority of the vessels sailing today.

The mooring arrangements may differ from one sea port to another and hat is why it is very important to carefully pre-plan all mooring operations well in advance of the vessel calling at the port. The animation demonstrates the main phases of the mooring process.

Of course, taking into account its duration, one cannot expect the video to fully cover the mooring activities in detail. however, this is more than enough for those willing to get a general idea of the process and good for a start.

There are places for gambling, for taking a bit of the chance - it is highly recommended to the people to try and remember that the sea is definitely not one of them. Break the rules here, ignore them, get careless - and the results could be devastating. Don't take chances! One analysis of marine pollution claims showed that 37 % of the pollution were caused by bunker spills.

Those spills resulted in claims with dozens of millions of dollars. Bear in mind as necessary that should you be dealing with oil, you might as well be dealing with a dynamite. This is critically important as all of us have a good understanding of the negative consequences that may be potentially caused by the failure in following the established procedures. Have a close look at the procedures described in this training video and this knowledge will help you in performing the bunkering in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

An excellent training video which will be greatly appreciated by the ship navigators. The audience for this training would consist of the future mariners, however it will also interest professional seamen since they may find something new. Every seafarer knows of the strong winds and heavy seas that are commonly caused by the fully developed tropical cyclones.

Such cyclones and typhoons sometimes dominate the seas with devastating forces. What is expected for navigators to ensure safe and economical voyages in such an environment? The content of this video will shed some light on this and will help to find the answers to the questions related to the navigation of the vessel in the difficult to handle conditions of the head and countering seas.

Needless to say that this instructional film will serve as a greatly useful visual aid when used as a supplement to the theoretical information obtained from the books. We recommend this one to the navigators who regularly face the necessity to handle their vessels in the above stated conditions.

All mariners are well aware of the fact that when the vessel is sailing in following and quartering seas, the vessel's motions will be augmented and this in turn will increase the possibility of the vessel getting capsized. that is why it is critically important for the safety of the vessel that the navigators possess more detailed knowledge about these risks.

The ship handling techniques that we are studying here are also available in the relevant IMO providing guidance to the Masters for avoiding potentially dangerous situations in such conditions. The content of this training video is highly recommended to the professional mariners willing to refresh or improve their skills and of course to the future ship navigators who can use it as a supplementary training source.

Proper understanding of all dangers that may be encountered in the quartering and following seas is essential to understand since it will allow to take all necessary actions and avoid the associated risks.

The PCCs, standing for the Pure Car Carriers, or Car ferries, are commonly characterized as special ships form with relatively high freeboard that have a very large area of the hull plus superstructure projecting above the water level in comparison to the area of the "underwater" hull.

Therefore, the wind has great influence on the ship hull, and the wave from the bow has also much impact on the large flare of the bow. In addition, incidents of dragging anchor due to strong winds also take place while anchoring such vessels.

We do recommend to watch this video to have better understanding of the maneuverability of the car carriers, their behavior at sea, naval architecture issues involved and precautions to be taken for the safe and efficient operation of those vessels. You may also wish to have a look in this video addressing the maneuverability of the very large ships.

When a ship navigates in head seas, it's hull is subjected to sever shocks which induce violent ship motions. As well trained and duly experienced navigators, we have the ability to provide our response to this through alteration of the course and speed of the ship to the required extent.

However, to accomplish safe navigation in head seas, it's advisable to have more reliable ship handling techniques backed by theoretical knowledge as to why these phenomena are created and what shall be done to avoid the generation of these critical effects in addition to possessing sea-going experience.

This instructional video is highly recommended to the ship navigators and particularly to the bridge teams of those vessel regularly navigating in the above mentioned conditions. By watching this video, they will find some information that will be of practical use and help them provide safe navigation of their vessels. The video will also serve as a great training tool for the newcomers and students who shall use it as a very effective supplementary training material.

Narrow passages and fairways in rivers and canals with a navigable depth or width comparatively small in relation to the draught or breadth of transiting ships are called restricted waters. The maneuverability of ships navigating through such restricted will be effected by peculiar hydrodynamic effects that are different from those when ships navigate in broad and deep waters.

Please note that we also have three other videos that belong to the same series of handling ships in restricted waters and address the anchoring, in-harbor ship handling and bank effects & interactions between two ships. The explanations are simple and clear making the video a good visual supplement to the theoretical training. Obviously, going through the content of all four videos will provide the best training effect for the mariners and is most recommended.