tug built using flat plate steel??

[CaptDag]

a while back, I seen an article of a tug built using flat plate w/ no rounded or curved edges to save on construction time and cost. does anyone know what vessel this is? Thanks

[Jolly Tar]

Could be referring to the new Reinauer facet tugs?

REINAUER TWINS
http://www.narragansettbayshipping.c...inauer%20Twins

[cappy208]

Facet.... That's funny! Facet= Another way to say, too cheap to bend steel. Mighty good looking too I may add. All those straight plates, easily faired, and good looking lines.

[c.captain]

If you think about it, a tug designed to only work when fitted into a notch really need have no lines at all except for perhaps around the screws for waterflow. Any ATB tug is really nothing more than a module containing engines, fuel tanks and accomodations to a larger vessel which is the barge it is mated to.

Of course, it is our archaic manning regulations which are the birthchild of the ATB. To the best of my belief they are pretty much only found in the US.

[injunear]

Of course, it is our archaic manning regulations which are the birthchild of the ATB. To the best of my belief they are pretty much only found in the US.

The Artubar system is from Japan. There are a couple in use in the U.S. The Jak system is from Finland. There are a few here in the U.S. and I'm not sure how many in Euorpe.

[wafinator]

I'm still on the fence about how good these things look. From a distance I can almost see the beauty.

But anyhow, I guess Reinauer bought a shipyard that didnt have the equipment for, nor had the previous need to bend steel. So they did the best they could and together with that Robert Allen (he seems to design everything), we get the Facet tug...

Props for the unconventional thinking at the very least.