Tug, mooring and inland operations

On-chart control of mooring lines and automatic tugs

Tug Bridge in Pacific Maritime Institute

The Transas Tug Operator Trainer provides users with excellent tools for both ship assisting training tasks and professional training in tug and barge operations, including:

• Simulation training in mooring operations (ship-to-ship and ship-to-pier);
• Simulation training in anchoring operations;
• Simulation training in tug operations (automatic and manual mode).

It is possible to use tugs as own ships handled by the bridge team, or as target ships handled by the instructor manually or in the semiautomatic mode.

Practically all types of tugboats are simulated, including conventional single-screw tugs, conventional twin-screw tugs, cycloid-drive (Voith-Schneider) tractor tugs and Z-drive reverse tractor drive. Interface to real tug controls can be provided.