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Tug VB Mars.
IMO: 9695509.
Year of construction: 2016.
Function: port tug with fire extinguishing system.
Type: ASD 2813 tug.
ASD = Azimuth Stern Drive. The propeller is in a special housing under the vessel. This housing can be rotated 360°, making a conventional rudder unnecessary. This technology makes the vessel more manoeuvrable.
This tug is waiting in the mouth of the harbour to pick up a ship and guide it to one of the ports on the Maasvlakte.
This photo, with Scheveningen in the background, was taken on 21 April 2024 from the Maasvlakte.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…