'Get her up on plane, ready to go'.  Is that a tug captain's version of a Dad Joke? Very droll.😁

Give the chief a chest cam, so we can see what's happening shipside. It'll give you more editing work but would be a great enhancement.

I wouldn't have thought you would cavitate at such a low reverse speed.

We often have fuel barges leave their screws turning for long periods of time while they’re already along side and tied up. As a crane operator it makes it unsafe for cargo operations at times because it moves the ship along side the dock. Moving the ship unexpectedly  makes us no longer centered on the hatch. This can be dangerous.

As a crane operator I hope that any tug boat captains reading this try to reduce this as much as possible if container cargo operations are under way.

There is something so satisfying watching folks like yourself doing such critical jobs, where screwing up is expensive and dangerous, with such precision! So glad you're uploading here!

Thanks for narrating things like “port ahead, starboard astern, right rudder”! Very helpful to learn about this.

It’s almost as if you know what you’re doing. You guys make it look easy. 👍👍🇨🇦

I had no clue barges are how the boats refueled, I figured it came from the dock and each mooring location had a fuel pipe like lots of modernized airports do at the terminal for filling the planes.

Was privileged to be aboard USS NEW JERSEY on the transit from the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard drydock 3 to Paulsboro NJ abt 10 days ago to allow for dewatering prior to return to our home port of Camden NJ.  While underway with tug assist (the US Navy rightfully has opinions about firing up our boilers) the knowledge to bring us out, up the Delaware river, and to out mooring in Paulsboro without any sense of moving is a testament to the skills of the profession.

Was even a little disappointed to feel ZERO sense of movement in the entire transit.  Of course part of that is ~47,000 tons of mass, but MOST of that is due to the training, skills and knowledge of those in your trade.  Bravo Zulu to Tim and your peers.

Tim ... "cool down for a bit!" LOL Excellent demonstration of the maneuvering needed to complete this job successfully! Stay safe.
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That was a Sweet swing out!

Hard right rudder while backing will induce the port yaw you're seeing.  Hard left rudder while moving aft should reduce it.  Unless you've rudder aft of your screws, then all bets are off.

Im an intermodal trucker in Cincinnati.
Some of my stuff goes thru Port Elizabeth. Cool seeing this.

Heard they call them ROLL ON ROLLOVERS!    Cause they do

Wonderful to witness precision ship-handling up close with a step-by-step desciption! 😊💜

Watching you backup, pirouette about, then get under way was impressive. Also, you're awsome on the two-way radio!

Bow and stern thrusters would be life changing I believe.

I would love to get views from other camera locations if you can. This is really interesting.

At 11:33 "Get her up on the plane". Ambitious! I had no idea that bunker barges could be so swift!

It's lovely to watch working boats, ships. Thank you for doing these!

Well that was 😎. Not for everyone I expect; nothing blows up, no excessive speed, but a pleasure to see the skill and knowledge at work irl for a critical link in the chain providing consumer goods that we all rely on. Besides, i just love working ports. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I can watch locks in canals in person for hours at a time, watching the barges pass through. If I lived somewhere I could watch stuff like this I don’t think I’d ever go home