Good Hurtigruten docking technique in Bodø

[Sgeir]

Impressive.

Apologies if this has appeared in another thread.

 

[cpedw]

We spent 4 days on a Hurtigruten boat in March 2018. A couple of scheduled stops were missed because of bad weather so we saw nothing like that.

The most impressive feature was that the shore crew at each of the small ports was just one bloke with a fork lift. He never seemed to be overworked.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Brilliant maneuvering. They make it look so easy.

 

[sarabande]

Drudging - an old-fashioned skill. As taught at Sir John Cass college in the early 70s in their model ship tank. Enormous fun

 

[zoidberg]

Should you get off the wee train at Oban in similar weather ( every other day ) you'll likely see Calmac's MV Isle of Lewis or Clansman doing exactly the same thing.
They charge into the bay at surprising speed, drop a hook as a check, and spin on it to come to rest - sometimes abruptly - against the quay. Locals speculate that one day the chain will snap, and the boat will end up in the Tesco carpark

 

[PilotWolf]

Saw the same on the Almalfi coast with the ferries at speed. Dread to think what would happen if anything failed.

W.

 

[pagoda]

Should you get off the wee train at Oban in similar weather ( every other day ) you'll likely see Calmac's MV Isle of Lewis or Clansman doing exactly the same thing.
They charge into the bay at surprising speed, drop a hook as a check, and spin on it to come to rest - sometimes abruptly - against the quay. Locals speculate that one day the chain will snap, and the boat will end up in the Tesco carpark

I think they need to teach that method to the helms/ OODs on the Clyde ferries as well. As time passes, almost all their piers involve "handbrake turn / reverse in" maneuvers. The difference between different helms and approaches in windy conditions is wide.

 

[Richard10002]

Notice the line handlers standing well back until the last possible moment.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I think they need to teach that method to the helms/ OODs on the Clyde ferries as well. As time passes, almost all their piers involve "handbrake turn / reverse in" maneuvers. The difference between different helms and approaches in windy conditions is wide.

The Saturn used to be fantastic at that, particularly in Wemyss Bay. I used to enjoy watching new passengers start twitching as she passed the end of the pier at full pelt,heading for the shore,, then screeched to a halt, spun 180 degrees and went in sideways. She had Voith-Schneider propulsors - the Argyle and the Bute have some sort of pod drive which seems to make them much less manoeuverable and is presumably why they struggle to keep up a 45 minute departure-to departure timing whereas the Saturn, if pushed, could do it in 30 minutes.

 

[tudorsailor]

I note that the anchor chain is not being paid out as the ship moves to the quay so the anchor must be dragging.

As the NordNorge has propellers and not pods, the 2 stern thrusters must have been working overtime to control the stern of the boat.
Very similar footage from 2016

TS

 

[[70521]]

Not the first time she has done that. Impressive.

 

[DoubleEnder]

Impressive.

Apologies if this has appeared in another thread.

Getting off again might be fun

 

[captainhaddock]

I'd like to see how they get off the dock in those conditions. Spring line?

 

[LONG_KEELER]

I'd like to see how they get off the dock in those conditions. Spring line?

Some coasters that don't have bow thrusters , or use tugs, lay out an anchor on their way in every time they dock. As you suggest, probably spring off as well.

 

[zoidberg]

Notice the line handlers standing well back until the last possible moment.

Aye, and the crew member on the port bow making a cock of passing a line ashore.....

 

[SimonFa]

I note that the anchor chain is not being paid out as the ship moves to the quay so the anchor must be dragging.

As the NordNorge has propellers and not pods, the 2 stern thrusters must have been working overtime to control the stern of the boat.
Very similar footage from 2016

TS

Thanks, I was wondering about the stern and that makes sense.

 

[claymore]

We do this all the time - it works well in Kerrera
As far as getting off goes, we don't bother with all that daft springing nonsense - just wait until the wind drops or better still, wait until it blows the other way

 

[Giblets]

Most of the Hurtigruten fleet have twin props and a separate rotating pod thingy at the stern for close manoeuvring.

 

[tudorsailor]

Most of the Hurtigruten fleet have twin props and a separate rotating pod thingy at the stern for close manoeuvring.

The tech specs for the NordNorge are here scheepvaartwest - Nordnorge - IMO 9107784

This includes the facts

Propellers	2x Kamewa controllable pitch propellers
Boilers	2x Auxiliary boiler, exhaust gas heated 1x Auxiliary boiler, oil/gas fired
Generators	2x Bergen KRG-8 diesel generatorsets each 1.265 kW / 1.721 hp
Bow thruster	2x Brunvoll bow thrusters - 790 kW each 2x Brunvoll stern thrusters - 442 kW each

Are these Aizimuth?

TS

 

[Giblets]

The tech specs for the NordNorge are here scheepvaartwest - Nordnorge - IMO 9107784

This includes the facts

Propellers	2x Kamewa controllable pitch propellers
Boilers	2x Auxiliary boiler, exhaust gas heated 1x Auxiliary boiler, oil/gas fired
Generators	2x Bergen KRG-8 diesel generatorsets each 1.265 kW / 1.721 hp
Bow thruster	2x Brunvoll bow thrusters - 790 kW each 2x Brunvoll stern thrusters - 442 kW each

Are these Aizimuth?


TS

From their current Norwegian fleet of 12 vessels, 6 have stern thrusters, 3 have azimuth stern thrusters and 1 has full azimuth pods.