Wednesday, September 9, 2015

MSC Diego

The final chapter of this series on the early morning traffic of our port.
Tug Porto Baratti, IMO 9167887, container ship MSC Diego, IMO 9202649, port of Livorno
At 8:14 AM the tug “Porto Baratti” is leading the “MSC Diego” out of the port.
Container ship MSC Diego, IMO 9202649, tug Tito Neri, IMO 9319167, port of Livorno
Container ship MSC Diego, IMO 9202649, tug Tito Neri, IMO 9319167, port of Livorno
At 8:16 AM the 260-meter container ship is in full view. At 8:19 AM the tug “Tito Neri” is visible at the stern.

Before Dawn - Atlantide II - Mega Andrea - Norwegian Epic - Oceana - Tugs - Island Princess - The Rower
- The Red Fishing Boat

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14 comments:

William Kendall said...

The container ship doesn't seem to overwhelm the tug boat in this case.

Lois said...

I always like seeing tug boats.

Revrunner said...

I'm always amazed at how tugs can move these larger ships.

Halcyon said...

Like Revrunner, I am amazed that little boat can drag those big boats!

Dina said...

We hope you will go out for a second early morning of such shots. The first series was great! Thanks for sharing your exciting port.

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

Tugs, for me, are the little engines that could. Nice slice of life from Livorno!

Janis
GDP

Luis Gomez said...

As always VP, great shots!

Karl said...

Fascinating how those little tugs can move these giants !

Sharon said...

Those tug boats do a lot of heavy work!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Tugboats are the heroes of the harbour! Have so enjoyed this series VP.

Lowell said...

You do such a good job with these photos. And those tugs do a tremendous job, too!

RedPat said...

I love that first shot, VP!

cieldequimper said...

You post tugs and I'm happy! :-)

EG CameraGirl said...

I love seeing the tugboat lead the way!