The Tug & the Tanker

The tug “Alessandro Neri” and the tanker “Absheron”. (Photo taken last August)
Il rimorchiatore “Alessandro Neri” e la nave cisterna “Absheron”. (Foto scattata lo scorso agosto)

Absheron

The tug “Montenero” and the tanker “Absheron”. (Already posted on Instagram)
Il rimorchiatore “Montenero” e la nave cisterna “Absheron”. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Swan Baltic

The 130-meter tanker “Swan Baltic” leaves the port escorted by a pilot boat.
La cisterna “Swan Baltic” (130 metri) lascia il porto scortata da una pilotina.

Elba

The 72-meter oil tanker “Elba”, built in 2009 by Omega Shipping in their shipyard in Cide, Turkey.

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Martina

A view of the stern of the “Martina”, a 125-meter tanker.

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Odoardo Amoretti

The 140-meter “Odoardo Amoretti” is an oil and chemical tanker.

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Mega Smeralda & Gaz Victory

The ferry “Mega Smeralda” and the LPG gas carrier “Gaz Victory” seen from Montenero.

See also: Mega Smeralda
External links: MS Mega Smeralda (Wikipedia)
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Xenia

The 70-meter bunker tanker “Xenia” was built in 2006 at the Şahin Çelik Shipyard in Turkey.

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M/T Gorgona

The oil products tanker “Gorgona” maneuvering at the entrance of the “Porto Mediceo”.

The 74-meter tanker is part of the D'Alesio fleet, whose ships are usually named after the islands of the Tuscan archipelago.

External links: D'Alesio Group (Offcial site) - Tuscan Archipelago (Wikipedia)

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Seaborne

Will she be able to turn in time?

Obviously yes!

See also: Four Tugs
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Four Tugs

The tug boat “Piero Neri” is assisting the 240-meter tanker “Seaborne” during the mooring operations.Three more tugs were taking part in the maneuver: the “Alfredo Neri” and the “Porto Baratti” are both visible on the left. On the right, the “Francesca Neri” is framed by the bow of the cruise ship “Sovereign”.

See also: Piero Neri - Alfredo Neri
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Feeding a Ferry

The “Giglio”, named after the island of the Tuscan Archipelago, is the newest bunkering tanker of the D'Alesio Group's fleet. She is one of the now rare ships built in Italy, at the Giacalone Shipyard in Mazara del Vallo.Here the tanker is feeding fuel oil to the ferry “Moby Corse”, with her distinctive bunch of cartoons.

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Bow & Stern

The stern of a boat of the “Vigili del Fuoco” (Fire Brigade) coming back to the old harbor, coasting the “Fortezza Vecchia”. It's not every day you see the bow of a ship coming straight toward you, even if she was only maneuvering and I was safe on a robust pier.Yesterday was a day of torrential rain, the first after months of dry weather. Summer is slowly going away taking with her the cruise ships, while the big yachts are coming home after a season of chartering around the Mediterranean.

Sailors

The tanker “Ardenza Prima” has just finished refueling the ferry “Mega Express Three”.On board the “Sardinia Regina” of Corsica Ferries lines, they have painted in yellow even their sailors.Two sailors relax on board the service boat “Alcide”, moored alongside the cruise ship “Seabourn Legend”.

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