- Tugs and towboats

201. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) and the 1920's/30's built former mussel dredge ROA are away on the first...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10340

202. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 1920's/30's built former mussel dredge ROA and HAURAKI(2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) head downsteam to the first mark.
Date: 1 Feb 2016
Image ID 10339

203. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The crew of the Royal New Zealand Navy Commodore's launch see a gap in the harbour traffic as they attempt to cross the harbour to the RNZN...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10338

204. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The crew of the Royal New Zealand Navy Commodore's launch see a gap in the harbour traffic astern of the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C....
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10337

205. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Line honours winners, the Ports of Auckland "terrible twins" WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) and WAKA KUME (2000/338grt/IMO 9212084) surge...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10335

206. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Line honours winners, the Ports of Auckland "terrible twins" WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) and WAKA KUME (2000/338grt/IMO 9212084) surge...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10334

207. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. STERLING, built in 1925, on her eighth appearance in the race, seen at speed crossing the finish line.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10333

208. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Not part of the race, these guys were on the water to drive home their message.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10332

209. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. CAPRICORN ALPHA (2011/196grt/164dwt/IMO 9608879, ex-MITRA CATUR 8) a first time entrant in the race. She is owned and operated by Heron...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10331

210. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. BIG BUD (launched 2003), a first-time entrant and the most luxurious vessel to take part.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10330

211. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) a regular entrant over the past years.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10329

212. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 1956-built STRATHALLAN heads the steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) on the final leg of the race to the finish.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10328

213. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Thomson Towboat's MAHIA leads Ports of Aucklands' Chinese-built HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) to the finish line.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10327

214. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Her eighth appearance in the race, STERLING leads Thomson Towboats' MAHIA, the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345)...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10326

215. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. MAHIA (Thomson Towboats) surges to the finish line ahead of the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345).
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10325

216. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. MAHIA (Thomson Towboats) surges to the finish line ahead of the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345).
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10324

217. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 81 year-old preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) takes a while to wind up the speed as she crosses the start...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10323

218. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The oldest and newest big tugs on the harbour were the 81 year-old preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) and Ports...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10322

219. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. TE HAURAKI was built in 1920 at the old Auckland Harbour Board workshops, her career with the AHB spanning some 50+ years until she was...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10321

220. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Paying passengers aboard the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) take in the spectacle of the post-race...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10320

221. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. FERRO (1905) is a former Auckland harbour Board pilot launch. She was rescued and totally refurbished, being relaunched on 29 November...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10319

222. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345), BIG BUD (left) and MAHIA (1970/34grt) take a breather moments after crossing the finish line.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10318

223. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) and Thomson Towboats WAINUI get friendly after crossing the finish line.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10317

224. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. TUNA was built in 1938 by Charles Bailey Jnr of Auckland for the Tokomaru Harbour Board. Here she approaches the finish of this years race.
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10316

225. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The stokers aboard preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) would be taking a well-earned breather at the end of the...
Date: 1 February 2016
Image ID 10315

226. EQUANIMITY (renamed TRANQUILITY) by and completed by Oceanco in The Netherlands last year (2014), arrives in Auckland today following a passage from Incheon, S. Korea. Her interior is by Andrew...
Date: 28 December 2015
Image ID 10270

227. Ports of Auckland tugs WAKA KUME (2000/338grt/IMO 9212084) and HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) assist the bulk carrier CHAMPION BAY on her arrival in Auckland from Maceio, Brazil.
Date: 17 December 2015
Image ID 10258

228. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - the newest addition to the Ports of Auckland tug fleet, assisting the container ship BALAO.
Date: 14 December 2015
Image ID 10251

229. STOLT TSUBAKI (2011/7242gt/IMO 9477543) arriving in Auckland from Melbourne, Australia. She is seen here being assisted by HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) the newest addition to the Ports of...
Date: 10 December 2014
Image ID 10248

230. ROA - built in the late 1920's/early 1930's by Sam Ford, was once a mussel dredge for the Coromandel Mussel Dredging Company. She is seen here passing the outbound cruise ship EXPLORER OF THE SEAS...
Date: 6 December 2015
Image ID 10241

231. SIR ROBERT (2000/338 tons disp/ IMO 9212096) - Port of Tauranga's tug Sir Robert undergoing trials before departing Auckland for home. She came north for a period of work at Titan Marine's shipyard in...
Date: 13 November 2015
Image ID 10212

232. TURIHAUA (1977/IMO 7532040) - built by Whangarei Engineering and Construction Ltd (NZ) for the Gisborne Harbour Board. Acquired by Thomson Towboats of Auckland she is seen here in new black hull...
Date: 23 October 2015
Image ID 10199

233. Ports of Auckland's tug DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) assists the preserved vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) back to her berth after a program of routine maintenance in...
Date: 28 August 2015
Image ID 10174

234. Ports of Auckland's tug DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) assists the preserved vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) back to her berth after a program of routine maintenance in...
Date: 28 August 2015
Image ID 10173

235. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, at full speed, heads for the finish line of the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. YACHT EXPRESS...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9962

236. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, with the stokers giving it everything they have got, heads for the third mark in the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9961

237. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, rounds the second mark in the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. The race was held for the first time over a...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9960

238. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, with her stokers giving it everything they have got and with Ports of Auckland's latest tug HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9957

239. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, completes the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. In the background are two former Auckland Harbour Board pilot...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9956

240. WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) - Sometimes even experienced photographers can get a little too close for comfort. There is actually more separation than it looks. It looks close due to the use of a...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9951

241. WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) - Sometimes even experienced photographers can get a little too close for comfort. There is actually more separation than it looks. It looks close due to the use of a...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9950

242. SHAMROCK (1915) rounds the second mark during the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. Bearing down close astern is the Port of Auckland tug WAIPAPA. In March 2017 SHAMROCK hit rocks...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9934

243. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, rounds the second mark in the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. She is closely followed by the 65'...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9930

244. RUA - a tiny 8.35m tug/workboat with a two-tonne bollard pull. Owned by Heron Construction of Auckland.
Date: 14 January 2015
Image ID 9914

245. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - the latest addition to the Ports of Auckland tug fleet, seen here at work on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 10 December 2014
Image ID 9888

246. TURIHAUA (1977/104grt/IMO 7532040) - a former Eastland Port tug (Gisborne) but having recently been acquired by Thomson Towboats of Auckland, assists moving the bunkering barge MARSTEL from the...
Date: 23 December 2014
Image ID 9879

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247. PROFESSIONAL SKIPPER (NZ), Nov/Dec 2014
Date: Nov/Dec 2014
Image ID 9800

248. PROFESSIONAL SKIPPER (NZ), Nov/Dec 2014
Date: Nov/Dec 2014
Image ID 9799

249. TULANE (2012/72295grt/28818dwt/IMO 9505089) en-route to Brisbane, Australia, manoeuvres into the stream from her Bledisloe Wharf berth with Ports of Auckland's new tug HAURAKI assisting.
Date: 6 October 2014
Image ID 9751

250. TULANE (2012/72295grt/28818dwt/IMO 9505089) sails for Brisbane as Ports of Auckland's new tug HAURAKI returns to her berth.
Date: 6 October 2014
Image ID 9750

251. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) stands by to take a line from the recently launched Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier BELLE PLAINE. The bulker, making her maiden call at Auckland was inbound...
Date: 11 September 2014
Image ID 9703