- Tugs and towboats

101. Royal Caribbean's 348m long QUANTUM OF THE SEAS (2014/IMO 9549463/168666gt) made her maiden call at Auckland today arriving in port from Tauranga just after sunrise. She is the second of RCL's...
Date: 22 March 2023
Image ID 12962

102. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) the swastika on her anchors may cause a certain amount of puzzlement but according to http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland212.html...
Date: 20 March 2023
Image ID 12935

103. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) the swastika on her anchors may cause a certain amount of puzzlement but according to http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland212.html...
Date: 20 March 2023
Image ID 12934

104. Royal Caribbean's OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) first call in two and a half years, arriving late morning from Sydney, Australia, made for a very busy day at Ports of...
Date: 29 November 2022
Image ID 12759

105. The “Grand Old Lady” of the Waitemata Harbour - the preserved veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/323gt/LR No: 5390345) heading back to her berth at Devonport at the end of another...
Date: 16 October 2022
Image ID 12710

106. The “Grand Old Lady” of the Waitemata Harbour - the preserved veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/323gt/LR No: 5390345) heading back to her berth at Devonport at the end of another...
Date: 18 October 2022
Image ID 12709

107. Celebrity Cruises 2010-built, 317.14m CELEBRITY ECLIPSE (121878gt/IMO 9404314) arrived into Auckland from Raiatea, French Polynesia this morning, resplendent in her new Celebrity livery and with...
Date: 18 October 2022
Image ID 12699

108. SHILING (2005/53807gt/66501dwt/IMO 9290452/5117TEU. Ex-OCTAVIA) sails from Auckland bound for Lyttelton assisted by the tug WAKA KUME (blue) and the world’s first full size ship handling e-tug...
Date: 13 September 2022
Image ID 12681

109. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) the world's first full size ship handling e-tug manoeuvring alongside an incoming container ship.
Date: 13 September 2022
Image ID 12679

110. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) the world's first full size ship handling e-tug (green) and the diesel tug WAKA KUME assist the container ship SHILING as she sails for Lyttelton.
Date: 13 September 2022
Image ID 12678

111. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) the world's first full size ship handling e-tug assisting the containership SHILING as she departs for Lyttelton.
Date: 13 September 2022
Image ID 12677

112. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) the world's first full size ship handling e-tug (green) and the diesel tug WAKA KUME assist the container ship SHILING as she sails for Lyttelton.
Date: 13 September 2022
Image ID 12676

113. SHILING (2005/53807gt/66501dwt/IMO 9290452/5117TEU. Ex-OCTAVIA) sails from Auckland bound for Lyttelton assisted by the tug WAKA KUME (blue) and the world’s first full size ship handling e-tug...
Date: 13 September 2022
Image ID 12675

114. Inbound from Long Beach, California for her maiden call, SYNERGY BUSAN (2009/IMO 9450571/40030gt/50727dwt/4253TEU/ex-BUSAN, YM BUSAN) is eased onto her Fergusson terminal berth by the tug WAKA...
Date: 3 September 2022
Image ID 12669

115. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - !!!! Anyone would think Ports of Auckland's brand new, much touted, full-sized ship handling e-tug (a world first!!) was actually working for its living (seen...
Date: 10 July 2022
Image ID 12667

116. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug, crew training before beginning everyday operations, passes the inbound Cook...
Date: 2 August 2022
Image ID 12645

117. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug, crew training before beginning everyday operations.
Date: 02 August 2022
Image ID 12643

118. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug, crew training before beginning everyday operations.
Date: 2 August 2022
Image ID 12642

119. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug, crew training before beginning everyday operations.
Date: 2 August 2022
Image ID 12641

120. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug returns to her berth during a period of acceptance trials and crew training. Not...
Date: 16 July 2022
Image ID 12621

121. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug returns to her berth during a period of acceptance trials and crew training. Not...
Date: 16 July 2022
Image ID 12620

122. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug returns to her berth during a period of acceptance trials and crew training. Not...
Date: 16 July 2022
Image ID 12619

123. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - the New Zealand police launch DEODAR III takes a close look at Ports of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug boat, as she...
Date: 16 July 2022
Image ID 12618

124. OMSKIY-132 (1988/2528gt/3070dwt/IMO 8873025) - a St. Petersburg-registered general cargo ship is manoeuvred by Williams Shipping tugs WYETOW and WYEPRESS upstream on the River Itchen, Southampton.
Date: 1999
Image ID 12609

125. MICLYN ENTERPRISE (2008/2397gt/1870dwt/IMO 9474436, ex-FUGRO ENERGY, MICLYN ENTERPRISE), an Indonesian flagged offshore supply/anchor handling tug, departs Auckland for the G2 Hauraki Gulf anchorage...
Date: 10 May 2022
Image ID 12569

126. MICLYN ENTERPRISE (2008/2397gt/1870dwt/IMO 9474436, ex-FUGRO ENERGY, MICLYN ENTERPRISE), an Indonesian flagged offshore supply/anchor handling tug, departs Auckland for the G2 Hauraki Gulf anchorage...
Date: 10 May 2022
Image ID 12568

127. MICLYN ENTERPRISE (2008/2397gt/1870dwt/IMO 9474436, ex-FUGRO ENERGY, MICLYN ENTERPRISE), an Indonesian flagged offshore supply/anchor handling tug, departs Auckland for the G2 Hauraki Gulf anchorage...
Date: 10 May 2022
Image ID 12567

128. MICLYN ENTERPRISE (2008/2397gt/1870dwt/IMO 9474436, ex-FUGRO ENERGY, MICLYN ENTERPRISE), an Indonesian flagged offshore supply/anchor handling tug, departs Auckland for the G2 Hauraki Gulf anchorage...
Date: 10 May 2022
Image ID 12566

129. ACHERON III (163gt) - McCallam Group's 23.9m tug based in Auckland.
Date: 5 May 2022
Image ID 12563

130. ACHERON III (163gt) - McCallam Group's 23.9m tug based in Auckland.
Date: 5 May 2022
Image ID 12562

131. CAP JERVIS (2010/47877gt/59266dwt/4616TEU/IMO 9484572) arriving in Auckland from Long Beach, US. In consideration of the state of the tide, stiff southerly winds and a port side-to (bow south)...
Date: 26 March 2022
Image ID 12532

132. CAP JERVIS (2010/47877gt/59266dwt/4616TEU/IMO 9484572) arriving in Auckland from Long Beach, US. In consideration of the state of the tide, stiff southerly winds and a port side-to (bow south)...
Date: 26 March 2022
Image ID 12530

133. PRESTIGE ACE (2000/55878gt/20202dwt/IMO 9213454) passes Auckland preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) berthed at Devonport Wharf.
Date: 13 March 2022
Image ID 12502

134. ROA - built in the late 1920's/early 1930's by Sam Ford, was once a mussel dredge for the Coromandel Mussel Dredging Company passes the yacht ALLERGY with the yacht HYSTERIA in the background.
Date: 5 September 2020
Image ID 12447

135. BUSBY (1963), originally built for the Whangarei Harbour Board, now operating in Auckland waters, heads into port at the end of another busy afternoon.
Date: 9 October 2020
Image ID 12436

136. DMK - an Auckland-based pusher tug operated by Heron Construction, seen here outbound from Auckland with a drilling rig to commence work at Bean Rock Lighthouse in the entrance to the Waitemata...
Date: 18 May 2020
Image ID 12425

137. IONA M - The utility vessel/tug IONA M operated by Heron Construction, butts into the tide and the headwinds as she passes the Fergusson Wharf container terminal.
Date: 5 November 2020
Image ID 12406

138. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland.
Date: 30 June 2020
Image ID 12374

139. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland.
Date: 30 June 2020
Image ID 12373

140. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland.
Date: 30 June 2020
Image ID 12372

141. ROA - built in the late 1920's/early 1930's by Sam Ford, was once a mussel dredge for the Coromandel Mussel Dredging Company.
Date: 5 September 2020
Image ID 12371

142. DAIWAN KALON (2016/21525grt/34327dwt/IMO 9709324) sails for Gisborne. The tug HAURAKI assists on the bow. Owned and managed by Wisdom Marine Lines of Taiwan.
Date: 19 June 2020
Image ID 12304

143. Thomson Towboats MANUKAU (left) and MAHIA manoeuvre a RNZN pontoon near the Devonport Naval Base.
Date: 9 July 2020
Image ID 12282

144. ROTTERDAM BRIDGE (2001/39941grt/50985dwt/4253TEU/IMO 9224324, ex-SC TIANJIN, CSAV LANCO, CSCL TIANJIN) inbound at Auckland gets assistance from the tug HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015).
Date: 29 April 2021
Image ID 12228

145. ROTTERDAM BRIDGE (2001/39941grt/50985dwt/4253TEU/IMO 9224324, ex-SC TIANJIN, CSAV LANCO, CSCL TIANJIN) arriving in Auckland. The tug WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) assists at the bow.
Date: 29 April 2021
Image ID 12227

146. ROTTERDAM BRIDGE (2001/39941grt/50985dwt/4253TEU/IMO 9224324, ex-SC TIANJIN, CSAV LANCO, CSCL TIANJIN) arriving in Auckland. The tug WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) assists at the bow.
Date: 29 April 2021
Image ID 12226

147. ROTTERDAM BRIDGE (2001/39941grt/50985dwt/4253TEU/IMO 9224324, ex-SC TIANJIN, CSAV LANCO, CSCL TIANJIN) inbound at Auckland with assistance from the tug WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072).
Date: 29 April 2021
Image ID 12225

148. ROTTERDAM BRIDGE (2001/39941grt/50985dwt/4253TEU/IMO 9224324, ex-SC TIANJIN, CSAV LANCO, CSCL TIANJIN) inbound at Auckland and about to get assistance from the tug WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072).
Date: 29 April 2021
Image ID 12224

149. IONA M - The utility vessel/tug IONA M operated by Heron Construction, butts into the tide and the headwinds as she passes the Fergusson Wharf container terminal.
Date: 5 November 2020
Image ID 12162

150. CHRISTINE MARY (1998/122grt/IMO 9192301, ex-QS MAPLE) - one of Thomson Towboats' fleet of red and black tugs based in Auckland.
Date: 11 September 2020
Image ID 12100

151. BUSBY (1963) was built for the Whangarei Harbour Board. Today she is one of the smaller tugs operating in Auckland.
Date: 30 August 2019
Image ID 11898