- Tugs and towboats

51. WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) displays her manoeuvrability.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 14181

52. WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) displays her manoeuvrability to passengers aboard the steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 14180

53. 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: 3 August 2025
Image ID 14040

54. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - built by Lobnitz and Co in Renfrew, Scotland. The now preserved steam tug, operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust and upkept by a dedicated...
Date: 3 August 2025
Image ID 14039

55. Royal New Zealand Navy’s offshore patrol ship HMNZS OTAGO (P148) is eased into dry-dock by the Thomson Towboats TURIHAUA and MAHIA at he Babcock New Zealand facility in Devonport, Auckland.
Date: 28 July 2025
Image ID 14027

56. A heavily laden GSL KITHIRA (2009/IMO 9407885/52726gt/65937dwt/5301 TEU/ ex-BERNADETTE, CHOAPA TRADER, CSAV RIO DE JANEIRO, MEDONDRA), piloted by my friend, Auckland pilot Peter Willyams, arrived in...
Date: 2 July 2025
Image ID 14007

57. A heavily laden GSL KITHIRA (2009/IMO 9407885/52726gt/65937dwt/5301 TEU/ ex-BERNADETTE, CHOAPA TRADER, CSAV RIO DE JANEIRO, MEDONDRA), piloted by my friend, Auckland pilot Peter Willyams, arrived in...
Date: 2 July 2025
Image ID 14006

58. Built in 2011as BREVIK BRIDGE by Samsung Heavy Industries of S. Korea, SEASPAN KYOTO (46444grt/58430dwt/4528TEU/IMO 9492696. Renamed SEASPAN KYOTO in 2021) sails for Lyttelton following her maiden...
Date: 29 May 2025
Image ID 13960

59. Stanaway Marine's 14.5m tug ORETI passes Devonport Wharf, Auckland. She has a 4.6t bollard pull.
Date: 8 May 2025
Image ID 13947

60. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) - now in the colours of Total Marine of Auckland was built by Marine Steel of Auckland and based on a North American design. At just under 20m in length...
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13865

61. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) - now in the colours of Total Marine of Auckland was built by Marine Steel of Auckland and based on a North American design. At just under 20m in length...
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13864

62. CHRISTINE MARY (1998/122grt/IMO 9192301, ex-QS MAPLE), the flagship of the Auckland-based Thomson Towing fleet of tugs leads KORAKI (ex-SEA TOW 21) moments after the start gun of the 2025 Auckland...
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13863

63. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - blowing her top during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13857

64. QUEEN ANNE (2024 / IMO 9839399/ 114,188gt), Cunard's latest fleet addition, sails for Tauranga, at the end of her maiden call in Auckland. She is currently half way through her maiden round-the-world...
Date: 23 February 2025
Image ID 13856

65. QUEEN ANNE (2024 / IMO 9839399/ 114,188gt), Cunard's latest fleet addition, sails for Tauranga, at the end of her maiden call in Auckland. She is currently half way through her maiden round-the-world...
Date: 23 February 2025
Image ID 13855

66. WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) heads the tugs KORAKI (right) and CHRISTINE MARY on the last leg of the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug race.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13778

67. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3 year-old EV tug, displays her water monitors following her participation in the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug race.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13773

68. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3yr-old EV tug displays her agility and power as she pirouettes 360º while racing alongside KORAKI in the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug...
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13772

69. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3yr-old EV tug displays her agility and power as she pirouettes 360º while racing ahead of KORAKI and CHRISTINE MARY in the 2025 Auckland...
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13771

70. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) Port of Auckland's 3yr-old EV tug comes up on the stern of the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day tug race.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13770

71. SPARKY the full-size, ship handling EV tug chases down CHRISTINE MARY during the 2025 Anniversary Day regatta tug race.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13769

72. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) the full-size ship handling EV tug closes in on KORAKI as they round the bottom mark during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13768

73. CHRISTINE MARY (1998/122grt/IMO 9192301, ex-QS MAPLE) at speed heads for the bottom mark during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race.
Date: 27 January 2025
Image ID 13767

74. AZAMARA PURSUIT (2001 / IMO 9210220 / 30277gt / 2700dwt / ex-ADONIA, ROYAL PRINCESS, MINERVA II, R EIGHT) departing Auckland at the culmination of her maiden call under gloomy summer skies assisted by...
Date: 20 January 2025
Image ID 13759

75. AZAMARA PURSUIT (2001 / IMO 9210220 / 30277gt / 2700dwt / ex-ADONIA, ROYAL PRINCESS, MINERVA II, R EIGHT) departing Auckland at the culmination of her maiden call under gloomy summer skies assisted by...
Date: 20 January 2025
Image ID 13758

76. AZAMARA PURSUIT (2001 / IMO 9210220 / 30277gt / 2700dwt / ex-ADONIA, ROYAL PRINCESS, MINERVA II, R EIGHT) departing Auckland at the culmination of her maiden call under gloomy summer skies assisted by...
Date: 20 January 2025
Image ID 13757

77. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Port of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug, seen here at work escorting a bulk carrier as she sails from the Chelsea Sugar...
Date: 21 December 2024
Image ID 13687

78. KAIANA (2024/198gt) a new build tug arrives into Auckland during her delivery voyage to Port Marlborough. Built by Damen in Changde, China, the 21m ASD 2111 (Azimuth Stern Drive) tug has a bollard...
Date: 10 July 2024
Image ID 13559

79. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust, she is seen with passengers viewing the departure of STAR PRINCESS (2002/108977grt/IMO 9192363....
Date: 18 December 2003
Image ID 13555

80. NEPTUNE (2012/20867gt/32318dwt/IMO 9640413/ex-NEWLEAD VENETICO, MAPLE CRYSTAL) arriving into Auckland’s Chelsea Sugar Refinery berth from Koh Sichang, Thailand for her maiden call. She has...
Date: 7 June 2024
Image ID 13541

81. SOUTHERN PROGRESS - originally a 35m Lyttelton-based fishing boat but more recently a vessel used to deliver aid to Pacific island villages, is towed into Auckland for scrapping after being abandoned...
Date: 12 April 2024
Image ID 13504

82. CHOKYO MARU NO. 68 (IMO 8809218) - a 49m Japanese fishing boat which ran aground off The Noises islands early yesterday morning on her approach to Auckland, is towed into late yesterday afternoon by...
Date: 16 April 2024
Image ID 13491

83. CHOKYO MARU NO. 68 (IMO 8809218) - a 49m Japanese fishing boat which ran aground off The Noises islands early yesterday morning on her approach to Auckland, is towed into late yesterday afternoon by...
Date: 16 April 2024
Image ID 13488

84. CHOKYO MARU NO. 68 (IMO 8809218) - a 49m Japanese fishing boat which ran aground off The Noises islands early yesterday morning on her approach to Auckland, is towed into late yesterday afternoon by...
Date: 16 April 2024
Image ID 13487

85. GSL KITHIRA (2009/52726gt/65937dwt/IMO 9407885) departing the Fergusson Container Terminal bound for Lyttelton assisted by the fully electric tug SPARKY. She is owned by China Merchants Bank of PRC,...
Date: 6 April 2024
Image ID 13461

86. KAITIAKI - Total Marine's 10.79m steel single screw tug/general workboat had at work on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 March 2024
Image ID 13454

87. KORAKI (1985/125grt/IMO 8868484, ex-SEA TOW 21) - now in the colours of Total Marine of Auckland was built by Marine Steel of Auckland and based on a North American design. At just under 20m in length...
Date: 26 March 2024
Image ID 13453

88. NIVAGA III (2015/1337GT/60.5m/imo 9739707) - arriving back into Auckland’s Wynyard Wharf following trials in the Hauraki Gulf since having undergone refit and refurb at the Titan Marine...
Date: 26 March 2024
Image ID 13448

89. SPARKY (2022/353gt/67dwt/IMO 9909699) - Port of Auckland's new e-tug SPARKY, the world's first full-sized electric tug.
Date: 2 Novemeber 2023
Image ID 13239

90. PLAYA ZAHARA - The Vigo-registered (Spanish) fishing boat, a regular sight in Auckland, is towed back into port by the tug Christine Mary following yet another engine breakdown which saw her anchored...
Date: 28 August 2023
Image ID 13151

91. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13068

92. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13067

93. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13066

94. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13065

95. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13064

96. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13063

97. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13062

98. NEW CENTURY 2 (2001/52863gt/16837dwt/IMO 9229403) sails from Auckland bound for Wellington in near 30 knot winds. Auckland pilot John Barker did a great job keeping the car carrier safely, with the...
Date: 20 May 2023
Image ID 13061

99. MAHIA (1970/34grt) - one of the familiar little red and black tugboats of Auckland. She is operated by Thomson Towboats out of St. Mary's Bay.
Date: 24 April 2023
Image ID 13032

100. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) - Auckland's very own preserved vintage steam tug.
Date: 20 MArch 2023
Image ID 12996

101. PAIWAN WISDOM (2010/19825grt/31967dwt/IMO 9427122) outbound from Auckland bound for Timaru. She is owned, managed and operated by Wisdom Marine Lines of Taiwan. Assisting is SPARKY, the world's first...
Date: 3 April 2023
Image ID 12978