At anchor, waiting for the tide ...........
.......... the Tyne pilot boat on its way
......... with the pilot aboard,
City of Dubrovnic steers for the entrance to the River Tyne
The Tyne pilot boat,
Collingwood returning to port
... followed at a respectful distance by
City of Dubrovnic, a cargo ship of 75,460 t dead weight.
.... which will take a lot of careful nudging around the bends in the river, so the tug
Svitzer Redbridge...
.... heads out of the Tyne to meet her ....
... while
Svitzer Lyndhurst ....
.... waits in the mouth or the river...
.... and the
Yarm Cross waits a little upstream ....
Time to put the brakes on the 75,000t ship so the
Svitzer Redbridge heads for her stern ....
.... and the cargo ship slides between the piers.............
.... and as she enters the river the tug is secured to her stern ......
............ ready to slow her down and haul her stern around ........
... while the other two tugs come alongside to nudge her around the first bend in the river at North Shields..
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