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TUG MASTER TRAINING AND EXPERT TOWAGE CONSULTANCY
Tug Training & Consultancy (TTC) provides professional tug training and world-leading towage expertise. TTC is focussed on making our industry safer, more reliable and more profitable for all.
Our advice and assistance for every process where tugs come into play can significantly improve the success of every operation. Benefitting not only those who own or operate tugs, but also the shipping companies, port authorities, marine contractors, terminal operators, insurance companies and engineering agencies we serve.
Whether we are helping to optimise port infrastructure, increasing Tug Masters’ skill levels or enabling masters of other vessel types to cooperate better with tugs, our all-round vision means everybody performs better.
TTC’s comprehensive Tug Master training is a potent combination of knowledge, theory and practice. Delivered by experienced Tug Masters with first-hand expertise across the full range of tug types, our methods are based on in-depth tug operation knowledge combined with extensive towage experience in all conditions and environments.
Trainees come away equipped with deep understanding, awareness and a solid ability to make intelligent decisions in every situation.
OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS
TTC offers training programs for crews of every type of of tugboat, on various levels. By using unique full mission simulators, as well as a real training tug, we provide a realistic and safe training environment for our candidates.
The courses cater to levels ranging from New Crew Member to experienced Tugboat Captain. Our programs are designed for any nautical professional who wishes to learn how to operate various tug types.
Our training programs include topics such as:
- Tug handling, towing, and ship/tug interaction
- Emergency situations
- Communication on board
- Communication with pilots
- Tug knowledge
- Familiarization with operating area
- Special Operations
TTC offers standard training programs for:
- Rotor tugs
- ASD tugs
- Tractor tugs
- Voith Schneider tugs
- Infield Support Vessels
In addition, we provide tailor-made courses customised to suit your needs.
In the high-value maritime industry, mitigating risks and improving services is the key to a more secure future. Every project which will entail use of tugs at some point can benefit greatly from consulting with tug experts at the earliest stages of planning.
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Our expert advice can be applied to all situations involving use of tugs, from designing port and terminal layouts to determining procedures for waterborne transport projects.
Pre-testing and simulating operations with various tug types and port layouts can provide essential evidence for guiding infrastructure design and the choice of tugs and configurations to use in all possible scenarios.
TTC can also provide towage consultancy and even specifically trained teams for special transport projects and LNG terminals. We act in compliance with the criteria for best practices and acceptable standards set by The Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO).
Our in-depth insights, complemented with state-of-the-art simulation capabilities, pave the way to safer, more efficient and more successful operations for all.
The safe environment of a simulator is an excellent tool for training tug captains. It is also the best setting to train for difficult and emergency situations. At TTC we work with several full mission bridge simulators. The simulators offer an extremely realistic experience. The moment you sit in the chair, you will immediately feel like you are sailing on a real tug!
We use several advanced simulators across the globe. Characteristics of TTC simulators:
- DNV Class-A certified
- Simulate all tug types (Rotor tug, ASD Tug, Tractor Tug and Voith Schneider tug)
- Scientifically approved ship simulation model
A tug master needs to learn to work in close cooperation with a diversity of stakeholders in the nautical landscape, such as cruise ship masters to pilots to port authorities. We simulate these circumstances by creating real interaction between various ships in the same simulated environment. We can create an endless range of different situations, in all kinds of conditions.
For example:
- Pilots training their skills interacting with real tugboat captains
- Complex offshore float-over projects involving multiple tugs
- Decommissioning projects
- Precarious harbour towage operations
- Specialized transport towage
REAL TRAINING TUG
For the finishing touch, TTC has a real training tug available on which trainees can put learning into practice.
We are the only training institute to offer this first-hand experience.
Our training tug is a small-sized Rotortug® with a length of 15 meters and a 10-tonne bollard pull, which can be used for real towage operations as well as training.
RAISING STANDARDS THROUGH SHARED AWARENESS
At TTC, we believe that improved safety, efficiency and profitability are achieved when everybody properly understands the big picture.
When we train tug masters in vessel operation, we leave them with firm appreciation of how their actions impact others around them. We also use our in-depth knowledge of tug operation to provide clients with the best possible advice on tug design, harbour or jetty layout and nautical processes. Throughout all we do, we aim to raise standards by educating everybody to work better together.
Whether we are helping to optimise port infrastructure, increasing Tug Masters’ skill levels or enabling masters of other vessel types to cooperate better with tugs, our all-round vision means everybody performs better.
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