TWO LONG TOWS.—Messrs. Samuel Stewart and Co., of London, report two further successes which the Bugsier Reederei and Bergungs A.G., of Hamburg, have added to their already long list of ocean towages. Their tug Max Berendt (1,100 h.p.> undertook the towage of a floating dock of 4,000 tons lifting capacity from Hamburg to Varna, ! Bulgaria, where she safely arrived with j her charge in good condition, after a j voyage of 55 days, during which time I very boisterous weather was encounj tercel, especially when going through the I Dardanelles. The total distance of the j tow was 3.600 miles. In the second case, j the tug Atlas, 1.040 h.p., towed a dredger from Lubeck to Montevideo, a distance Jof 6,600 miles, and in this case also the towed vessel was delivered at her des- | tination without any damage whatever, j These two \mdertakings emphasise the Reliability and efficiency of the tugs and
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 191, 2 November 1927, Page 2
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