An animated view of the entrance of the “Porto Mediceo”, with the tug “Tito Neri” approaching and a service boat leaving.
The “Tito Neri” is traveling backward, which is quite usual for tugs manouvering inside the harbor, because their type of propellers allow for a more precise and safe approach this way.
Still going backward. The tug will travel normally only outside the port proper in case of rough sea or when actually pulling a ship.
Modern tugboats are propelled by azimuth thrusters which can be rotated in any horizontal direction, making a rudder unnecessary.See what happened few years ago, more or less in the place of the first photo: explosion on board the “Cape Horn” (Livorno, 2003).
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