아이언 구피
Iron Guppy
매년 키팅 해협 준설로 인한 슬러지를 운반하는 데 사용되는 철괴가 바지선을 밀고 있다.
아이언 구피는 2016년에 건조된 예인선으로 토론토 항구가 소유하고 운영한다.[1][2]그녀는 1961년부터 토론토 항구에서 근무했던 예인선인 윌리엄 레스트를 교체했다.그러나 아이언 구피는 윌리엄 레스트와 매우 유사한 작동 특성을 가지고 있다.[3]
아이언 구피는 나사 하나로 최대 15cm 두께의 얼음을 6인치까지 깨트릴 수 있다.[1][2][4]
토론토 항구는 초등학생들에게 선박의 이름을 고르는 것을 도와달라고 요청했다.[5]
선박 설계자인 로버트 앨런 리미티드(Robert Allan Limited)가 설계했으며 온타리오주 휘틀리의 하이크 메탈스(Right Metals of Wheately)가 건조했다.
소방선 윌리엄 라이온 맥켄지는 2016년 7월 23일 그녀의 커미셔닝을 기념하기 위해 아이언 구피에게 의식용 샤워를 했다.[6]
참조
- ^ a b Casey Conley (2016-06-29). "Tugboat roundup". Professional Mariner. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
The single-screw icebreaking tugboat William Rest has operated from the Port of Toronto since the early 1960s, but its long tenure is coming to an end. Iron Guppy, a single-screw tug, will replace the venerable vessel in summer 2016.
- ^ a b "Scraping the bottom of the channel". Jon Lamont. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
The William Rest tugboat has been on the fritz. To continue dredging, PortsToronto had to contract out another tugboat. Come June, the contracting will end when the new Iron Guppy tug arrives, with a $3 million price tag, to replace the ailing William Rest.
- ^ "Iron Guppy - a new Robert Allan Ltd. ice-breaking tug taking shape for Ports Toronto". Robert Allan Limited. 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
The new tug carries over some of the old tug’s characteristics such as size, power, and single fixed pitch propeller that the crew have become accustomed to.
- ^ Joseph R. Fonesca (2016-02-24). "Ports Toronto Gives Shape to Robert Allan Tug". Marine Link. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
With a special ice breaking bow it will be able to break at least 6 inches of ice continuously and up to 10" ramming.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint : url-status (링크) - ^ "Waterfront Elementary Students Name PortsToronto's New Tugboat "Iron Guppy"". Ports Toronto. 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
The judging panel that narrowed the list that would ultimately form the basis for the vote was comprised of Marilyn Bell, the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and for whom the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport ferry is named; Mike Filey, Toronto Sun columnist; and Angus Armstrong, Harbour Master and Chief of Security for PortsToronto.
- ^ Mike Filey (2016-07-23). "Meet the 'Iron Guppy': The past and future of Toronto's waterfront tugs and fireboats". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
Ports Toronto’s new tug "Iron Guppy" (or perhaps pronounced a more sophisticated "Eeron Goopay") is the most recent in a succession work boats that over the years did yeoman service in and around our harbour.
외부 링크
위키미디어 커먼스의 아이언 구피(Tugboat, 2016) 관련 매체
