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Tugs and service craft

Tugs, pilot boats and the craft that keep a harbour working

4,919 on the map now, and 13,697 heard in the last year.Counted , from live AIS reports.

Tugs that push and pull large ships to their berths, pilot boats that take pilots out to meet them, dredgers that keep the channels deep, and the boats of search and rescue.

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Each dot is one of the tugs and service craft on the map now. Receivers on land hear them, so one crossing an ocean appears again near the next coast. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

On the map now

Longest first, 100 ships a page. Then every tug or service craft heard in the last year, A to Z, from page 49.

ShipSizeWhereHeard
🇵🇾R/E CHACO X361 m86 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 3.1 knots
🇵🇾GF HUMAITA251 m28 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 7.4 knots
🇳🇱HAM 318⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger227 m32 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 11.6 knots
🇺🇸OLIVE L. MOORE222 m22 m wideBound for AndrosGreece, 7.3 knots
🇺🇸OSG HORIZON215 m31 m wideIn port at PhiladelphiaUnited States
🇺🇸LEGEND212 m32 m wideIn port at TampaUnited States
🇺🇸EMILY WEBBER209 m18 m wideIn port at Lake CharlesUnited States
🇺🇸REBEKAH ROSETug209 m30 m wideIn port at BeaumontUnited States
🇺🇸FALCON207 m23 m wideIn port at BeaumontUnited States
🇱🇺JOSEPH PLATEAU⁠has a photo191 m40 m wideIn port at MunguíaSpain
🇨🇾SEAWAY185 m38 m wideIn port at RotterdamNetherlands
🇳🇦!GARIEP180 m20 m wideBound for AtlaEstonia
🇵🇦H-591180 m46 m wideIn port at VlissingenNetherlands
🇺🇸BETTY S179 m24 m wideIn port at TampaUnited States
🇺🇸GL OSTRANDER178 m21 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 11.7 knots
🇨🇦SEASPAN CHALLENGER178 m26 m wideIn port at DeltaCanada
🇸🇰MUFLON7175 m11 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 2.5 knots
🇨🇦SEA EAGLE II164 m23 m wideIn port at WindsorCanada
🇺🇸CHINCOTEAGUE162 m24 m wideIn port at Long BeachUnited States
🇺🇸TODD E PROPHET162 m24 m wideIn port at SeattleUnited States
🇺🇸ANNA ROSE⁠has a photo160 m13 m wideIn port at CarteretUnited States
🇨🇾ROCKPIPER⁠has a photo159 m36 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 12.5 knots
🇨🇦WILF SEYMOUR⁠has a photoPusher159 m24 m wideBound for QuebecCanada, 10.8 knots
🇱🇺KAISHUU⁠has a photoDredger158 m28 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 16.0 knots
🇺🇸PROSPECT PARK147 m22 m wideIn port at New YorkUnited States
🇨🇾SEAPIPER147 m36 m wideIn port at NynäshamnSweden
🇺🇸ASSATEAGUE145 m17 m wideIn port at OaklandUnited States
🇺🇸WACHAPREAGUE145 m22 m wideIn port at TampaUnited States
🇺🇸BROWN WATER XIV144 m22 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 5.6 knots
🇺🇸ARIES143 m12 m wideIn port at NorfolkUnited States
🇺🇸JEFFREY S143 m23 m wideAt anchorAt sea
🇳🇱SPAUWER⁠has a photo143 m21 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 12.2 knots
🇳🇱DC ORISANT142 m24 m wideIn port at LowestoftUnited Kingdom
🇺🇸HONOR142 m30 m wideIn port at TampaUnited States
🇺🇸BOHEMIA138 m20 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 6.8 knots
🇳🇱ECODELTA⁠has a photo134 m21 m wideIn port at WilhelmshavenGermany
🇨🇳XIN HAI MADredger134 m25 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 3.7 knots
🇧🇪LANGE WAPPER⁠has a photo133 m28 m wideIn port at OstendBelgium
🇨🇾RADUGA LYON132 m19 m wideIn port at BrevikNorway
🇨🇦PETIT FORTE⁠has a photo131 m18 m wideBound for BowmanvilleCanada, 7.9 knots
🇩🇰CALORIUS130 m20 m wideBound for PärnuEstonia, 8.1 knots
🇳🇱REIMERSWAAL⁠has a photo130 m22 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 10.7 knots
🇵🇦HAM 316⁠has a photoDredger129 m22 m wideBound for SantosBrazil, 8.8 knots
🇵🇭YONGSHUN589128 m24 m wideIn port at ManilaPhilippines
🇨🇾RADUGA PROTON126 m20 m wideIn port at KlädesholmenSweden
🇺🇸HAMPTON ROADS124 m14 m wideIn port at SavannahUnited States
🇩🇰HERMOD R123 m25 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 3.6 knots
🇳🇱BREUGHEL⁠has a photo122 m28 m wideIn port at Las Palmas de Gran CanariaSpain
🇺🇸WADMALAW122 m17 m wideIn port at CharlestonUnited States
🇺🇸BRETON SOUND121 m17 m wideIn port at Port ArthurUnited States
🇺🇸STUYVESANT⁠has a photoDredger121 m22 m wideBound for TampaUnited States, 9.1 knots
🇺🇸GENERAL MACARTHUR120 m20 m wideIn port at Port ArthurUnited States
🇨🇾MEDWAY⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger120 m21 m wideIn port at FelixstoweUnited Kingdom
🇬🇧SAND FALCON⁠has a photoDredger120 m19 m wideBound for DentonUnited Kingdom, 10.1 knots
🇳🇱SWALINGE⁠has a photo120 m15 m wideIn port at ZeebruggeBelgium
🇱🇺VITUS BERING⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger119 m23 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 14.6 knots
🇵🇦EVIACEMENT III117 m16 m wideIn port at AshdodIsrael
🇳🇱SCELVERINGHE⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger117 m18 m wideBound for HarlingenNetherlands, 5.0 knots
🇲🇭BOKA ATLANTIS⁠has a photo116 m22 m wideIn port at Tetney TerminalUnited Kingdom
🇫🇮FENNICA⁠has a photoIcebreaker116 m26 m wideIn port at SunilaFinland
🇧🇪MEUSE RIVER⁠has a photoDredger116 m25 m wideIn port at RødbyhavnDenmark
🇧🇪SCHELDT RIVER116 m26 m wideIn port at RillandNetherlands
🇲🇭BOKA DA VINCI⁠has a photoDiving support vessel115 m22 m wideIn port at Lindø HavnDenmark
🇮🇩TB.GOLDEN HAND114 m30 m wideIn port at Muntok, BankaIndonesia
🇻🇨THE EXPLORER114 m19 m wideIn port at PaardeneilandSouth Africa
🇵🇭YONG SHENG699113 m23 m wideIn port at ManilaPhilippines
🇲🇹HEBO_CB1112 m28 m wideIn port at PernisNetherlands
🇬🇷ATHENA111 m25 m wideIn port at Ver-sur-MerFrance
🇦🇹AURORA111 m22 m wideIn port at FreudenauAustria
🇩🇰BALDER R⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger111 m19 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 11.6 knots
🇳🇱NOORDZEE111 m35 m wideIn port at GorinchemNetherlands
🇬🇧BOKA POLARIS110 m20 m wideIn port at BlythUnited Kingdom
🇺🇸ESSAYONS⁠has a photo110 m20 m wideBound for ColumbiaUnited States, 9.8 knots
🇱🇺SANDERUS⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger110 m24 m wideBound for ZeebruggeBelgium, 12.2 knots
🇳🇴SKANDI VEGA⁠has a photo110 m24 m wideIn port at AasgardInternational waters
🇳🇱ALGRIE108 m24 m wideIn port at AntwerpenBelgium
🇩🇰ARGONAUT107 m9 m wideIn port at Rødvig HavnDenmark
🇳🇱HEIN⁠has a photoDredger107 m16 m wideIn port at EemshavenNetherlands
🇫🇷POURQUOI PAS ?⁠has a photoResearch vessel107 m20 m wideIn port at BrestFrance
🇺🇸AMELIA ISLAND106 m21 m wideBound for SabineUnited States, 2.6 knots
🇳🇱ANCHORAGE⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger106 m16 m wideBound for VlissingenNetherlands, 7.0 knots
🇳🇱DUVELANT106 m12 m wideIn port at KampenNetherlands
🇺🇸GALVESTON ISLAND106 m21 m wideBound for GalvestonUnited States, 1.6 knots
🇳🇱KRAKESANDT⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger106 m16 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 8.9 knots
🇫🇷DANIEL LAVAL⁠has a photoDredger104 m22 m wideIn port at Le HavreFrance
🇧🇸FUGRO SYNERGY⁠has a photo104 m20 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 3.9 knots
🇬🇧HANSON THAMES103 m16 m wideIn port at SouthwickUnited Kingdom
🇳🇱JACOLIEN103 m11 m wideIn port at RotterdamNetherlands
🇫🇷STELLAMARIS⁠has a photoTrailing suction hopper dredger103 m15 m wideBound for la PalliceFrance, 10.3 knots
🇲🇭NOBLE ENDEAVOROil platform102 m106 m wideIn port at HanøytangenNorway
🇳🇱BUIZERD101 m12 m wideIn port at RotterdamNetherlands
🇧🇪CHARLEMAGNE⁠has a photo101 m21 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 15.4 knots
🇪🇸ESPERANZA DEL MAR⁠has a photoHospital ship101 m16 m wideIn port at VigoSpain
🇬🇧BRITANNIA BEAVER⁠has a photo100 m16 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 2.7 knots
🇳🇱CHARLOCK100 m21 m wideIn port at VlissingenNetherlands
🇱🇺L'ETOILE⁠has a photo100 m20 m wideIn port at Puerto de SaguntoSpain
🇺🇸MCFARLAND⁠has a photo100 m24 m wideIn port at PhiladelphiaUnited States
🇨🇾NDEAVOR⁠has a photo100 m30 m wideStoppedAt sea
🇳🇱SAND FULMAR⁠has a photoDredger100 m20 m wideUnder wayAt sea, 8.1 knots
🇱🇺TIGER⁠has a photoDredger100 m20 m wideIn port at Puerto de SaguntoSpain