Tugboats in the Port of Hamburg: Harbour Towage - Paperback

by Christine Havemann (Translator), Konrad Algermissen (Author)

In Tugboats in the Port of Hamburg the harbor tugs and mooring tugs of the Port of Hamburg come to life in pictures, descriptions and little stories. Featured are all crafts deployed in or somehow linked to Hamburg in 2012. Konrad Algermissen takes you back in time, explains the design and role of tugboats, and shares insights about the crews and life on board. Join him in the wheelhouse, the engine room or at the towing winch, accompany him to Hamburg's container terminals and celebrate the Harbour's Birthday, including a tugboat ballet, with him. 46 tugboats and mooring tugs 28 to-scale side views Over 480 photos and illustrations (black & white and colour)

Author Biography

Konrad Algermissen spent his early youth in Hamburg-Finkenwerder and he likes to count himself to the small group of tugboat enthusiasts. The qualified measurement and control mechanic studied as a second profession graphic design. Since 1997 he works as an illustrator for various publishers. Konrad Algermissen writes and produces also books about tugboats since 2009. For a reproduction of these ships as a model, the author draws and offers also modeling plans.