Tags: craft | work boat

This steel-hulled vessel is driven by two sets of 350 horsepower diesel engines, and its twin propellers can turn horizontally through a full 360 degrees. Operated by a central control system, this steel-shell ship is used for many kinds of work in harbors including fire-fighting, rescue, salvage, electric welding, floating-oil skimming, and treatment of garbage on the surface of the sea.

Text and images are provided by Tamkang University Maritime Museum