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Bagpipes and twirling tugs, a grand retirement send-off

Written by Ian Ackerman | Jan 12, 2021 1:00:00 PM

NEWCASTLE tug captain Stephen Monfries has retired after 47 years, and his colleagues gave him a send-off not to be forgotten.

After assisting his last vessel in the Port of Newcastle, other tugs in the port gathered to do doughnuts in a farewell performance.

There was even a bagpiper at the stern of one of the tugs.