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Thank you for responding. Having never seen a freighter tie up, I had no idea that crew were lowered to the dock.

I believe you are looking at the swing arms for the landing chairs used when docking. These swing out and lower crewmen to the dock to help tie up.

I was looking at the bow photo of the [i]Edgar B. Speer [/i]towing the [i]Roger Blough[/i]. On the bow of Edgar B. Speer there are what appear to be swing arms, one on either side, directed inward in this photo. What are these?