Automatic system for taking up and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel

摘要

automatic collection and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and towed vessel.; automatic collection and handling the connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel. It consists of a fastening carriage which moves on guides around the deck of the tugboat. After the release of the towline from the ship to be towed, the carriage moves along the guide until the built-in sensor detects the presence of the towrope at the level of the gunwale. The fastening carriage carries subject in a clamp cable or towline tugboat and once detected that the towrope is introduced in the clamp closes and releases carriage leaving connected cape tugboat with the towrope of the vessel. After the operation, the fastening carriage returns to its rest position. The system works automatically without the intervention of any person on the deck of the tugboat and is remotely controlled from the bridge.