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Towing Equipment

Towing winches, escort winches, towing hooks, and towing pins for tugs and offshore support vessels.

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Towing Winch
Towing Winch
A towing winch pays out and hauls in wire under controlled tension rather than simply holding or releasing it, which is what separates it from a fixed towing hook and from an ordinary mooring winch that is never rated for the shock loads a towline sees underway.
562 models
Towing Hook
A towing hook is a release-capable towing point, not a fixed bollard - its defining feature is the ability to slip the towline instantly under load if the tow girts the tug, which a winch drum or bitts cannot do.
24 models
Towing Pin / Norman Pin
Towing Pin / Norman Pin
A towing pin, also called a Norman pin, is a hydraulically raised post set into the stern roller of an anchor handling or towing vessel that stops the tow wire sliding sideways off-centre, a failure mode that can damage the roller arrangement or snap the wire against its edge.
19 models
Escort Winch
Escort Winch
An escort winch is built for controlled render-and-recovery under sustained load while a tug actively steers or brakes a ship under way, not for the static hold of a harbour towing winch - the difference is in the brake and render system, not the pull.
8 models
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A towing hook is the load-bearing connection point on a tug or towing vessel where the towline attaches, distinguished from a towing winch by one property: it can release the towline instantly, even under full load. A winch pays out or holds line under tension but cannot slip it in an emergency without unspooling; a hook opens in a fraction of a second when the trigger is pulled. That single function exists for one reason - girting. If a tow swings the tug's stern around faster than the tug can…

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