Tugboat
AssigneeSvitzer A/S
InventorThomas Bangslund
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Abstract
Disclosed is a tugboat 1 for assisting a marine vessel 2 to manoeuvre. The tugboat 1 comprises a hull 11 having a perimeter P. The tugboat 1 also comprises a line handling system 10 comprising a line guide mechanism 100. The line guide mechanism 100 is movable relative to the hull 11 to an operation position, at which the line guide mechanism 100 is for guiding movement of a portion of a line 13 of the tugboat 1 towards a predetermined region R of the perimeter P.
Claims16
A line handling system for locating on a tugboat, wherein the tugboat is for assisting a marine vessel to manoeuvre and the tugboat comprises a hull having a perimeter;
- wherein the line handling system comprises a line guide mechanism that, when the line handling system is located on the tugboat, is movable relative to the hull to an operation position, at which the line guide mechanism is for guiding movement of a portion of a line of the tugboat towards a predetermined region of the perimeter, wherein the line guide mechanism comprises first and second guide devices, each guide device comprising a guide arm that, when the line guide mechanism is at the operation position, protrudes upwards away from the hull and is configured so that, in use, a part of the line of the tugboat overlying the guide arm is encouraged to move along the guide arm towards the predetermined region of the perimeter;
- wherein the line handling system comprises an actuatable coupling mechanism for coupling the line of the tugboat to a line of the marine vessel when the line of the tugboat and the line of the marine vessel are at the predetermined region of the perimeter, when the line handling system is located on the tugboat, and
- wherein the actuatable coupling mechanism is for coupling the line of the tugboat to the line of the marine vessel by applying a connector to the line of the tugboat and the line of the marine vessel.
A tugboat for assisting a marine vessel to manoeuvre, the tugboat comprising:
- a hull having a perimeter;
- a line handling system comprising a line guide mechanism that is movable relative to the hull to an operation position, at which the line guide mechanism is for guiding movement of a portion of a line of the tugboat towards a predetermined region of the perimeter, wherein the line guide mechanism comprises first and second guide devices, each guide device comprising a guide arm that, when the line guide mechanism is at the operation position, protrudes upwards away from the hull and is configured so that, in use, a part of the line of the tugboat overlying the guide arm is encouraged to move along the guide arm towards the predetermined region of the perimeter;
- wherein the line handling system comprises an actuatable coupling mechanism for coupling the line of the tugboat to a line of the marine vessel when the line of the tugboat and the line of the marine vessel are at the predetermined region of the perimeter, when the line handling system is located on the tugboat, and
- wherein the actuatable coupling mechanism is for coupling the line of the tugboat to the line of the marine vessel by applying a connector to the line of the tugboat and the line of the marine vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.