Disclosed is a line handling system 10 for locating on a tugboat 1. The tugboat is for assisting a marine vessel 2 to manoeuvre and the tugboat comprises a hull 11 having a perimeter P. The line handling system comprises a line guide mechanism 100 that protrudes, or is positionable to protrude, away from the hull for guiding a line 20 of the marine vessel towards a predetermined region R of the perimeter, when the line handling system is located on the tugboat. The line handling system also comprises an actuatable coupling mechanism 200 for coupling the line of the marine vessel to a second line 13 when the line of the marine vessel is at the predetermined region of the perimeter, when the line handling system is located on the tugboat.
Tugboat
2018-01-03
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch