
Rotterdam-based shipping company Rotortug and ASD Ship Design from Alblasserdam have invented a revolutionary tugboat technology to prevent towline failures from chafing against a tugboat's fixed towing point. The invention of Ton Kooren of Rotortug and Arie Aalbers of ASD Ship Design, called azimuth friction free towing, was presented at the 22nd International Tug, Salvage and OSV convention in Barcelona, Spain.
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