Port operations
Ship manoeuvring
Berthing, unberthing, locks, short shifts and confined manoeuvres with direct thrust command.
Read application page ↗Application-led engineering
Find the Towbot route for your operation.
Ports, towage companies, vessel operators, barge fleets, industrial shippers and marine contractors use thrust differently. Start with your organisation, then define the vessel and operating case.
Choose the job
Multiple application families. Built around your operation.
Each application page explains the operating case, likely system scope and key considerations for selecting the right configuration.
The commercial case changes by user: port capacity, towage-fleet productivity, vessel control, barge flexibility, cargo-transfer positioning or project mobilisation.
Application assessment
Turn interest into an engineering question.
An initial assessment connects your commercial objective to the vessel, manoeuvre and operating environment.
- Vessel or floating-asset particulars
- Target manoeuvre and required thrust
- Environmental loads and operating envelope
- Deployment, recovery and energy duty
- Control concept, infrastructure and approvals
What you receive
An initial view of the likely Towbot class, the principal technical questions, information gaps and a practical next step for feasibility, pilot development or integration.
Start an assessmentStart with the operating problem
Could detachable thrust work for your vessel or port?
Share the vessel type, manoeuvre, location and present tug or positioning arrangement. We will scope an initial application assessment and the information needed for a credible business case.
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