Applications / Portable DP
Modular thrust for temporary positioning.
Towbot provides detachable electric thrust for marine construction, dredging, jack-up support and offshore campaigns where a permanent DP installation is not justified.
Project types
Where portable DP adds value.
A complete positioning package requires power, position-reference systems, control architecture, procedures and assurance. Towbot provides the thruster component within that system.
Marine construction
Dredging and pipelaying
Work barges and crane vessels requiring precise positioning during construction operations, where anchor handling is impractical or the seabed cannot accept anchor loads.
Offshore support
Jack-up and campaign work
Support vessels and work platforms for offshore wind, oil and gas campaigns that need temporary positioning capability for a defined project scope.
Transhipment
Floating terminals
Floating transhipment operations requiring maintained position relative to a berth or vessel during cargo transfer in exposed or tidal locations.
Important qualification
What portable DP means for Towbot.
Towbot provides the thruster component. A complete portable DP installation requires additional engineering.
- Multiple units deployable on a single asset for redundancy
- Scalable thrust — configuration matched to positioning requirement
- No permanent installation — mobilise with the project
- Battery-electric — zero local emissions during operation
- Detach and redeploy to the next project on completion
A complete portable DP installation also needs position-reference systems, power distribution, control architecture, operating procedures and a defined assurance pathway. A Towbot configuration is not automatically a class-approved DP system — the required redundancy, class notation and environmental envelope are defined for each project.
Multi-unit capability
Scalable thrust
Multiple Towbot units can be deployed on a single asset where the positioning requirement demands more thrust or redundancy than a single unit provides.
System integration
Part of a package
A complete portable DP installation also needs position-reference systems, power distribution, control architecture and a defined assurance pathway.
Project scoping
Application-specific
The required redundancy, position-reference systems, class notation and environmental envelope are defined for each project during application engineering.
Start with your project
Could Towbot support your positioning requirement?
Share the vessel or platform type, operating area, required position accuracy and project scope. We will assess the right Towbot configuration for your project.