Board advisor
Daan Koornneef
Advises on towage operations, maritime leadership and commercial deployment, drawing on senior experience across international towage and marine services.
Towage operations · maritime leadership
Tow-botic Systems
Re-engineering how manoeuvring thrust reaches a vessel.
Tow-botic Systems combines seagoing operational experience, marine engineering and robotics to develop deployable alternatives for selected towage and positioning tasks.
Founder-led
Built from the operator's perspective.
Capt. Gary Vaz brings three decades of maritime experience across ship command, marine consulting, port planning, vessel manoeuvring, simulation, logistics and nautical risk.
He leads Towbot product definition and development, connecting the operating problem at the vessel with the engineering, safety and commercial decisions required to build a deployable system.
The company operates through its India and Netherlands base, bringing product invention and international commercial development together under the Towbot platform.
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Experience around the product.
Tow-botic Systems is advised across towage operations, project delivery, strategic partnerships, technology, intellectual property and commercial development.
Board advisor
Arun Ramchandran
Advises on project delivery, finance and strategic partnerships, with experience developing and implementing energy, offshore and infrastructure projects.
Project delivery · finance · partnerships
Board advisor
Paul Voorn
Advises on technology, intellectual property and commercial legal matters, with long experience supporting entrepreneurs and innovation-led companies.
Technology · IP · commercial legal
Why Towbot exists
Because conventional assets are not always the best way to deliver force.
Towbot separates the manoeuvring function from the conventional tug hull or permanent vessel conversion, opening a different operational and commercial model.
Operational clarity
Direct command of the thrust unit can simplify communication and response for selected manoeuvres.
Asset flexibility
Detachable units can be assigned to compatible assets and duties rather than fixed permanently to one hull.
Electric transition
Battery-electric operation at the point of use supports cleaner port and project operations.
Start 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.
Request an application assessment ↗