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Damen Marine Components Equipment

Towing Pins, Shark Jaws & Towing Bitts

Towing pins, remotely controlled shark jaws and fabricated towing bitts for tugs and workboats; turnkey solutions up to 100 t SWL.

Description

Damen Marine Components supplies towing safety equipment for tugs and workboats, including turnkey towing pin and shark jaw solutions for small to medium-sized vessels up to 100 t Safe Working Load.

Key features

  • Towing pins guide towing ropes and anchor chains straight fore or aft and sit flush with the deck when not in use; two-, three- or four-pin configurations, optionally with flippers and one or two chain stoppers; more than 100 systems delivered
  • Shark jaws are remotely controlled chain and wire stoppers that hold and release chain sections on deck without deck personnel; each jaw operates and locks independently
  • Shark jaws come as compact box units for newbuild and retrofit and can be integrated with DMC towing winches
  • Towing bitts for offshore and harbour tugboats are a fabricated alternative to conventional cast versions, available from stock

Applications

  • Offshore and harbour tugboats
  • Anchor handling and workboats

Specifications

Safe Working Load (turnkey solutions)up to 100 t
Towing pin configurations2, 3 or 4 pins

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