Quick Release Towing Hooks

Mampaey Offshore Industries is specialized in the design, engineering, manufacturing & commissioning of integrated towing, mooring and berthing systems. Our products are present in practically every part of the supply chain of, for example, the oil industry. From the moment product is transferred from an FPSO to an oil tanker, to the moment this same tanker offloads product onshore for storage and further processing, our quick release mooring hooks ensure safe and efficient berthing, mooring and towing operations

[@welshpete12]

I now nothing abut tugs and towing . but isn't dangerous having a hawser tow on the beam ? . I would think there would be a danger of capsize ?

[@yuripantoja]

It all depends on the transverse stability of the tug. They all go through testing phases. The DOT tug, according to the manufacturer, is unsinkable