Aft Emergency Towing Arrangement for Tankers
in Major issues, Safety 27 May 2015
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Protective sleeve for the messenger line reduces risk
The UK P&I Club issued an article regarding the aft emergency towing system fitted to tankers as follows:
The aft emergency towing system fitted to tankers will typically consist of a wire towing pennant on a poop deck storage drum and a storage box containing the messenger and pick up gear. Frequently, the system is designed with the messenger line led from the storage box, through the fairlead and permanently attached to the wire pennant connection on deck to ensure that the equipment can be easily and quickly deployed in an emergency.