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Braking
As the attachment point rotates freely around the hull,
manoeuvres that were impossible to do until now can now be carried out.
Because the attachment point has been moved from the central point on the
ship to the far side of the ship, it is virtually impossible for the tug to
be capsized by the towing force in a braking manoeuvre.
Thus, as a stern tug,
the tug can use it's full size to position itself in a 90° position against the
towing wire, working now as a huge floating anchor of up to 115 tons (on the
current 40 year old, retrofitted prototype).
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