A method of towing vessels through polar ice by means of icebreaking tugs with a special stern notch suited to receive and bow of the vessel to be towed.

在极地冰区中，破冰船利用起尾部的特殊凹槽与被拖船船首相连的拖带方法。

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I suppose the most frightening moment (thus far) in An-Tiki's voyage was the realisation, after being disconnected from our towing vessel, that we were on our own.

我想到目前为止，在安提基号上我们经历过最可怕的时光是拖船放开拖缆的那一瞬间，我们意识到一切要靠自己了。

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This paper presents a calculating method based on the hull-engine-prop relations, apply capability curve of prop to determine the maximum speed of towing vessel.

本文尝试开发的发动机台架，不仅具有常规功能，而且具有模拟螺旋桨特性加载的功能。

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The UK government will fund an emergency towing vessel to cover Scotland's coast until 2015.

BBC: New deal on emergency tug for Scotland until 2015

The main tow line was attached from a towing vessel earlier in the day in preparation for the refloating when ocean conditions were favorable.

NPR: Grounded Shell Oil-Drilling Ship Refloated

As many as 1, 500 residents of the northern Illinois city of Marseilles were evacuated after seven barges broke free from a towing vessel and struck a dam on the Illinois River.

NPR: Floodwaters Rising After Storms Deluge Heartland