0 tows in force
Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines.
What the archive shows
The available tows archive contains 747 messages across 28 issue years, from 1997 to 2026. The year links below provide the source and sea-area breakdowns for each period.
The NGA archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts near that gap are incomplete. Separate messages may describe updates to the same activity.
- Nothing in force right now.
Archive by year · 747 since 1997
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Terms used in towing warnings
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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