DESCRIPTION: The Dynacon Traction Winch (DTW) system is a cable-handling system designed to deploy, tend, recover, and store up to 10,000 meters (32,810 feet) of 17.29 mm (0.681 inch) fiber-optic ...

All scientists who use their own oceanographic cables and winches aboard UNOLS vessels must comply with new safety standards that have strict requirements for oceanographic cables (defined in Appendix ...