by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 18, 2022 | Emissions, News, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipbuilding, Towage
As tugs operate daily in busy ports, making green operations possible with a fully electric harbour tug is only logical. Holland Shipyards Group has developed the Eddy 24-50 E, which is in line with the previously developed revolutionary Eddy tug series. The Eddy tugs...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 27, 2021 | News
Navtek designed, built and delivered Zeetug (zero-emission electric tugboat) Gisas Power, the world’s first rechargeable and fully electric-powered tugboat, in early 2020 for Gisas. Now, more such tugs are under construction and the company is looking to extend the...
by Martin Vodnik | Aug 18, 2021 | News
Global towage operator Svitzer, which is owned by A.P. Moller – Maersk, is planning to extend its activities in the Suez Canal. To provide uninterrupted service via the waterway, the company will add two more tugboats to its fleet working Since late 2019, Svitzer has...
by Martin Vodnik | Aug 16, 2021 | News, Shipbuilding
Dutch shipbuilding group Damen has obtained a new order in Poland. It will deliver a Shoalbuster 2711 ICE multi-purpose vessel for harbours to Fairplay Towage Polska, the Polish subsidiary of the European leading tugboat operator. The Shoalbuster 2711 vessels are the...
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by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 23, 2021 | Autonomous operation, News
ABB and Singaporean shipyard Keppel Offshore & Marine have carried out South Asia’s first remote joystick control of a tugboat in the busy Port of Singapore. The trial is to help validate the increased safety and efficiency of tug operations utilising digital...
