Tag: tugs

A German consortium led by Gerd Holbach, a professor at Technischen Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), has shown with a new vessel that fuel cells as a propulsion option will soon no longer be only a theoretical concept.

Svitzer and Maersk signed an agreement with Robert Allan to design the world’s first fuel cell tug for harbour operations, running on green methanol.

On October 18, a harbor tug was girted by its own line while attempting to help a tall ship in distress at the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador. 

TECO 2030 signed an agreement with Chemgas Shipping for the delivery of fuel cell modules to the Dutch shipowner's new hydrogen-powered tugboats and transport barges.

Sea Machines Robotics announced that it will embark on a 1,000 nautical mile autonomous and remotely commanded journey around Denmark later this month.

MOL announced that its LNG-powered tugboat Ishin was supplied with carbon-neutral LNG for the first time.

Corvus Energy and Sanmar Shipyards launched a newly signed agreement. The MoU has been signed during European Tug Owners Association Meeting held in Turku and aims to develop a new range of zero-emission and hybrid tugs based on Robert Allan design.

Crowley announced that plans to build and operate the first all-electric powered harbor tugboat in the US.

Nine crew members of tugboat that was sinking in the Bay of Bengal, were saved by the Indian Coast Guard, on June 23.

The six-day blockage of the Suez Canal as well as its refloating highlighted the critical job done by tug and towage workers, says ITF.