HaiSea Marine’s first of 2 dual-fuel escort (LNG & diesel) tugs has been launched at Sanmar Shipyards! At 40m in length and with 100 tonnes of bollard pull, these will be the West Coast of Canada’s most powerful escort tugs when they arrive in BC later this year 💪 pic.twitter.com/7rJTmlFYlQ
— Seaspan (@Seaspan) January 17, 2023
HaiSea Marine’s first of 2 dual-fuel escort (LNG & diesel) tugs has been launched at Sanmar Shipyards. At 40m in length and with 100 tonnes of bollard pull, the escort tugs will arrive in British Columbia later this year.
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC, will build and operate escort and harbor tugs required for LNG Canada’s LNG export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.
The ships have been designed by Robert Allan Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and are under construction at Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey.
The tugs will be be powered by Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines operating with LNG fuel. The engines will be fitted with Wärtsilä’s NOx selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to cut emissions of nitrogen oxides.
Once delivered, they will be involved in berthing and unberthing LNG carriers at the LNG terminal in Kitimat as well as escorting them from Triple Island to the facility in Kitimat, approximately 159 nautical miles.
The tugs will also provide transportation of material and personnel, marine emergency response, firefighting and oil pollution response.
