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Sanmar Shipyards delivers two tugs to SMS Towage
Sanmar has delivered two more tugboats to SMS Towage, the UK’s largest independent family towage company, and one of the Turkish shipbuilder’s oldest and most loyal customers. The delivery of the two RAmparts 2200 class sister tugs, which …
Nov 28, 2022 / Vessels
SAAM Towage Enters A New Era With Its First 100% Electric Tugboats
SAAM Towage reached an important milestone on Thursday (Oct13) by closing an agreement with Teck & Neptune Terminals that will allow the deployment of the first two electric tugs to its fleet. At full capacity, the new units will reduce 2,400 …
Oct 14, 2022 / Vessels
SANMAR Shipyards delivers 7th tug to SAAM Towage
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered its seventh tugboat to SAAM Towage which has joined the world’s third largest operator’s fleet of tugs operating in Panama Canal Waters. She has been renamed SAAM QUIBIAN by her new owners.The twin Z-drive tugboat is a …
Sep 29, 2022 / Vessels
SAAM Towage to Receive New Tug in Panama
SAAM Towage will receive a new tug for its fleet in Panama. The SAAM Quibian, purchased from Türkiye-based Sanmar Shipyards, features high maneuverability, which makes for more energy-efficient operations.SAAM Towage’s Technical Manager Pablo Cáceres …
Sep 26, 2022 / Vessels
Sanmar Shipyards and IGUS have joined their expertise to build the simplest and most compact Shore Electric Bunkering System
Sanmar Shipyards has joined forces with IGUS, the world’s largest energy chain systems manufacturer, to develop and build a new compact ‘electric bunkering’ system that can supply various vessel types with onshore power. By joining forces and …
Sep 20, 2022 / Curious
Sanmar Shipyards makes five deliveries in a week
Sanmar Shipyards recently delivered five vessels in a single week from its extensive catalogue of technologically-advanced and environmentally-aware tugs and workboats to operators in Europe and the Americas, including two new first-time customers in …
Sep 19, 2022 / Vessels
SAAM Towage Peru fleet adds six units with new Condor
SAAM Towage welcomes the tug known as Cóndor, acquired from Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey and now located in the Port of Callao. This is the sixth tug to join the fleet in Peru, and its main features are its energy efficiency and high …
Jul 20, 2022 / Vessels
Sanmar Shipyards delivers another powerful low emission tugboat to South American towage giant SAAM Towage
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered another powerful low emission tugboat to South American towage giant SAAM Towage, the sixth tug it has delivered to the world’s third largest operator in the past two years.Known as BOGACAY L while under construction at …
Jun 1, 2022 / Vessels
Sanmar Shipyards Choose MAN 175D for New Svitzer TRAnsverse Tug Design
Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey have placed an order for a pair of MAN 12V175D-MM marine prime movers. The 2 x 2,040 kW-rated propulsion engines were selected to provide power for a new generation 60 TBP TRAnsverse tug. Both engines will be supplied along …
Apr 26, 2022 / Curious
Sanmar Shipyards delivers a fifth powerful new tugboat to SAAM Towage
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a powerful and highly manoeuvrable RAstar 2900SX tugboat to South American towing giant SAAM Towage. Renamed MATAQUITO ll by its new owners, the new-build ASD Z-drive tug will work in Chile.MATAQUITO II is the fifth tug …
Apr 19, 2022 / Vessels