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TSUNEISHI Launched the Japan’s First Hydrogen Dual-Fuelled Tugboat

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan) has launched the Japan’s first tugboat in Japan to be equipped with a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine (ICE). This vessel was launched on March 28, 2025 at TSUNEISHI Factory. …
Apr 3, 2025 / Vessels

World’s First Commercial-Use Ammonia-Fueled Tugboat Completes Three-Month Demonstration Voyage

The world’s first commercial-use ammonia-fueled vessel, Sakigake, has successfully completed a three-month demonstration voyage, during which the vessel engaged in tugboat operations in Tokyo Bay and achieved a GHG-emission reduction of up to …
Apr 3, 2025 / Vessels

Bay-Houston Towing Celebrates the Christening of the George M and May Louise

Bay-Houston Towing proudly marked another milestone with the christening of the George M and May Louise, two state-of-the-art tugboats that will enhance operations along the Houston Ship Channel and beyond. During the christening ceremony, Kevin …
Mar 18, 2025 / Vessels

Sanmar signs deal to provide major global operator with fully electric tug

Sanmar has signed a contract with major towage and marine services provider Svitzer to build a fully electric tug to be deployed in Scandinavia to provide services between Denmark and Sweden. The Denmark-headquartered global operator has ordered a …
Jan 20, 2025 / Curious

Svitzer enters São Luís Port complex, strengthening presence in Brazil

Two tugboats were deployed to serve the ports of Itaqui, Ponta da Madeira, and Alumar. Svitzer, a leading global towage and marine services provider, has begun operations in the Port of Itaqui in São Luís, Maranhão, marking another significant …
Dec 9, 2024 / Curious

SAFEEN Group Achieves Guinness World Record™️ for Most Powerful Electric Tugboat

SAFEEN Group, part of AD Ports Group’s Maritime & Shipping Cluster, in collaboration with DAMEN Shipyards Group, has announced that it has achieved a Guinness World Records™️ title for Most Powerful Electric tugboat.  The record was set by …
Nov 12, 2024 / Curious

Daito Corporation Has Decided to Build an Electric Tugboat

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K LINE) announced on Friday that Daito Corporation (Daito), its consolidated subsidiary, has decided to build an electric tugboat, an electric vessel (EV)  powered by a large-capacity lithium-ion battery. Today, …
Nov 11, 2024 / Vessels

VB SEEBULLE joins Boluda Towage’s fleet in northern Europe

Boluda Towage adds the VB SEEBULLE to its fleet of tugboats in Northern Europe, joining the powerful fleet of tugboats that the company owns in this area. This vessel is the sister ship of the VB TRAGEN, which joined the German fleet last February …
Sep 10, 2024 / Vessels

Sanmar Shipyards chooses Auramarine’s methanol supply system for the world’s first methanol fuelled tugs

Sanmar Shipyards, Turkey’s oldest tugboat company, has today announced that it has chosen Auramarine, the global provider of fuel supply and auxiliary systems for the marine, power and process industries, as its supplier for methanol supply systems …
Sep 5, 2024 / Curious

Naming and Launching Ceremony Held for Sunflower Pirka, LNG-fueled Ferry on Oarai-Tomakomai Route

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on September 4, the naming and launching ceremony was held for the LNG-fueled ferry Sunflower Pirka, under construction at Naikai Zosen Corporation by MOL and MOL Group company MOL Sunflower …
Sep 5, 2024 / Vessels