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Kotug Canada Partners With Robert Allan Ltd And Sanmar To Build Two Powerful, High Bollard Pull Methanol-Fuelled Escort Tugs

After a rigorous and competitive process KOTUG Canada (KOTUG) has selected Türkiye’s Sanmar Shipyards to build two RAsalvor 4400-DFM dual fuel methanol escort tugs - Robert Allan Ltd. design - to service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). …
Jul 10, 2023 / Curious

First Battery Electric Tug from Sanmar Shipyards Delivered to ABS Class

Sanmar Shipyards delivered its first battery electric tug to ABS class for Canada-based HaiSea Marine, a joint venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan ULC. The HAISEA WAMIS harbor tug, the first in its ElectRA 2800SX series, …
Jun 6, 2023 / Curious

Sanmar Shipyards holds naming ceremonies for five tugboats

Sanmar Shipyards has held naming ceremonies over two consecutive days for five tugboats. 2 LNG-fuelled escort tugs are the most powerful tugboats that Sanmar has built to date, while the other 3 of the tugs are the first in the game-changing …
Mar 14, 2023 / Curious

Sanmar Shipyards delivers cleaner and greener tugs at end of successful year

Sanmar Shipyards has ended a successful year with the delivery of two tugboats that are both powerful and environmentally-aware to Italy-based long-term client Rimorchiatori Augusta. They were two of four tugs that the Türkiye-headquartered tugboat …
Jan 3, 2023 / Vessels

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

Maersk Tankers welcomes Sanmar Shipping back as a pool partner

Maersk Tankers welcomed Sanmar Shipping back as a pool partner. The vessel Sanmar Sangeet has re-joined Maersk Tankers' LR2 pool, attracted by the two companies' shared determination to decarbonise and the trading strategy of the pool. The latter has …
Nov 23, 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