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Sanmar delivers Canada’s first LNG-powered tug to HaiSea Marine
HAISEA KERMODE is Canada’s first LNG-fuelled tugboat and will soon be joined by its sister tug HAISEA WARRIOR to form a fleet of five with three Sanmar-built electric-powered emissions-free ElectRA harbour tugs. Based on the RAstar 4000 DF design …
Dec 12, 2023 / Curious
Sanmar Shipyards delivered compact workhorse tug to expanding Danish port
Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a powerful compact workhorse harbour tug to the Port of Hirtshals in Denmark where it will primarily assist increasingly large modern ferries to and from the quay in the port’s often notoriously windy conditions. …
Sep 14, 2023 / Curious
Damen builds a series of harbour tugs for Swedish FMV
The Defence Materiel Administration of Sweden ordered four ice-class tugs from Damen Shipyards with options four two extra, that will be equipped with numerous options. A heavy duty crane, bow thrusters, an extra strong aft winch and more will be …
Jun 10, 2022 / Vessels
Med Marine has delivered the new Robert Allan Ltd. design RAstar 4200 Mwokozi II to Kenya Port Authority
Robert Allan Ltd. has announced that Kenya Port Authority’s new RAstar 4200, Mwokozi II, has been delivered to her homeport of Mombasa on January 10, 2022.The Mwokozi II is a custom design 42-metre, 120 tonne bollard pull salvage and harbour tug …
Mar 15, 2022 / Vessels
SAFEEN Group Reinforces Harbour Fleet with Addition of ‘SEMAIH’ Harbour Tug
SAFEEN Group, the marine arm of AD Ports Group, has announced the acquisition of SEMAIH, a RAmparts 2200 – Sanmar ‘SIRAPINAR’ Series ASD Harbour Tug, to expand and bolster its towage service capabilities.Powered by a Caterpillar 3512C / Tier II “C” …
Mar 2, 2022 / Curious
First Remote Marine Survey Conducted For Harbour Tug In Singapore
Ready for a “New Normal” in the wake of COVID-19Bureau Veritas Marine Singapore (BV), in collaboration with PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd (PSA Marine), has successfully completed a remote marine survey for ‘PSA Aspen’, an LNG dual fuel PSA Marine harbour tug. …
Jun 23, 2020 / Curious
Initial sea trials successfully completed by Wärtsilä & PSA Marine’s ground-breaking ‘IntelliTug’ project
Joint project between Wärtsilä and PSA Marine sees first commercial Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) trialled in Port of Singapore waters.IntelliTug’s system comprises an integrated suite of hardware and intelligent software to enable …
Mar 13, 2020 / Curious
Med Marine: Turkish-built tug equipped with SCHOTTEL bestseller
SCHOTTEL has secured a contract with Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine to provide propulsion units for a newly built escort and harbour tug. The Robert-Allan-designed tugboat is under construction at the Ereğli Shipyard in Northern Turkey. It will be …
Feb 24, 2020 / Curious
Chinese harbour tug features SCHOTTEL Rudderpropellers
The German propulsion expert SCHOTTEL has recently secured a contract to provide propulsion units for a newly built harbour tug under construction at Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding in China. This new tugboat, ordered by the Taizhou Maritime Safety …
Feb 18, 2020 / Curious
Wärtsilä and PSA Marine achieve a breakthrough in its IntelliTug project
The technology group Wärtsilä, in collaboration with PSA Marine, has achieved a breakthrough in its IntelliTug project. Following the successful installation of a first-of-its-kind Dynamic Positioning (DP) system onboard the harbour tug ‘PSA …
Nov 7, 2019 / Curious