The brandnew Damen Shipyards built Shoalbuster 3514SD DP2 BRUTUS during yard trials/first dancing lessons. Photo : Arie Boer ©
The SMIT BARGE 10 loaded with a full carousel system pushed by the DALTON entroute from Chempark Leverkussen to Rotterdam Photo : Joop van Toorn- Papendrecht ©
Dalton with the bridge in the low position:
https://www.scheepvaartwest.be/CMS/index.php/tugs/10005-dalton-eni-02323034
From Maasmond Newsclipping today:
Anybody here who care to help?
This is the new Stan Tugs for Great Lakes Towing Company :
Svitzer is doing their part:
Spending $$$$ zillions to reduce the minuscule emissions from tugs (compared to cars, trucks, trains, ships, and buildings) is utter bullshit. Very expensive bullshit.
Kind of like worrying about the emissions from hummingbird farts.
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Well, many humming birds make a big flock!!! (or many small farts cause one big stink, if you want)
There are many harbour tugs around the world and they are getting more and more powerful. (>100 m.t. BP)
Together they produce a lot of GHG (and lots of local particle pollution)
I don’t know how much it cost to go from MDO to Biofuel, but Maersk/Svitzer are willing to spend a few $$ for the common good and reduced air pollution in London.
I also don’t know the cost of fuel cells relative to diesel engines, nor methanol to MDO, but I doubt that it is in $$$ Zillions.
One thing is for sure; if nobody dare to try something new, we will not progress on anything.
Thanks heaven the Irish dared to try when somebody suggested that wheels would be a good idea. (Amazing the power a few pints of Guinness can have)
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Nov 21 the German Navy tug WANGEROOGE (MMSI: 211211960) in a rather delapidated state has been towed by the tugs VB RECHTENFLETH and VB RONNEBECK from Wilhelmshaven to Rostock and is seen here in the locks of the Kiel Canal in Kiel-Holtenau. The ship berthed at Tamsen Maritim in Rostock on Nov 22.
Photos: Tim Schwabedissen ©
PS>More like electric booster motors than actual hybrid. Main propulsion is still direct diesel drive. No battery packs.
Svitzer is excited to announce an agreement with Robert Allan Ltd. and Sanmar A.Ş. to build the TRAnsverse Tug, the next generation multipurpose tug. The 25.8 metre long 60t Bollard Pull compact TRAnsverse tug will be built with higher steering forces than most designs of similar dimensions. It comes with the ability to push, pull and manoeuvre in all directions – all neatly wrapped in a small, nimble and more fuel efficient tugboat. Commenting on the announcement of the TRAnsverse Tug, Svitzer COO Ingrid Uppelschoten Snelderwaard said: “This tug is a game changer. Our customers expect us to deliver flexible and environmentally friendly towage services at a competitive price and it is our passion to think out of the box and deliver innovative solutions to meet these expectations. I am proud that we are able to pave the way for future tug designs and at the same time ease the transition from the marine fuel we use today to the future carbon neutral fuels that we are transitioning to over the coming years.”
Source: Maasmond Newsclippings
A different type of tug:
H. Schramm of Brunsbüttel has acquired LAKE MICHIGAN, a Damen Shoalbuster 2709 built in 2012 for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. Renamed MAX on December 6th she displayed the Dutch flag with homeport Majuro (!) - certainly a short-lived remainder from her former Marshal Islands flag, as the repainting and takeover is not yet completed. MAX is the second Damen Shoalbuster in the H. Schramm fleet, joining the 2609-type BÖSCH of 2007 (ex MARINECO TOOMAI).
Photo: Martin Lochte-Holtgreven ©
KOTUG is coming to Canada:
KOTUG is active worldwide:
electric pushboats with azipods?
Who’s driving this tug??:
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