Electric tugs bring environmental and opex benefits
Crowley has ordered the first all-electric tug in the Americas and Navtek provides data from two years of operating Gisas Power Tug operators are increasingly investing in new tugs with low or zero-emissions propulsion. The transition is being driven by upcoming green legislation, public opinion, and…
World’s first fully electric tug launched at Song Cam Shipyard
On 4 December at Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, Sparky the world’s first fully-electric ship-handling tug of 70 tonnes bollard pull – the Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 – was launched. Damen is building the vessel to supports its customer, New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland, in…
THE LOW CARBON ECONOMY IS COMING. MEET THE CHALLENGE WITH DAMEN’S NEW ELECTRIC HARBOUR TUG – THE RSD-E TUG 2513
The race is on to reduce emissions as the effects of climate change are starting to become apparent to all who care to look. With global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) alone up by almost 50 per cent since 1990, governments and supranational bodies are…
World’s First All-Electric Tugboat Delivered, Three More on the Way
Navtek Naval Technologies has laid the groundwork for the future by designing and building the world’s first all-electric tug, ZEETUG® – short for Zero Emissions Electric tug. It started with two – superficially straightforward – renewal requests: Gisas Shipbuilding asked for harbor tugs that were both “lower…
Ports of Auckland Buys World-First Electric Tug
Ports of Auckland in New Zealand has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. The new 24.7-meter tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513, to be delivered in 2021, will have a 70 tonne bollard pull, the…
Navtek selects Corvus Energy to power world’s first all-electric tug
Turkish ship designer and builder Navtek Naval Technologies, a subsidiary of TK Tuzla Shipyard, has selected Corvus Energy’s Orca energy storage system (ESS) for the world’s first battery-powered, all-electric tugboat. The Navtek NV-712 ZeeTUG, which stands for Zero Emissions Electric Tug, will be delivered in…