Tugs

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland has signed a contract with the Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of the world’s first fully electric ship-handing tug.

5th August 2019

Damen supplies world’s first electric tug

5th August 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Neptune Marine has delivered an advanced version of its shallow-draft EuroTug 3515 to the Basque based offshore service provider Zumaia Offshore.

7th May 2019

EuroTug 3515 with hybrid propulsion

7th May 2019

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) is developing an autonomous tug through its subsidiary Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), with the expectation that it will be one of Singapores first…

15th April 2019

Keppel autonomous tug is a Singapore first

15th April 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Two new tug boats operated by the Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety are powered by engines and steerable thrusters supplied by the technology group Wärtsilä.

27th March 2019

Wärtsilä propulsion solutions power Turkish tug boats

27th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Turkish tugboat builder Sanmar is to supply a Tractor tug to Genoa-based Italian ship operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti. The harbour/terminal/escort tug will be delivered by the end of 2019, and is based on…

12th March 2019

SANMAR TO SUPPLY TRACTOR TUG TO ITALY

12th March 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply the engines for a new harbour tug in Spain. When the 27-metre newbuild, 75T bollard-pull-rated Asymmetric Tractor Tug (ATT) enters service in mid-2020,…

15th February 2019

MAN 175D to power IMO Tier III-compliant harbour tug

15th February 2019

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Bureau Veritas appointed Matthieu de Tugny as Executive Vice-President, Bureau Veritas Group to lead the Marine & Offshore Division (M&O) from the beginning of 2019.

18th January 2019

BV appoints Matthieu de Tugny to head M&O division

18th January 2019

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Rolls-Royce has received approval in principle (AIP) from classification organisation ABS for its new hybrid propulsion system for tractor tugs.

3rd December 2018

New Rolls-Royce hybrid tug propulsion package

3rd December 2018

LNG

LNG

Japanese engine designer Yanmar has delivered two dual-fuel engines for an LNG tugboat being built for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).

19th September 2018

Yanmar delivers engines for LNG tugboat

19th September 2018

LNG

LNG

PSA Marine has contracted Wärtsilä to provide dual-fuel engines and gas fuel storage and supply systems for a harbour tug due to start operations in Singapore in mid-2019.

8th May 2018

Dual-fuel engines for Singapore harbour tug

8th May 2018