Batteries included: Damen reaches major milestone in fully-electric tug project
Damen Shipyards Group has reached a major milestone in the construction of its first fully-electric Reversed Stern Drive tug. The shipbuilder is constructing the RSD-E Tug 2513, named Sparky, for New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland. Recently, Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam installed the tug’s batteries.
This involved the installation of some 2,240 batteries, totalling 2,784 kWh....