SAAM Towage and Caterpillar Marine have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore and adopt alternative power solutions beyond diesel, such as electrification and alternative fuels like methanol and ethanol, across their tugboat fleet.
The collaboration includes advancements on a dual-fuel engine—the Cat® 3500E—which will utilize methanol and is slated for testing later this year.
Pablo Cáceres, SAAM Towage’s Sustainability and Development Manager, remarked that this partnership...