Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard Altinova this week hosted a keel laying service for the two methanol dual fuel Robert Allan Ltd designed RAsalvor 4400-DFM escort tugs it is building for Kotug Canada Inc., a partnership between Kotug International B.V. and Horizon Maritime Inc.
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The keel laying ceremony marked a major milestone for the project enabling it to proceed to the construction phase to meet the delivery schedule by mid-2025.
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The world’s first electric pusher tug, Kotug International’s E-Pusher Type M, is now, as we reported earlier, transporting cocoa beans for Cargill from the Port of Amsterdam, the largest cocoa import port in the world, to Cargill’s cocoa factory in Zaandam, the Netherlands. Inside the tug is a container with an EST-Floatech battery system that supplies all its energy needs.
EST-Floattech’s team developed the custom built containerized solution with its Octopus High Energy modules in a process...
KOTUG International B.V. said today that it has concluded the acquisition of Kotug Seabulk Maritime LLC (KSM), taking full ownership of the business. KOTUG has acquired the interest held by its joint venture partner, SEACOR Holdings Inc. through its Seabulk subsidiary’s KS Maritime Holdings LLC, which had held a 50% share in KSM.
Ard-Jan Kooren, CEO of family-owned KOTUG, commented, “Together with Seabulk, we have developed KSM into a renowned, leading towage brand in the Caribbean. We are...
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