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Flemish Government orders new methanol-ready hybrid pilot boat

hybrid pilot biat

Belgium’s Flemish Government has ordered a new 80 meter EUR 54.36 million battery hybrid pilot boat. Its current Pilot Boat 1 and Pilot Boat 7 are due for replacement and the new boat is describe as an innovative and sustainable successor.

“For government shipping company Vloot, part of the Maritime Services and Coast Agency (MDK), this new type of ship is a milestone in the greening strategy that we have been working on for years,” said says Tim Van Dijck, director of Vloot. “The vessel will be...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/flemish-government-orders-new-methanol-ready-hybrid-pilot-boat/

EPA approves most of controversial CARB rule waiver request

Will the California Air Resources Board’s controversial Commercial Harbor Craft Rule lead to the building of more cutting edge zero-emission vessels, or will it create hazardous conditions on existing vessels retrofitted to meet its requirements? Either way, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now approved the majority of CARB’s waiver request for the rule, including most of the zero-emission requirements.

This regulation “paves the way for zero-emissions harbor craft such as...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/epa-approves-most-of-controversial-carb-rule-waiver-request/

What caused Spirit of Boston fire?

Spirit of Boston fire damage

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the March 24, 2923, fire aboard the 1990-built passenger vessel Spirit of Boston, operated by City Cruises US. The 153-foot vessel caught fire while moored at Commonwealth Pier in Boston.  There were no passengers onboard at the time, but the fire resulted in $3.1 million in damages to the vessel.

NTSB investigators determined the Spirit of Boston fire started under a plastic glassware rolling cart after an improperly...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/what-caused-spirit-of-boston-fire/

Powerful Sanmar-built Boğaçay tug joins sister in Croatia

A second versatile multi-purpose tugboat built by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has now joined its twin sister at Rijeka, Croatia’s principal seaport. Known as Boğaçay LXXII while under construction, the tug, renamed TItan by its new owner, is the second built by Sanmar under a two-tug contract placed by Italian shipping group Scafi for its Croatian subsidiary Jadranski Pomorski Servis. It is now working alongside sister Boğaçay Series tugboat Moretto.

Both tugs are based on the exclusive-to-Sanmar...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/powerful-sanmar-built-bogacay-tug-joins-sister-in-croatia/

ESG cuts steel for first of four new Saltchuck Marine escort tugs

escort tug steel cutting ceremony group shot

Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), Panama City, Fla., reached an exciting milestone Dec 18, initiating steel cutting for the first of the four new advanced four new Robert Allan Ltd. designed RApport 2600 escort tugs that it is building for Saltchuk Marine at its Allanton shipyard.

Eastern to build four new CARB-compliant escort tugs for Saltchuk

As we reported when the order was announced in July, the four-tug contract marks the beginning of Saltchuk Marine’s long-term fleet renewal project,...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/esg-cuts-steel-four-first-of-four-new-saltchuck-marine-escort-tugs/

Incat Crowther to design new all-electric cargo transfer vessel

Singapore’s marinEV, a business of Yinson GreenTech, has commissioned Incat Crowther to design an ultra-efficient, all-electric light cargo transfer vessel.

The vessel, Hydromover 2.0, will transport light cargo such as stores, food and maintenance items, to vessels anchored in the Singapore Strait, waiting to dock at the Port of Singapore.

Hydromover 2.0, which builds on the success of the prototype Hydromover 1.0 cargo transfer vessel, will feature Incat Crowther’s efficient hull form,...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/incat-crowther-to-design-new-all-electric-cargo-transfer-vessel/

Damen-built Bu Tinah sets Guiness World record as world’s most powerful electric tugboat

Demonstrating an average high peak bollard pull of 78.2 tonnes, the Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 Bu Tinah has gained a Guinness World Records title as the world’s most powerful electric tugboat.

The Bu Tinah was delivered by Damen earlier this year to SAFEEN, part of Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports Group’s maritime & shipping cluster, and is the first fully electric tug to operate in the Middle East. The record-breaking performance took place at Khalifa Port, AD Ports Group’s flagship facility and the award of...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/damen-built-bu-tinah-sets-guiness-world-record-as-worlds-most-powerful-electric-tugboat/

Schottel thrusters selected for Saltchuk’s CARB-compliant tug quartet

Schottel is to supply azimuthing thrusters for the four new Robert Allan Ltd.-designed RApport 2600 escort tugs ordered by Saltchuk Marine at Eastern Shipbuilding Group. The Saltchuk Marine family includes Foss Maritime, Young Brothers, Cook Inlet Tug & Barge, AmNav Maritime, and Foss Offshore Wind. The four-tug contract marks the beginning of Saltchuk Marine’s long-term fleet renewal project, with the new tugs set to support West Coast port operations and to comply with EPA Tier 4 and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/schottel-thrusters-selected-for-saltchuks-carb-compliant-tug-quartet/

Dat Füürschipp goes to work for Kiel Fire Department

Delivered by Finland’s Kewatec Shipyards to the Kiel Fire Departmentin Germany, Dat Füürschipp is a 16.05 meter fire rescue boat with an innovative hybrid electric waterjet propulsion system, It is set to soon start operations in the Kiel Canal, Kiel Fjord, and up to 10 nautical miles off the coast of Germany.

Dat Füürschipp’s name is the Low German word for “lightship,” describing a floating lighthouse at sea, designed to prevent dangerous situations.

Based on Kewatec’s e-FiFi 1470 design, it is...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/dat-fuurschipp-goes-to-work-for-kiel-fire-department/

AUDIO: Coast Guard rescues 5 from tug Luther

The U.S. Coast Guard has released dramatic audio from an incident Friday in which five people were rescued from the 130-foot commercial tug Luther after it lost steering off the coast of La Push, Wash.

At 4:10 p.m., the Luther lost steering and was beset by weather while towing a concrete barge 10 miles off the coast of La Push and requested assistance from the Coast Guard. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew from Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, an MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air...

https://www.marinelog.com/uncategorized/audio-coast-guard-rescues-5-from-tug-luther/

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