KOTUG takes full ownership of Kotug Seabulk Maritime

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...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/kotug-takes-full-ownership-of-kotug-seabulk-maritime/

Kotug to deploy electric pusher tug for transport of cocoa

Kotug will deploy the first in a new series of electric pusher tugs to handle barges transporting imported cocoa beans between the Port of Amsterdam and Cargill’s c ..

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/tug-and-salvage-world/inland-tug-operations/kotug-to-deploy-electric-pusher-tug-for-transport-of-cocoa/

Kotug starts zero-emission barging to Cargill via electric tugboat

Kotug, based in Rotterdam, and Vancouver, B.C.-based Shift Clean Energy are providing a zero-emissions barging solution that will bring cocoa beans from the Port of Amsterdam to agribusiness giant Cargill’s cocoa facilities in Zaandam, avoiding an approximately 20-kilometer road journey.

Kotug will deploy an all-electric E-Pusher type M tug and four barges to transport the beans.The vessel is equipped with swappable battery energy containers from Shift Clean Energy (Shift). The containers are...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/kotug-starts-zero-emission-barging-to-cargill-via-electric-tugboat/

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