Houston, Texas-based shipping company Signet Maritime Corporation has expanded its towage fleet with the recent acquisition of two new tugs in a series built at the Pascagoula, Mississippi facilities of subsidiary Signet Shipbuilding and Repair (SS&R). Signet Capella and Signet Sirius were both built to a design developed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan […]
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Signet Maritime delivers the first of two advanced Rotortugs
Signet Maritime’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard has recently completed the Signet Sirius. The first of two ART 92-32W Rotortugs, it and is the first ART (advanced Rotortug) that Signet has built for its fleet.
Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. in collaboration with RotorTug BV, the vessels incorporate the patented triple Z-drive Rotortug propulsion layout, featuring omni-directional maneuverability, and the benefits of a fully redundant and precise propulsion machinery configuration. The Rotortug...
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Kotug tests autonomous technology on tug in Port of Rotterdam
Kotug International, ship design company Rotortug, and Dutch tech start-up Captain AI have begun conducting trials of a tug fitted with an autonomous sailing system. The ..