Specialised Workboat News Roundup | June 19 – US rocket launch base order, German electric harbour craft and more

A new workboat has been delivered to a Norwegian coastal waterway authority as construction continues on a pilot station ship in China and a research vessel for a French museum. Orders have meanwhile been placed for two German electric workboats and a sea-going rocket launch base in the United States. Chinese-built pilot station vessel floated […]

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Hamburg port services firm orders electric workboat pair

Rendering of a Flotte Hamburg electric workboat

Flotte Hamburg, the marine services provider that serves clients in the Port of Hamburg in Germany, has placed an order for two new workboats in a series to be built by local shipyard Hermann Barthel. The workboats will be fitted with all-electric propulsion in anticipation of new laws forbidding...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Elektra – World’s first hydrogen-fueled tug to operate in Germany’s inland waters

A new hydrogen-fueled inland pusher tug recently arrived at the Port of Westhafen near Berlin to undergo a series of trials to prepare it for operational service. Elektra ..

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