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Med Marine orders Schottel RudderPropellers for 6 new ASD tugs

Schottel RudderPropeller

Six new ASD (azimuthing stern drive) tugs being built for stock by Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine’s Ereğli Shipyard will be equipped with Schottel RudderPropellers.

“An increasingly difficult global political situation and jeopardized trade routes have led to an increase in supply chain disruptions in recent years,” said Ertuğrul Çetin, procurement & technical group director at Med Marine. “The maritime industry is particularly affected by this. With the pre-production of our successful tug...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/med-marine-orders-schottel-rudderpropellers-for-6-new-asd-tugs/

PSA Wayra: Peru’s first hybrid-drive tug

Drive system of hybrid drive tug

Ordered last year at Hong Kong’s Cheoy Lee Shipyards (see earlier story), the Robert Allan Ltd RAmparts 2400 design hybrid-drive tug PSA Wayra will soon enter service as the first tug with a hybrid drive system on South America’s west coast. Built for PSA Marine Peru, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore’s PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd, the ASD tug is propelled by Schottel RudderPropellers and features Schottel’s patented Sydrive-M mechanical hybrid solution. Less complex than other hybrid technology,...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/psa-wayra-perus-first-hybrid-drive-tug/

Windcat opts for Schottel propulsion for hydrogen-fueled CSOVs

SRP-D thruster selected for Wincat CSOVs

The first three in the series of hydrogen-fueled Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) ordered at Damen Shipyards by CMB Group’s offshore personnel transfer subsidiary Windcat (see earlier story) will feature full Schottel propulsion packages.

The 87-meter long by 20-meters wide Elevation Series walk-to-work CSOVs will come have comfortable accommodations for 120 passengers, and will provide a large warehouse and deck as well as various recreational areas and a hospital. The propulsion...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/windcat-opts-for-schottel-propulsion-for-hydrogen-fueled-csovs/

Two more CMAL hybrid ferries will have Leclanché battery systems

Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, based energy storage system specialist Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN) has been selected for a second battery system project for vessels under construction for Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL). The contract will see Leclanché supply a 1.1 MWh Navius MRS-3TM marine rack system, with integrated cooling system, for each of two RoPax ferries on order at Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard to serve three islands in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands. The identical...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/two-more-cmal-hybrid-ferries-will-have-leclanche-battery-systems/

World’s first hydrogen-fueled tug features Schottel propulsion

HydroTug drive system

Launched earlier this year by Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Amon, the world’s first hydrogen-fueled tug, the HydroTug, will be among the cleanest vessels in the fleet of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium when it goes to work in early 2023.

With the HydroTug, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges is making an important step in the transition to a sustainable, CO2-neutral port,” says Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO at Port of Antwerp-Bruges.”The port is systematically pursuing a policy of making its entire...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/worlds-first-hydrogen-fueled-tug-features-schottel-propulsion/

Cleaner Air In Ports: U.S. Scrubber Barge To Be Propelled By Schottel

SCHOTTEL Scrubber Barge collage

The German propulsion expert SCHOTTEL has been awarded a contract to supply rudder propellers on a self-propelled barge-based vessel stack exhaust capture and treatment system. It will be produced and operated by U.S. company Clean Air Engineering – Maritime, Inc. (CAE-M), based in San Pedro, California.

Image Credits: schottel.de

The system is called the Marine Exhaust Treatment System or METS-3 and was designed by Fassmer Techincal Projects and will be built at U.S. shipyard Greenbrier...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/cleaner-air-in-ports-u-s-scrubber-barge-propelled-by-schottel/

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