Port of Antwerp-Bruges and cleantech company CMB.TECH are preparing to soon welcome the Hydrotug, the first hydrogen-powered tugboat, which is part of an integral greening programme for the port’s…
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Conrad Shipyard to build two tugs for USACE
Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Shipyard LLC has won a $16,983,710 firm-fixed-price contract to build two tugboats for use in the Great Lakes. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received.
Work will be performed in Morgan City with an estimated completion date of Dec. 26, 2024.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (W912BU-22-C-0014).
According to a “Sources Sought” notice issued in April last year, the vessels will be 2,000 hp ice class...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/conrad-shipyard-to-build-two-tugs-for-usace/
VIDEO: Maersk Supply and Kirby partner up for U.S. offshore wind
Mystery solved. Maersk Supply Service is the customer for the wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) ordered at Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine last week.
Supporting the newbuild investment, Maersk Supply has been awarded a firm contract with Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, for the installation of U.S. offshore wind farms Empire 1 and 2.
Maersk Supply has been developing an innovative concept for installing offshore wind turbines since 2019. It says that it is is 30%...
Master Boat Builders delivers first Seabulk electric-hybrid tug
Master Boat Builders Inc. reports that its Coden, Ala., shipyard has now delivered the electric-hybrid tug Spartan to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered SEACOR group member Seabulk.
Designed by Robert Allan Ltd., the tug is built to meet U.S. Coast Guard regulations and is classed by American Bureau of Shipping, including escort notation.
The vessel has an overall length of 98 feet, beam of 43 feet, and bollard pull of 90 tons. The integrated hybrid propulsion system was provided by Thompson...
New fleet of MGO-fueled tugs will feature onboard carbon capture
Two Netherlands-based companies are to carry out a conceptual design study for a new fleet of MGO-fueled tugs that will be fitted with an onboard carbon capture system.
Dutch containership will be fitted with CO2 capture and storage solution
The tugs are to be built for Carbon Collectors, which aims to collect carbon captured from shoreside industry and transport it by barge to be injected into depleted offshore gas fields. The MGO-fueled tugs would be fitted with the Filtree scrubber solution...
Response to Alaska tug grounding continues
A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Western Towboat, continues to lead the response efforts for the grounded tug Western Mariner in Alaska’s Neva Strait, which initially occurred Monday morning.
The tugboat owner, Western Towboat, contracted Hanson Maritime, SEAPRO, and Global Diving & Salvage who are currently on-scene and continuing pollution recovery efforts and salvage planning.
As...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/response-to-alaska-tug-grounding-continues/
Coast Guard responds to Alaska tug grounding
The Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), and Western Towboat have established a unified command in response to a tug grounding in Alaska’s Neva Strait, with a subsequent spill of diesel fuel.
Watchstanders in the Sector Juneau command center received a radio call at 2:55 a.m. Monday from the tug Western Mariner stating that while towing Chichagof Provider, a 286-foot containerized barge, in Neva Strait, the barge collided with the tug causing it to run hard...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coast-guard-responds-to-alaska-tug-grounding-2/
AD Ports’ maritime unit orders green tugboat to meet growing demand
Safeen Group, the maritime services arm of AD Ports Group, has ordered a Tier III tugboat from the Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine to meet its growing service requirements. The post AD Ports’…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/ad-ports-maritime-unit-orders-green-tugboat-to-meet-growing-demand/
Tidewater orders tug duo at Damen
Damen Shipyards reports that it has signed a contract with Houston-headquartered Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309. The tugs will be built at Albwardy Damen Sharjah and, on delivery in the first quarter of 2023, will both go on charter to a long-standing Tidewater customer.
Damen says the 23-meter Stan Tug 2309 is a compact and versatile harbor and coastal tug which, in its standard format, is equipped for towing, mooring and fire-fighting, with a bollard pull...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/tidewater-orders-tug-duo-at-damen/
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...