New tug: Enter the KST Dragon
Robert Allan Ltd. reports that the KST Dragon, a RAmparts 2500-CL ship handling and escort tug, arrived in her home port of Singapore last month and will soon commence operations for KST
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Bisso Towboat takes delivery of new ASD tug Mr. Brian
Luling, La.-based Bisso Towboat Co. Inc. has taken delivery of its newest low emission ship-assist tug, the Mr. Brian. Named in honor of the company’s long-time VP Operations, Brian Cyprowski, the 5,000
Gulf LNG Tugs orders four RApport 2800 tugs
Gulf LNG Tugs of Port Arthur LLC has announced the acquisition of four cutting-edge, high-horsepower tugboats designed for the Port Arthur LNG export facility in Texas. These Low Emission (LEV) RApport 2800
Svitzer orders world’s first battery-methanol tug
Copenhagen-headquartered global towage operator Svitzer has contracted Turkey’s Uzmar shipyard to build a first of its kind battery-methanol tug for delivery in the second half of 2025. The tug will be based
Sanmar lays keel for Kotug Canada’s powerful new methanol dual fuel escort tug duo
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard Altinova this week hosted a keel laying service for the two methanol dual fuel Robert Allan Ltd designed RAsalvor 4400-DFM escort tugs it is building for Kotug Canada Inc.,
SAAM Towage Canada’s electric twins go to work in Vancouver
Now in service with SAAM Towage Canada, the SAAM Volta and Chief Dan George are the first battery electric tugs built specifically to operate in Vancouver, B.C. Built to Robert Allan Ltd’s
Sanmar delivers first LNG-fueled Haisea Marine tug
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards reports that Haisea Kermode, the first of the two LNG-fueled escort tugs that it is building for Haisea Marine, has arrived in Vancouver, B.C., joining the three emissions-free Sanmar
TTB 2024: How realistic are zero-emission targets for tugs and towboats?
As the industry is set to undergo a “green” revolution to meet decarbonization targets, not everyone is convinced that these goals are tangible for everyone. To discuss this in more detail, a
TTB 2024: Retrofitting the first ammonia-powered tug
As you can read about in the February issue of Marine Log magazine, tug owners are looking at all their options when it comes to green power and technologies. To drive this
TTB 2024: America’s first hybrid electric towboat
While innovations in tugboat design to make them greener and more powerful have made headlines more so than inland towboats, some towboat operators aren’t too far behind. Taylor Dickerson, who is vice