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Cheoy Lee completes 16-tug Z-Tech 6000 series
In 2024, Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong delivered the first boat of Robert Allan Ltd.’s Z-Tech 6000 design, the PSA Gemini, to PSA Marine of Singapore. Less than two years later
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Sanmar delivers all electric harbor tug quartet to BOTAŞ
For most tug builders around the world, delivering just one fully electric tug would be a milestone achievement. For Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar, though, since delivery of its first electric tug to Canada’s
Moran launches first of new class tug
New Canann, Conn.-headquartered Moran Towing Co.’s newest tug, the William E Moran, has entered service in New York, bringing enhanced capability and performance to the company’s evolving fleet. As the first vessel
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
Dual-fuel standby duo goes to work in Hong Kong
Robert Allan Ltd. reports that a pair of of dual fuel (diesel and LNG) standby vessels built to its RAstar 4200-DF design recently entered service with Hongkong Salvage & Towage (HKST). Built
Philippine Navy takes delivery of new Robert Allan designed tug duo
Josefa Slipways Inc., Sual, Philippines, has delivered the first two Robert Allan Ltd. design tugs to be built for the Philippine Navy. Designed to provide support to the navy’s surface fleet, they
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
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
Bay Houston Towing orders multiple RAstar 3200-W tugs
Bay Houston Towing reports that its president, Philip Kuebler, has signed a contract with Sterling Shipyard in Port Neches, Texas, to build multiple Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200-W tugs. “The addition of the RAstar 3200-W further diversifies our
Kotug Canada orders two powerful methanol-fueled escort tugs
Kotug Canada has selected Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards to build two Robert Allan Ltd. designed dual fuel methanol-fueled escort tugs. They will service the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP), which extends the Trans