Roland Schwandt has been appointed deputy CEO of Spay/Rhine, Germany headquartered propulsion system specialist Schottel GmbH, with effect from January1, 2024. Since joining Schottel in 2000, Schwandt, a graduate naval architect, has
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
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
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
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
McAllister Towing’s Tier IV tug Jane McAllister has arrived in the Port of Virginia. The 93 foot long by 38 foot beam vessel is equipped with 3516E Tier IV Caterpillar engines producing
Recently delivered to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) by Washburn & Doughty, East Boothbay, Me., the Seaway Trident is a highly customized, ice-strengthened tugboat based on Glosten’s HT-60
The Belov Engenharia shipyard in Salvador, Brazil, has delivered the HB Poraque. The Robert Allan Ltd. designed RApide 2000-E design vessel is the first of the two innovative battery/diesel electric vessels the
Schottel’s Wismar, Germany, production facility has just shipped the largest EcoPeller ever manufactured by the propulsion specialist. The five-bladed SRE 700 has a propeller diameter of 3.6 meters and an input power
Recently delivered to Suderman & Young Towing Company in Houston, Texas, the Eva is the first in a series of three Robert Allan Ltd.-designed Rapport 2600 tugboats the company ordered from Master
