PSA Wayra: Peru’s first 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
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Windcat opts for Schottel propulsion for hydrogen-fueled 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
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
Tier IV tug Jane McAllister arrives in Virginia
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
VIDEO: Seaway Trident goes to work for Seaway Development Authority
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
VIDEO: World’s first battery electric shallow draft pushboat
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 ships its largest-ever EcoPeller
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
Tugboat designs and deliveries abound
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
Big dredge: Big RudderPropellers
Currently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, Manson Construction Company’s 15,000-cubic-yard capacity, 420 foot long Frederick Paup will be the largest U.S.-flagged, self-propelled hopper dredge in the United
Schottel introduces new DP-optimized rudder propeller for offshore wind
Propulsion system specialist Schottel, Spay, Germany, has introduced a new rudder propeller optimized for DP (dynamic positioning) use. Meeting the growing requirements for W2W (walk-to-work) vessels to operate efficiently and reliably, the