RT Emotion – Germany’s First Hybrid Tug Named - Maritime and Salvage Wolrd News

The first hybrid tug to function in German waters was formally named throughout a celebration held Thursday within the Port of Bremerhaven.

Annika Bootsman-Kleberg, Member of the Wallenius’ Board and granddaughter of Olof Wallenius, Swedish entrepreneur and founding father of Wallenius Lines, had the dignity of naming the tug RT Emotion earlier than household, pals and KOTUG’s enterprise relations and representatives of Damen Shipyards Group.

The Damen-built RT Emotion was beforehand handed over to its proprietor Elisabeth Ltd. in March and is on bareboat constitution to KOTUG International, one of many world’s main towage operators.

RT Emotion is of the ART 80-32 Hybrid Rotortug design and is one in all three E-KOTUG sequence Rotortugs for KOTUG.

RT Emotion commenced her towage actions within the German Port of Bremerhaven lately whereas sister tugs RT Adriaan and RT Evolution are working within the Port of Rotterdam.

RT Evolution and RT Emotion, each 32- meters, are next-generation hybrid ART80-32 Rotortugs are new Damen-built tugs and designed by an alliance of Rotortug B.V. within the Netherlands and Robert Allan Ltd in Canada. The RT Adriaan has been working within the Port of Rotterdam since 2010 and was transformed to the E-KOTUG design in January 2012. The vessel was the primary hybrid Rotortug constructed to class.

The outcomes of the E-KOTUG sequence are 50% much less dangerous emissions, important noise discount, cleaner combustion and substantial upkeep financial savings due to improved gasoline economic system. The Rotortug’s hybrid capability is generated by three electrical motors, complemented by a battery pack and managed by an clever XeroPoint Hybrid Propulsion System.