The two battery-electric tugs are set for supply from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards subsequent 12 months.
SAAM Towage has reached an settlement that may see Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards construct two Robert Allan Ltd designed ElectRA 2300 SX battery electrical tugs.
They will function on the Neptune Terminals bulk delivery terminal on the north shore of Burrard Inlet within the Port of Vancouver, B.C. A major person of the terminal, and a component proprietor, is Canadian mining large Teck, a serious exporter of metallurgical coal.
Based in Chile, SAAM Towage operates greater than 180 tugboats in 13 international locations, and has a well-established presence in British Columbia, together with 9 tugs serving Vancouver’s Inner Harbor.
The new electrical tugs are set for supply within the second half of 2023.
“With an overall length of 23 meters and a 70 tons bollard pull performance, the tugs will be highly capable of delivering services to all terminals in the Port of Vancouver,” stated Sander Bikkers, president and nation supervisor of SAAM Towage Canada.
The tugboats are powered by two separate battery L-ion vitality storage techniques, making them 100% electrical and zero-emissions vessels. They can be charged by British Columbia’s hydroelectric energy grid.
The ElectRA 2300SX is an exclusive-to-Sanmar variant of the Robert Allan Ltd ElectRA range launched in May final 12 months. The order for the SAAM Towage duo follows final 12 months’s inserting of an order with Sanmar for 2 ElectRA 2800 tugs (and three LNG-dual fueled RAstar DF tugs) that Haisea Marine Services will function on the LNG Canada export facility in Kitimat, B.C. Those tugs, too, are due for supply subsequent 12 months.
“This project is a major step forward in the drive to reduce the impact that our industry has on the environment with the development of low and no emission tugs,” stated Ruchan Civgin, industrial director of Sanmar Shipyards. “We have long and successful relationships with both our partners in this project with a wealth of experience we can call on and I am delighted that, with them, Sanmar is leading the way to a sustainable environmentally-aware towage industry.”
At full capability, the brand new SAAM tug models are projected to avoid wasting 2,400 tons of greenhouse gasoline (GHG) emissions annually at Neptune Terminals.
“Working with SAAM Towage to further reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation of our products is another step forward in achieving our climate goals and contributing to global climate action,” stated Jonathan Price, CEO, Teck. “Collaborating with transportation providers to develop green transportation corridors is part of our climate action strategy and supports our goal of net zero emissions by 2050.”
Teck beforehand introduced an agreement with Oldendorff Carriers to make use of vitality environment friendly bulk carriers for shipments of Teck steelmaking coal from the Port of Vancouver, decreasing 45,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per 12 months, equal to eradicating almost 10,000 passenger automobiles from the street.
