Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards introduced it has delivered a second electric-powered tug to HaiSea Marine in Canada.
The newly constructed HaiSea Wee’git and its sister HaiSea Wamis, delivered earlier this 12 months, will present harbor and escort tugboat companies to tankers calling at LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia. A 3rd electrical tug, HaiSea Brave, is scheduled to be delivered later this 12 months.
The 28.4-meter-long tugs are based mostly on the exclusive-to-Sanmar ElectRA 2800SX design from Vancouver-headquartered naval architects, Robert Allan Ltd. With roughly 70 tonnes bollard pull, a prime pace of 12 knots and 6,000 kWh of battery capability, every will carry out all ship-berthing and unberthing missions on battery energy alone. Each is provided with Corvus Orca Energy ESS.
Taking benefit of the clear hydroelectric energy out there in Kitimat, the vessels will be capable of recharge from devoted shore charging amenities at its berth between jobs, successfully leading to zero emissions. The ABS-classed electrical harbor tugs are additionally exceptionally quiet, each onboard and by way of underwater radiated noise, additional enhancing the safety of each marine and wildlife within the space.
In addition to the electrical tugs, HaiSea Marine—a three way partnership majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC—will function two Sanmar-built dual-fuel escort tugs able to operating on liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) and diesel. HaiSea’s inexperienced tug fleet is anticipated to scale back emissions of CO2 by roughly 10,000 tonnes every year in comparison with diesel powered alternate options, with main reductions of NOX, SOX, CO, and particulate matter as nicely.
Ali Gurun, chairman of Sanmar Shipyards, mentioned, “The delivery of HaiSea Wee’git is another marker along the road to a sustainable, environmentally-friendly tug and towing industry. The importance of the delivery of these game-changing tugs to our entire industry cannot be over-estimated. Emissions-free harbour tugs are no longer just a dream. At Sanmar, we are delighted to be at the forefront of this change. As you can imagine, we have had a lot of interest in the ElectRA series from operators around the world.”
Sanmar will ship an additional 4 ElectRA Series this 12 months. Two shall be delivered to South America operator SAAM Towage, one to Bukser og Berging in Norway and one to Sanmar’s personal fleet in Türkiye.
