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HaiSea Courageous [Photo: Sanmar Shipyards]
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard has delivered HaiSea Courageous, the third of the three battery electrical tugs ordered by Canada’s HaiSea Marine, a three way partnership majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC.
The three have been constructed to Robert Allan Ltd’s ElectRA 2800 SX design and, together with two LNG-fueled Robert Allan Ltd RAstar 4000-DF design escort tugs additionally ordered by HaiSea Marine at Sanmar, will serve LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, the place, with ample clear hydroelectric energy obtainable, they may have the ability to recharge from devoted shore charging services at their berths between jobs, successfully leading to zero emissions.
The battery-electric ElectRA tugs have a 28.4 meter LOA, with a 13 meter beam and 5.9 meter draft. With 6,000 kWh of battery capability, they will obtain 70 tonnes bollard pull and can carry out all ship-berthing and unberthing missions on battery energy alone.
HaiSea’s inexperienced tug fleet is predicted to scale back emissions of CO2 by roughly 10,000 tonnes yearly in comparison with diesel powered alternate options, additionally delivering main reductions in NOX, SOX, CO, and particulate matter emissions.
The electrical tugs are additionally exceptionally quiet, each onboard and when it comes to underwater radiated noise, additional enhancing the safety of each marine and wildlife within the space.
Ali Gurun, Chairman of Sanmar Shipyards, mentioned: “At Sanmar, we’re devoted to serving to to guard the setting of our planet by way of innovation, technological advance, using different fuels, and ensuring any unfavorable influence is stored to an absolute minimal in all that we do. The Kitimat mission is a primary instance of what might be achieved as our business strikes in direction of a cleaner, greener, and sustainable new period. We’re proud to be on the forefront of this modification.”
Sanmar is about to ship an extra 4 ElectRA sequence battery-electric tugboats shortly. Two to South America operator SAAM Towage and one to Bukser og Berging in Norway. An ElectRA tug may also be a part of Sanmar’s personal fleet in Turkey within the first quarter of subsequent 12 months.
