A 3rd electric-powered tug constructed by Sanmar Shipyards in Turkiye has arrived in Vancouver, Canada, to affix HaiSea Marine’s fleet.
HaiSea Courageous will work in Vancouver alongside its sisters HaiSea Wamis and HaiSea Wee’git earlier than all three – together with two Sanmar-built liquefied pure fuel (LNG)-fueled tugs – are transferred to LNG Canada’s new export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.
Primarily based on the ElectRA 2800 SX design by Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd, HaiSea Courageous, HaiSea Wamis and HaiSea Wee’git measure 28.4m LOA, with a 13m beam and 5.9m draft and have 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 Marine is a three way partnership majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, that may present tug harbor and escort providers within the environmentally-sensitive area.
With ample clear hydroelectric energy obtainable in Kitimat, the harbor tugs will be capable of recharge from devoted shore charging amenities at their berths between jobs, successfully leading to zero emissions.
In line with the builder, 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.
HaiSea’s inexperienced tug fleet is predicted to cut 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.
Cem Seven, Vice Chairman of Sanmar Shipyards, mentioned, “At Sanmar we’re proud to be main the best way to a brand new sustainable environmentally-friendly period for the tug and towing trade based mostly on low and no-emissions tugboats. We imagine that this shall be achieved by way of innovation, technological advance, and the usage of different fuels. The ElectRA Collection of harbor tugs are the primary of a brand new era of tugboats that may change our world.”
