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Shipyard takes the lead in zero-emissions tug building
The towage industry undergoing a revolution in newbuild deliveries, with electric-powered tugs and those ready for alternative fuels entering service in 2024
Sanmar Shipyards, a sponsor of the International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards 2024, is a leader in the field of environmentally friendly tugboats.
It has been a decade of innovation, with a promise of much more to come. Sanmar has produced the most battery-powered, zero-emissions tugs, six to date, and several tugs using LNG fuel, including the world’s first in 2014.
Robert Allan Ltd provides exclusive designs to the Turkish shipbuilder and tug owner, including the ElectRA series of battery-powered tugs.
Sanmar chairman of the board Ali Gürün said the sixth of these ElectRA tugs, BB Electra, was delivered to its owner Norway’s Buksér og Berging in March 2024.
“We have delivered three electric tugs and two LNG dual-fuel escort tugs to HaiSea Marine and two ElectRA tugs to SAAM Towage,” said Mr Gürün. “Apart from these, we have delivered and are still delivering almost a dozen other tugs to owners around the world.”
Sanmar also launched the first ElectRA tug for its own fleet operating in Turkey in February, and started constructing two methanol-fuelled escort tugs for Kotug Canada, based on RAsalvor 4400 DFM design of Robert Allan Ltd.
Mr Gürün said the shipbuilder has garnered more interest for electric tugs and already has five more ElectRA tugs in the orderbook for delivery in 2025.
“Sanmar is leading this move to greener, cleaner, sustainable operations with a new generation of emissions-free tugs such as the ElectRA series of harbour tugs and our joint project to build the world’s first methanol-fuelled tugboats. ITS offers us an ideal opportunity for us to share this strategic vision.”
During ITS 2024, Sanmar Shipyards director of research and development Tamer Geçkin will present the latest decarbonisation technologies and fuels, including energy storage solutions, LNG, methanol, ammonia and hydrogen.
He will consider risk management for alternate fuels and battery systems, automation and autonomous technology familiarisation, requirements for crew training and the need for human intervention and improvisation.
Sanmar will sponsor the ITS Lifetime Achievement Award 2024, which is presented to an individual who has made a contribution of outstanding significance to the international tug and salvage industry during their lifetime. At ITS 2022, Robert Allan Ltd executive chairman Robert Allan received this prestigious award at the finale of the ITS Gala Dinner & Awards ceremony.
“Providing support for, and having our company name and brand associated with this prestigious event at the beating heart of the tug and salvage industry, is all the more important as we enter a new era of technological advances, brought about by the need to protect our planet’s environment,” said Mr Gürün.
“Importantly for us, ITS also provides numerous opportunities for informal relaxed face-to-face networking by top executives and experts from around world, all gathered in one place with a common purpose of exchanging ideas and highlighting opportunities. The attendee list reads like a Who’s Who of the tug and salvage business.”
Mr Gürün continued, “For us, ITS represents a golden opportunity to reach our target audience while they are gathered in and around one venue, and focused on specific important issues. Sponsorship puts us at the heart of this community, emphasising our commitment to a collaborative way of working that benefits us all.
“At each ITS, major deals are signed and new technological advances are shared and celebrated, but we find that it is often the seeds that are sown and the conversations that are started in those face-to-face conversations that are the most important.
“ITS is an opportunity that should be embraced, one where new business relationships are formed and existing ones renewed and developed. It is a unique opportunity and once again we plan to take maximum advantage of it.”
Tamer Geçkin presentation Readying tugboat operators and crew for next-generation vessels and technology will be presented at 14.55 on 22 May at the International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards 2024
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Shipyard takes the lead in zero-emissions tug building
The towage industry undergoing a revolution in newbuild deliveries, with electric-powered tugs and those ready for alternative fuels entering service in 2024
Sanmar Shipyards, a sponsor of the International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards 2024, is a leader in the field of environmentally friendly tugboats.
It has been a decade of innovation, with a promise of much more to come. Sanmar has produced the most battery-powered, zero-emissions tugs, six to date, and several tugs using LNG fuel, including the world’s first in 2014.
Robert Allan Ltd provides exclusive designs to the Turkish shipbuilder and tug owner, including the ElectRA series of battery-powered tugs.
Sanmar chairman of the board Ali Gürün said the sixth of these ElectRA tugs, BB Electra, was delivered to its owner Norway’s Buksér og Berging in March 2024.
“We have delivered three electric tugs and two LNG dual-fuel escort tugs to HaiSea Marine and two ElectRA tugs to SAAM Towage,” said Mr Gürün. “Apart from these, we have delivered and are still delivering almost a dozen other tugs to owners around the world.”
Sanmar also launched the first ElectRA tug for its own fleet operating in Turkey in February, and started constructing two methanol-fuelled escort tugs for Kotug Canada, based on RAsalvor 4400 DFM design of Robert Allan Ltd.
Mr Gürün said the shipbuilder has garnered more interest for electric tugs and already has five more ElectRA tugs in the orderbook for delivery in 2025.
“Sanmar is leading this move to greener, cleaner, sustainable operations with a new generation of emissions-free tugs such as the ElectRA series of harbour tugs and our joint project to build the world’s first methanol-fuelled tugboats. ITS offers us an ideal opportunity for us to share this strategic vision.”
During ITS 2024, Sanmar Shipyards director of research and development Tamer Geçkin will present the latest decarbonisation technologies and fuels, including energy storage solutions, LNG, methanol, ammonia and hydrogen.
He will consider risk management for alternate fuels and battery systems, automation and autonomous technology familiarisation, requirements for crew training and the need for human intervention and improvisation.
Sanmar will sponsor the ITS Lifetime Achievement Award 2024, which is presented to an individual who has made a contribution of outstanding significance to the international tug and salvage industry during their lifetime. At ITS 2022, Robert Allan Ltd executive chairman Robert Allan received this prestigious award at the finale of the ITS Gala Dinner & Awards ceremony.
“Providing support for, and having our company name and brand associated with this prestigious event at the beating heart of the tug and salvage industry, is all the more important as we enter a new era of technological advances, brought about by the need to protect our planet’s environment,” said Mr Gürün.
“Importantly for us, ITS also provides numerous opportunities for informal relaxed face-to-face networking by top executives and experts from around world, all gathered in one place with a common purpose of exchanging ideas and highlighting opportunities. The attendee list reads like a Who’s Who of the tug and salvage business.”
Mr Gürün continued, “For us, ITS represents a golden opportunity to reach our target audience while they are gathered in and around one venue, and focused on specific important issues. Sponsorship puts us at the heart of this community, emphasising our commitment to a collaborative way of working that benefits us all.
“At each ITS, major deals are signed and new technological advances are shared and celebrated, but we find that it is often the seeds that are sown and the conversations that are started in those face-to-face conversations that are the most important.
“ITS is an opportunity that should be embraced, one where new business relationships are formed and existing ones renewed and developed. It is a unique opportunity and once again we plan to take maximum advantage of it.”
Tamer Geçkin presentation Readying tugboat operators and crew for next-generation vessels and technology will be presented at 14.55 on 22 May at the International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards 2024
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