Sanmar Shipyards’ Tamer Geçkin says autonomous technologies will eventually be regularly deployed on tugs, as they have already on short-route ferries

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ADNOC boosts port fleet with new tractor tugs

29 May 2024

Cummins supplied main engines and gensets to two harbour tugs built by Abu Dhabi Ship Building

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CMB.Tech inks deal for four hydrogen-powered tugs

28 May 2024

Shipbuilding contract with Damen’s Dubai shipyard could see further vessels built

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New electric tug designs unveiled

24 May 2024

Uzmar worked with Robert Allan Ltd to design three types of electric tugs

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ITS Awards celebrate outstanding vessels, owners and innovators

24 May 2024

Tugboat owners, designers and builders, salvage companies and port operators were presented with the sector’s most prestigious awards during a gala industry dinner

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Tug and salvage in the Middle East Gulf a microcosm of broader maritime and geopolitical challenges

21 May 2024

Solving the ’puzzle’ of an ageing and undersupplied tug fleet, biofuels’ role in an international harbour decarbonisation joint venture and the geopolitics of Middle East salvage projects

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Med Marine set to unveil first battery-electric tug

10 Apr 2024

Med Marine is investing in eco-friendly tugs with the first zero-emissions battery tug set to be introduced in May during the ITS Convention

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Shipyard takes the lead in zero-emissions tug building

21 Mar 2024

Sanmar Shipyards is leading the world in building fleets of electric tugs

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ITS Convention 2024 sponsor: Damen Shipyards

05 Feb 2024

In the first of a series of sponsor profiles, counting down to the International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards 2024, we engage with tug designer and builder Damen Shipyards

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Damen: what does it take to design and build an award-winning electric tug?

23 Jan 2024

In the third of a series of articles counting down to the International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards 2024, we engage with Damen Shipyards, which designed and built Sparky, ITS Tug of the Year 2022

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IHI Power Systems: what does it take to be an award-winning engine innovator?

19 Jan 2024

In the second of a series of articles counting down to the International Tug & Salvage Convention, Exhibition & Awards 2024, we engage with IHI Power Systems, winner of the 2022 Innovation of the Year Award

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International Tug and Salvage Convention Event News

CMB.Tech inks deal for four hydrogen-powered tugs

Shipbuilding contract with Damen’s Dubai shipyard could see further vessels built

Tug and salvage in the Middle East Gulf a microcosm of broader maritime and geopolitical challenges

Solving the ’puzzle’ of an ageing and undersupplied tug fleet, biofuels’ role in an international harbour decarbonisation joint venture and the geopolitics of Middle East salvage projects