Tug completes new vessels batch for COSCO Shipping

At the end of December 2023, the shipyard group delivered two other tugboats.

Zhenjiang Shipyards in Jiangsu province handed to Quanzhou Port 38-m ASD tugboat Xin Gand Tuo 10 on 23 December. It has installed power of 2,942 kW, a beam of 10 m, a depth of 5 m, a bollard pull ahead of 51 tonnes, astern of 46 tonnes, and a speed of 13 knots.

Ningbo Oil Handling & Tug (Barge) Co took delivery of ASD tugboat Yonggang Tuo 80, with hybrid propulsion featuring an energy storage system, on 20 December. It has a parallel diesel-electric hybrid propulsion with total power of 3,680 kW coming from batteries and electric motors supported by a main engine and an energy management system.

On 29 December, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyards launched an ASD tugboat by crane lift with 3,824 kW of power for an unnamed domestic shipowner.

This was followed on 30 December by keel laying for China’s largest special pilot ship, which will have 6,000 dwt and operate in Shanghai Port by Shanghai Shenhui Ninghai Service Co when completed.

Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyards laid the keel on 3 January for the second 4,500-dwt cargo ship it is building for an unnamed South Korean owner to Korean Register class.

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