TUGS WITH GREEN
A new flagship escort tug: HaiSea’s RAstar 4000-DF.
PROPULSION
SURGE AHEAD An electrifying first: the ElectRA 2800 for HaiSea Marine.
Global tugboat industry’s eyes are fixated on B.C.’s leading edge fleet investments
A
year ago in this same column, a story was told of a building wave of state-of-the-art tugs for B.C., and how that wave could crest ever higher
in 2020 and beyond. This past year has certainly not disappointed. Readers will be familiar with the recent acquisitions of Seaspan Raptor and Seaspan Harrier for operations in Vancouver, a powerful pair of 70-tonne bollard pull RAmparts 2400 class tugs designed
there is quite literally much more building to occur before this wave nears any crest.
Robert Allan Ltd.,
In March, it was announced that
and will be the firsts of its ElectRA
HaiSea Marine will be acquiring
series of electrically propelled
a cutting-edge fleet for the LNG
tugs. With an unrivalled maximum
Canada export facility in Kitimat. HaiSea, the joint venture between the Haisla First Nation, whose unceded traditional territory includes Kitimat, and Seaspan Marine Transportation, will operate a trio of dedicated harbour tugs, as well as several ultra-high performance escort tugs to fulfil their 12-year commitment to provide tug services to the facility. The world will take notice.
battery capacity of over 6,000 kWh, HaiSea’s ElectRA 2800 tugs will easily be the most capable of their kind in the world. Their large battery banks will allow these tugs to perform most of their duties with zero emissions by virtue of stored energy replenished between missions at HaiSea’s charging station, itself connected to the hydroelectric grid. Together, this fleet of harbour tugs is expected to void over 5,000
by B.C.’s Robert Allan Ltd. and built
The harbour tugs have been custom
tonnes of CO2 emissions per year
by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards. But
designed for the operation by
(approximately equal to 1,000 cars),
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