AYK Energy has announced that battery-methanol harbour tug Svitzer Balder has completed sea trials. As previously reported by ship.energy, Andorra-based AYK was commissioned to manufacture and supply a 6MWh battery for the vessel, which is being built at Uzmar shipyard in Türkiye, last year. The vessel is said to be the first of its kind ever built. The Svitzer Balder is now set for delivery to the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden where it will conduct more than 90% of its towing and docking operations ‘zero-emission’ using its battery-electric powertrain. It will be the fifth Svitzer tug to feature battery systems provided by AYK. ‘I […]

A Schottel propulsion package will power Bahía Beatriz, an 8,000 DWT hybrid chemical tanker which has been constructed by Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Murueta for Bilbao-based shipowner Mureloil. Officially launched in February this year, the vessel has been specifically designed for bunkering operations and terminal-to-terminal fuel transport. The tanker will operate alongside its sister ship Bahía Candela, which is already in service with an identical Schottel propulsion configuration. Together, both vessels will double Mureloil’s capacity to transport biofuels and methanol. Jose Luis Caraballo, General Manager at Mureloil, commented: ‘Choosing azimuth thrusters for a diesel-electric bunker vessel is not just a […]

Türkiye’s Sanmar Shipyards has announced the completion of sea trials of a fully-electric ElectRA 2500SX design tugboat, which brings the yard’s tally of electric vessels to fourteen. The ElectRA Series was created through a partnership with Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd and the vessels use battery technology developed by Corvus Energy. The latest vessel, DINAMO IV, is equipped with a 1,808 kWh battery capacity. This power configuration allows the tug to achieve a bollard pull of 70 tonnes and reach a speed of 12.5 knots. Since the series was unveiled in 2021, ElectRA tugs have been deployed across Europe, […]