Sanmar launches first electric tug for own fleet

Having built several battery-powered vessels for clients, such as the five tugs covered by Maritime Journal that have just reached their final destinations in Canada, the yard has added a similar tug for operations at six ports around Turkey, Sanmar says.

In fact Sanmar says this tug is the seventh battery tug delivered within a year, with the sixth on her way to Norway.

“Based on the exclusive-to-Sanmar ElectRA 2300SX design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd, the powerful and highly manoeuvrable new tug has been named Dinamo 2023,” says Sanmar. “Dinamo 2023 belongs to a new era of pioneering emissions-free tugboats being built by Sanmar to protect the environment and create a sustainable tug industry.

“This has been achieved with no loss of performance or power with Dinamo 2023, for example, being able to achieve a minimum of 70 tonnes of bollard pull ahead while operating on battery power.”

Because of the batteries the vessel had to be built with enough space for them to be able to achieve a high bollard pull in a flush deck design, but still with the option to maintain some back-up diesel generator capacity.

The tug has an LOA of 23.4 metres, a beam of 11.85 metres and a depth of 5.16 metres.

“We have received a huge amount of interest in the ElectRA Series from operators around the world,” said Gürün. “Doing everything we can towards protecting our planet is of paramount importance and we are, of course, delighted to see the first emissions-free tugboat in our own fleet. This is a milestone moment for us.”