Back in 2019, New Zealand's Ports of Auckland commissioned the world's first full-size electric tug, which first hit the water in December 2020, ahead of scheduled delivery toward the end of this year ...

The Ports of Auckland in New Zealand has welcomed a new member to its maritime family. A bright green, electric tugboat named Sparky recently arrived in Auckland as “the world’s first full-sized ...

If you’ve heard of Arc Boats, the Los Angeles startup founded in 2021 by former SpaceX employees, it’s likely because you’ve seen its sleek sport boats. But the company’s also been pushing into the ...

The nation’s first all-electric tugboat will soon move ships around the Port of San Diego and on Wednesday officials broke ground on a shoreside charging station that will keep the tug chugging around ...

Most of the electrification efforts are currently put into cars, but there is a huge appetite to electrify ships too. To meet the performance of the port's strongest diesel tug Hauraki, also built by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The clean energy aspect of the RSD-E Tug 2513 is immediately apparent. However, its true value lies not only in its environmental ...

Built by Damen Shipyards and the first fully electric tugboat to be deployed in the Middle East, the new RSD-E Tug 2513 Bu Tinah put in its record-breaking performance took place at Khalifa Port ...

Robert Allan is an acclaimed Canadian naval architecture company that introduced its first series of electric vessels back in 2021. Now, it's working on a battery-electric tugboat without generator ...

Sparky, a new all-electric ship handling tugboat, has been christened in Auckland, New Zealand. The RSD-E Tug 2513 was built at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam for owner Ports of Auckland. Equipped ...

One of the world’s first fully-electric ship-handling tugs was launched into the water at Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, on December 4. Damen is building the vessel, a 70 tonnes bollard pull RSD-E Tug ...

As part of its climate change initiative, New Zealand's Ports of Auckland has agreed to buy the world's first full-size electric port tug from the Damen Shipyards Group. The RSD-E Tug 2513 is expected ...