Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2025
Svitzer orders battery-powered tug
ElectRA 2500-SX | Copenhagen-based towage company, Svitzer, has ordered another battery-powered tug to be built by Sanmar Shipyard and deployed in the Øresund Strait between Denmark and Sweden. With a capacity of 1,818 MWh and a 70-tonne bollard pull, the 52m-long azimuthing stern drive tug will be built to a Robert Allan design and delivered in the second half of this year. Battery power will enable the 25m-long ElectRA 2500-SX tug to operate safely and effectively on electrical power alone. However, the vessel will also have two generators for back-up, extended endurance, and firefighting operations....