{"id":11606,"date":"2020-06-13T14:08:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/tuggy-mctugface-ruled-out-in-naming-contest-for-electric-harbor-tug\/11606\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T14:08:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:08:21","slug":"tuggy-mctugface-ruled-out-in-naming-contest-for-electric-harbor-tug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/tuggy-mctugface-ruled-out-in-naming-contest-for-electric-harbor-tug\/11606\/","title":{"rendered":"“Tuggy McTugface” Ruled Out in Naming Contest for Electric Harbor Tug"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The port authority for Auckland, New Zealand has asked the internet community to select the name of its new all-electric tug, and it has received 3,000 suggestions, including several novel options. Learning from the experience of the UK Natural Environment Research Council – which was surprised when the online public selected "Boaty McBoatface" as the name for its new $250 million polar research vessel – the seaport is curating the choices before the final vote. <\/p>\n

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the port authority decided to remove Tuggy McTugface<\/em> from the running for the new tug. Also eliminated were The Fighting Queen of Covid, Electric Disco Biscuit<\/em> and Doug<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“It looks like people had a lot of fun making up names, and we've had a lot of laughs sorting through them. We’ve narrowed down the field, tested the short-list for operational suitability and arrived at the final four names going to public vote," port communications manager Matt Ball said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The final four options are ?rahi <\/em>(a Maori word meaning to lead, escort, conduct or drive), Hiko <\/em>(Maori for electrical, power), E.T. <\/em>(an acronym intended to represent "electric tug") and Sparky<\/em>. Any member of the public can vote for the new name at https:\/\/www.poal.co.nz\/name-the-tug<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The as-yet-to-be-named vessel will be the world's first full-size, fully electric ship assist tug. The 25-meter boat will have 70 tonnes of bollard pull – the same as the port's strongest diesel tugboat. She will be able to do three to four shipping moves on a full charge, or about three to four hours work. A fast charge will take about two hours. <\/p>\n

As for "Boaty McBoatface," the UK NERC departed from the original plan and selected the much more serious name of RRS Sir David Attenborough<\/em>. The original name lives on, though, appended to an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) which is carried and deployed by the research vessel. <\/p>\n

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