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Glosten and ABB have teamed to develop a methanol-hybrid ship assist tug design<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The “SA-100” is a 100-ft. ASD harbor tug\u2014designed to measure under 100 grt\u2014is propelled by two methanol compatible CAT 3512E gensets powering electrically driven L-drives. The gensets are complemented by battery banks for zero-emission operation when transiting, peak shaving during general operation, and as boost for achieving the tug\u2019s peak bollard pull of 90 short tons.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had three primary design objectives in developing this tug\u2014all intended to benefit the owner\/operator,\u201d said Peter Soles of Glosten, who leads the conceptual development of their tug designs. \u201cFirst, to provide assurance of regulatory compliance and future adaptability; second, to achieve meaningful improvement in environmental performance; and lastly, to control OpEx costs such that assist services can still be offered at competitive rates.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEvery tug operator is trying to determine their company\u2019s path through this new hybrid and electric world. The SA-100 design is the perfect \u00a0stepping off point for those that cannot leap headlong into all-electric propulsion. With this design, the operator will reap some of the instant maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Glosten and ABB have teamed to develop a methanol-hybrid ship assist tug design.\u00a0 The “SA-100” is a 100-ft. ASD harbor tug\u2014designed to measure under 100 grt\u2014is propelled by two methanol compatible CAT 3512E gensets powering electrically driven L-drives. The gensets are complemented by battery banks for zero-emission operation when transiting, peak shaving during general operation, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/31469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
power availability and operational savings of an electric vessel, without the need to \u201cplug in\u201d at the dock. At the same time, it will allow them to realize a substantial reduction in EPA criteria emissions,\u201d said Dave Lee, Global Workboat Responsible, ABB Marine & Ports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n