Sanmar has experienced huge interest in these industry-leading ‘Tugs of the Future’ and, once built and delivered, these latest versions will bring the total number ground-breaking eco-friendly of ElectRA class tugboats in operation around the world to 14.

All based on exclusive-to-Sanmar designs from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd, ElectRA class tugs come in a range of sizes (19-28m) and power outputs (40-85 TBP) and will have a major impact on cutting emissions where ever they operate.

All seven of the new ElectRAs under construction are based on the ElectRA 2500 SX design and measure 25.4m LOA with a 12.86m beam and 5.6m draft. Like all ElectRA tugs their environmentally-friendly credentials have been achieved without loss of performance or power, giving them impressive bollard pulls of 70 tons.

Four of the tugs are being built for an oil major, one for a repeat owner, and two on spec to help cater for the ever-growing demand that Sanmar is experiencing for these game-changing vessels.

ElectRA tugs already operating in Europe and North America are HAISEA WAMIS, HAISEA WEE'GIT, and HAISEA BRAVE three ElectRA 2800 design tugboats delivered to HaiSea Marine in British Columbia, Canada; SAAM VOLTA and CHIEF DAN GEORGE, two ElectRA 2300 SXs operated by SAAM Towage on the west coast of Canada; BB ELECTRA, a 2200 SX version delivered to Buksér og Berging in Norway, and DINAMO 2023, an ElectRA 2300 SX operating as part of Sanmar’s own fleet.

Ruchan Civgin, Commercial Director of Sanmar Shipyards, said: “We are delighted with the success of our ElectRA tugs. As you can imagine, the interest in these radically new tugs has been huge. At Sanmar we are proud to be leading the way to sustainable low and no-emission tug and towing industry.”

The ElectRA series are the result of Sanmar’s ongoing collaboration with Robert Allan Ltd and Corvus Energy to build low and no-emission tugs utilising alternative fuels and innovative technological advances to protect the environment and build a sustainable tug and towing industry.

Sanmar’s portfolio also includes LNG-fuelled and hybrid tugboats and it recently held a keel-laying ceremony to mark the latest stage in the construction of the world’s first large purpose-built dual fuel methanol escort tugs it is building for Netherlands-headquartered international operator KOTUG.

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