The electric tugboat Taiga is the result of a collaboration between Tokyo Kisen Co., Ltd. and e5 Lab Inc., a Japanese consortium with the purpose of planning and developing fully electric vessels.
MOLand its Nihon Tug-Boat announced that the Nihon Tug-Boat-operated LNG-fueled tugboat Ishin was supplied for the first time with Carbon Neutral LNG fuel by Osaka Gas and Daigas Energy.
Wing Maritime Service Corporation and Kaiyo Kogyo Corporation, both of which are NYK subsidiaries that provide harbor tugboat and other related services, will merge on July 1, 2019.
The increasing demand for the significant operational advantages of the true tractor configuration tug with forward mounted thrusters is exemplified by the latest contract awarded to Sanmar by Rimorchiatori Riuniti in Italy.