Govt issues SOP for green tugs deployment at major ports

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways has issued a standard operating procedure for progressive replacement of existing diesel-powered tugs with zero-emission tugs built locally for greening of operations at state-owned ports. The Ministry has set a five-phase timeline ending 2047 by which the 12 state-owned ports must make their tug fleet fully green under

India moves forward with green tugs transition

The state-owned Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, the premier container handling port in India, is said to be in line to order a pair of green tugs at Cochin Shipyard.