SAAM Towage Showcases Electric Tugboat Success at Tug Technology 2025

SAAM Towage presented encouraging results from its electric tugboat program at the Tug Technology 2025 conference, highlighting progress in maritime decarbonisation through its flagship initiative, the Dynamo Project. Launched in early 2024, the project deployed two electric tugboats in the Port of Vancouver, with a third vessel slated to begin operations in Puerto Chacabuco, Chile,

Gasum uses bio-LNG to power Equinor’s tugboats

As part of their continued partnership to promote the use of bio-LNG, Finland-based energy business Gasum has supplied bio-LNG to two tugboats run by Norwegian energy giant Equinor. As per the deal, Gasum will use bio-LNG to bunker Equinor’s tugboats Bokn and Borgøy through 2025. The first Borgøy bunkering had already taken place in Kårstø

First methanol-powered tugboat highlights a greener future

At first glance, there’s nothing to distinguish Tug 21 from any other working tugboat at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. With its bright red and white wheelhouse perched above a round black hull, it’s easily lost among the many tugboats guiding ships back and forth on the busy harbour. But take a look below