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SVITZER leverage to impact quality and the pricing of newbuild tugs. account and, obviously, as the largest, we are trying to use

That advantage also extends to after-sales service, especially that advantage to the best of our ability.” when something goes wrong on the maintenance side. Beyond that, Svitzer creates partnerships and works

Svitzer took delivery of 11 vessels in 2024, and 23 in closely with the yards, equipment manufacturers and the the year prior, with 13 more in the pipeline for 2025 and tug designers. This Karlsen says, is an effort to lead and 2026. There is a de? nite pattern for these newbuildings. “move” barriers of the industry. He adds, “We have em-

Kasper explains, “We’re building for the markets we’re in. barked on a proprietary tug design, the TRAnsverse tug,

As an example, Brazil, because of the tax machine there, that we believe is a big innovative leap in the tug industry we build tugs for Brazil in Brazil; for Europe, the Middle actually going forward.”

East, Asia, we build a lot in Turkey. We are working closely

Decarbonization: with top tier yards in Turkey, but we also have a pipeline in China with a top tier yard there. Historically we build Svitzer’s Deliberate, and Ambitious Plan in other locations also, but those are the main locations we Today, the elusive goal of the “net-zero, decarbonized” build in right now.” Promised Land dominates the waterfront. When it comes

That global reach and market leverage is especially im- to this moving target, Svitzer is anything but tone deaf. portant today, as operating margins are constantly being The ? rst methanol hybrid fuel cell tugboat recently made pressured. “Labor costs are up; in? ation levels ? uctuate, news, and Svitzer was at the heart of that project. At the and the geopolitical climate is changing. So, there is always same time, Svitzer’s corporate efforts to “green” the planet a price pressure and a cost focus that we need to take into are anything but new.

The TRAnsverse tug design offers signi? cantly enhanced dynamic Bollard Pull performance, generating 50% higher forces than traditional

ASD tugs, particularly at speeds above 3 knots.

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