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Vessels
HaiSea Wamis venture partnership between the Haisla First Nation and
Seaspan ULC, to provide ship-assist and escort towing ser- vices at LNG Canada’s new export facility.
The three fully electric tugboats will be ABS classed and equipped with Corvus’ Orca Energy ESS, each vessel having a total battery capacity of 5,288 kWh to drive two Schottel azi- muthing L-drive propulsion units powered by electric motors integrated on top of each unit. Each tug will also feature a pair
Seaspan of Caterpillar C32 generators, though the operator notes that
In July, Canada welcomed the arrival of the its ? rst fully all operations will be completed 100% on electricity.
electric tugboat, HaiSea Wamis. Built by Sanmar Ship- With hydroelectric power available at Kitimat, the har- yards in Turkey, the vessel is the ? rst in a series of three bor tugs will be able to recharge from shore charging fa-
Robert Allan Ltd. designed ElectRA 2800 battery electric cilities at their berths between dockings, resulting in near- harbor tugs being constructed for HaiSea Marine, a joint zero-emissions when running on batteries.
Janet Marie
Hawaii-based Pasha Hawaii has taken delivery of the sec- ond of two new ‘Ohana Class, 774-foot lique? ed natural gas (LNG) powered containerships built at the Keppel Am-
FELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. The new vessel, Janet
Marie, joins Pasha Hawaii’s ? eet serving the Hawaii/U.S. mainland trade lane, following the company’s ? rst ‘Ohana
Class vessel, George III, which entered service in 2022.
Pasha Group
Operating on LNG from day one, the new Jones Act vessel surpasses the International Maritime Organization ? ciencies are also achieved with a state-of-the-art engine, op- (IMO) 2030 emission standards for ocean vessels. Energy ef- timized hull form and high-ef? ciency rudder and propeller.
Lorraine Hooks inch CSD Lorraine Hooks was built at Southwest Shipyard in
Galveston, Texas and delivered to its owner earlier this year. The newbuild is named after the wife of the company’s founder.
C-Job Naval Architects, based in the Netherlands, served as systems integrator and was responsible for the full design scope including the majority of the dredge equipment for the dredge on behalf of Mobile, Ala. based SPI / Mobile
Pulley Works, which constructed the dredge equipment.
The 300- by 50-foot Lorraine Hooks, with a dredging depth of 75 feet, will be deployed on both coastal resto-
Mike Hooks ration and navigation dredging projects in Louisiana and
A new cutter suction dredge (CSD) has been christened for across the Gulf region to improve climate resiliency and
Westlake, La. based dredging contractor Mike Hooks. The 27- strengthen maritime infrastructure.
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