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Multipurpose tugboats being built for McAllister

Towing. Jensen Maritime, a

Crowley Maritime-owned ? rm, part, he says, the market is still looking designed the tugboat.

at hybrid options. “Even there it’s hard to build an economic case for hybrids. Tugs operate at lower power, so they don’t burn a lot of fuel. The cost differential of a hybrid tug might be $2 million, and at current fuel prices, it takes a long time to pay that back.”

Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design

Group, recently designed a new 95-ft tug built this year for a Harley Marine

ATB con? guration with Tier 3 engines, but John Waterhouse, Chief Concept En- gineer, says it’s the ? rst tug the company has designed in several years. On Tier 4, he says, “We adapt designs to suit these

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