What moved this week
News from the yards, owners and ports, posted between the newsletter editions.
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Svitzer signs contract with Cheoy Lee Shipyards for six additional 29-metre TRAnsverse tugs
● Brings total number of TRAnsverse 2900 tugs on order with Cheoy Lee to 14. ● Reflects Svitzer’s ongoing investment in fleet growth and renewal with industry-leading TRAnsverse tug design. ● Contract signed as the first of the TRAnsverse 2900 builds with Cheoy Lee undergoes final stages of construction ahead of sea trials in Zhuhai, China.
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New Pacific Launches First Shipbuilding Program Featuring Two Tugboats for American Marine Corporation
Glosten-designed 122-foot vessels mark the first new builds at New Pacific's historic Vancouver waterfront facility.
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Cochin Shipyard begins construction of Svitzer's advanced battery-electric tugs in India
The latest generation tugs, built at Cochin, are capable of increasing ports' capability and reliability and support India's Green Tug Transition Programme and Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 ambitions
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