Robert Allan has been awarded a contract to design an AmpRA 3600 tug for Tianjin Port in northern China. The vessel will be 35.8m long, 11.2m wide and 5.2m deep. It will have a bollard pull of 62 tons and be able to accommodate seven people.
Battery technology
The tug will be powered solely by batteries, with no generator sets onboard, making it a fully battery electric and diesel-free ship-handling tug. It will also be the first Robert Allan Ltd battery electric vessel operating in China.
The main equipment will be supplied by Chinese manufacturers, including over 7MWh of batteries from CATL, the electrical system from the 704 Institute, and L-drives from Nanjing High Accurate Marine Equipment.
Partnership history
The AmpRA 3600 series tug will be constructed at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard (Group). According to Robert Allan, this agreement builds on a conventional propulsion design for the same owner and shipyard, with two vessels of similar hull form in service, but with a much greener propulsion system.
