Boluda Towage Europe, a subsidiary of shipping company Boluda Corporación Marítima, has taken delivery of two new low-emission harbour tugs.
New Delhi, August 17, 2021: The new vessels are a part of the company’s drive to reduce emissions in harbour operations in Europe. Harbour tugs VB Flandes and VB Samba were built by Damen Shipyards Group.
Both tugs comply with the most recent International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Tier III emission standards with selective catalytic reduction units to remove NOx from engine exhaust. Furthermore, they are certified with the highest FiFi1 fire-fighting standards.
According to the reports published in offshore-energy.biz Boluda will take these two units into service in the Port of Zeebrugge as part of the extended concession for towage services. In September 2020 the company signed a five-year concession agreement to provide sustainable towage services at the Port of Zeebrugge.
The firm has already added two 85-tonnes bollard pull tugs VB Bolero and VB Rumba.