Dutch operator orders methanol dual-fuel push tug designs

thyssenkrupp Veerhaven, a unit of steel maker thyssenkrupp Steel, has commissioned two naval architects to develop designs for methanol dual-fuel pusher tugs.

PHOTO: A pusher tug bringing six raw material filled barges for thyssenkrupp Steel to Duisburg. thyssenkrupp

A pusher tug is a type of vessel designed to propel and guide barges or other non-self-propelled vessels by pushing them from behind.

Naval architects, C-Job Naval and Kooiman Marine, have been selected for the project.

The company plans to gradually replace its seven pusher tugs with the methanol dual-fuel ones at the end of their technical service life. It expects to order the first methanol dual-fuel pusher tug soon.

thyssenkrupp expects to reduce its current CO2 emissions by around 80% by using methanol as fuel.

Its seven pusher tags currently operate between Europoort Rotterdam, Netherlands and the Ruhr area, Germany, transporting raw materials for the iron and steel plants.

By Tuhin Roy

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