Sanmar Completes First Tug with Rolls-Royce LNG Engines

Turkish tugboat building specialist Sanmar Shipyard, has celebrated the completion of the first of two tugs for Norwegian customer Buksér og Berging, which each feature two Rolls-Royce Bergen C26:33L6PG engines fueled purely by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The first boat, named Borgøy, will enter service next month following a series of sea trials. The new tugs are said to be the world’s first LNG powered escort tugs.