Foss Maritime unveil their second true Hybrid tug follows retrofit

摘要

One of America's major towage organisations, the Foss Maritime Company, unveiled its second true 'Hybrid'tug at an event held on 20 September at the company's Rainier Shipyard'm Oregon. This latest hybrid is the retrofitted Campbell Foss, a sister to the Carolyn Dorothy, which been in service in Los Angeles and Long Beach for almost two years. Carolyn Dorothy was a brand new vessel built to the same basic design by Robert Allan Ltd as a series of already highly successful 'Dolphin'class ASD shiphandling tugs with conventional diesel propulsion systems. Campbell Foss, which was nearing completion at the time of writing, is one of that class. The conversion to hybrid propulsion was carried out in partnership with the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Head of environmental planning for the Port of Long Beach, Richard Cameron said,"Hybrid technology is already proving itself and we're anxious to see improvements in this second generation vessel." The Foss/Los Angeles-Long Beach partnership's goal is to achieve significant reductions in pollution emissions and improved fuel efficiency while preserving operational capability.