Wärtsilä HYTug design with hybrid propulsion can meet stringent environmental demands of new Brazilian port
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 11 January 2018 at 10.30 a.m. EETThe technology group Wärtsilä has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petrocity, the parent company of the new port facility being built in the Brazilian city of São Mateus-ES, to develop a harbour tug design. The prime consideration is to maximise the ecological operational sustainability of the vessel since the environmental demands of the new port are among the most stringent in the world. For this reason, the design will be based on the recently launched Wärtsilä HYTug, which features hybrid