Seagate Corporation, a subsidiary of the Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), held a naming and launching ceremony for its newest tug on Wednesday, April 22.
Bisan Maru is being built by Kanagawa Dockyard. The tug will soon begin undergoing interior work and is scheduled to enter service at the Port of Mizushima in Okayama Prefecture in August of this year.
The tug will be equipped with a conventional diesel engine, though K Line said she will be the first Japanese tug to be equipped with a biofuel blender and an ultrasonic hull anti-fouling system. The company said that, when using both of these systems, the vessel’s CO2 emissions will be lower than those of conventionally powered vessels.
AloJapan.com