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The first all-electric tugboat in the US is about to launch (www.canarymedia.com)

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[–] comradechestnut@slrpnk.net -3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Its a step in the right direction. I can't help but wonder if ports should be moving away from tugboats entirely though. They weren't strictly necessary for thousands of years of ocean shipping. Why do we need powered ships at all? Is it because we need container shipping? Because that might just be a feature of the highly globalized fossil fuel era.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

The Baltimore bridge collapse could’ve been prevented if there had been a tug helping maneuver the ship after it had lost power. There’s probably a higher demand for them now and having an electric option should be good.

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