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Gisas Power II - All-Electric Tug To Serve Istanbul Harbour

20 Apr 2023 | Abstracted from Baird Marine

"DNV-classed newbuild has an LOA of 18.7 metres, a beam of 6.7 metres, a design draught of 3.5 metres, a gross tonnage of 107, and four crewmembers...Two Corvus Energy 1,423kWh lithium-ion batteries drive two azimuthing propellers via 925kW motors to enable Gisas Power II to achieve a speed of 11.3 knots and a bollard pull of approximately 30 tonnes...enables the batteries to be fully charged within one hour, and a single charge will allow multiple ship handling trips.."

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