Mumbai: State-Lun Cochin Shipyard LTD will cut steel on Monday because he has built two green tugs on his own account, but hopes to convert them into contracts with fleet owners that win the charter deals of state-owned ports for at least four electrical tugs that are currently signing, according to a top official.
In order to reduce the period of the total construction according to a fixed contract, the board of Cochin Shipyard built two 60-ton bullard tractors. These two tractors are currently being built on our own account. This is expected to convert them into contracts with customers as soon as the current tender procedure has been completed in the most important ports, ”Cochin Shipyard, Chairman and Managing Director of Cochin Shipyard, told ET Infra.
The steel cutting memory, which marks the start of the building of a ship, is held in the presence of Sarbananda Sonowal, the minister of ports, shipping and waterways of the union.
Last week, the port authority of Jawaharlal Nehru and VO Chidambaranar Hafenstorge hovered the state possessions for the cessation of two or an electric green tugs of fleet owners up to 15 years as part of the GTE Tail transition program of the government (GTTP).
DEENDAYAL Port Authority had previously called for a price quotes from fleet owners for 15 years to charter an electric green tug.
The Paradip Port Authority and Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority (formerly Kolkata -Port) are expected to call bids to hire electrical tractors in the next few days.
The offer exhibited by DEENDAYAL Port Authority attracted offers from six groups, including the state shipping corporation of India LTD, Polestar Maritime LTD and Netincon Marketing PVT LTD (Ripley Group).
Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works PVT LTD, San Marine India PVT LTD and Underwater Services Company LTD (Samson Maritime LTD) also submitted their qualification papers and price quotes when the deadline on March 27th ended, it says in several sources.
The Shipping Corporation of India and Polestar Maritime are expected to build the Electric Green Tug -pulling for the DEENDAYAL port contract at Cochin Shipyard LTD if you win the offer.
Harbor tractors, which are of crucial importance for port companies such as detachments, unknown and ship assistant functions, are ideal candidates for the introduction of green technologies such as electrical drive and alternative fuel that can significantly reduce emissions and at the same time maintain the operating efficiency.
In August 2024, the Ministry of Hafen, Shipping and Waterways started the standard operating processes (SOP) for the GTTP to control the transition from conventional harbor towing on fuel base to greener, more sustainable alternatives, which marks an important step towards the commitment of India for the environmental supply and the willingness of its naval vector sector.
The GTTP is designed in such a way that conventional harbor tractors are active on the main fuel base in the main state connections, and replace them with green tractors that are powered by cleaner and more sustainable alternative fuels.
The first phase of the GTTP will be carried out by December 2027, in which four main hazen – Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, Deendayal Port Authority, Paradip Port Authority and VO Chidambaranar Port Authority – received at least two green tractors with an investment with an investment with an investment of around 1000 rupees.
The first set of green tugs will be battery -electrical, with provisions for the introduction of other aspiring green technologies such as hybrid, methanol and green hydrogen during the development of the industry.
By the end of 2040, all of the tractors working in important ports will be intended to handle green tugs to ensure a standardized, environmentally friendly fleet across the country.
