Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches the Volta 1: Europe’s first electric tugboat
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Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches the Volta 1: Europe’s first electric tugboat

22.05.2025
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The launch marks an important step in the port's integrated greening programme, with the ultimate goal of a climate-neutral operation by 2050.
 
Fully electric, as powerful as diesel
 
The Volta 1 is a Reversed Stern Drive (RSD) tugboat designed on a double bow principle and equipped with a patented Twin Fin skeg for optimal stability and manoeuvrability. As a result, it can be used flexibly as a front and back tugboat. With its battery capacity of 2,782 MWh, recharged in as little as two hours via a powerful 1.5 MW charging station, the Volta 1 is completely emission-free and can cruise for up to 12 hours. Its towing power of 70 tons guarantees the same performance as a traditional diesel tug boat.
 
Specifications of the Volta 1
 
  • 24.73 metres long, 13.13 metres wide and a depth of 6.5 metres
  • Weight of 607 tons
  • Towing power of 70 tons
  • Speed of 12 knots
  • 2,782 MWh lithium-titanium-oxide (LTO) batteries charged in 2 hours (12 hours of sailing capacity)
  • 1.5 MW charging station
 
Pioneering in energy transition
 
As the fifth-largest bunker port in the world, Port of Antwerp-Bruges also aims to become a full-fledged multi-fuel port. It therefore wants to offer low-carbon alternatives in addition to bio- and conventional fuels. Over the past year and a half, the port introduced the world's first hydrogen and methanol-powered tugs.
 
 
Source: portofantwerpbruges.com
 
 
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