We are extremely proud to share that we are the electrical company that wired?this world record breaking vessel! 98 tons?Bollard?Pull gives the Artemis the world record pull for a tugboat at less than 80 feet.? Vision Electric is thrilled to have been a part of this project with Diversified Marine, Inc. Our team worked hard and got the job done in a time frame of 6 months – always providing Quality You Can See. Keep an eye out for more of our electrical work in the New Year! A huge thanks goes out to our Vision Electric Northwest crew and everyone who worked on the Artemis!
98 tons Bollard Pull?- Another Record Setting Pull by the RApport 2500 D. ? Artemis is now the Most Powerful Tug Ever Built <80 feet. Congratulations to Crowley on chartering another record setting tug from Brusco Tug & Barge, Inc. Thank you to our key partners for supporting us on this impressive RApport 2500 Series: -Robert Allan Ltd. (James Hyslop, Henry Reeve, Lawren Best) -Caterpillar Inc. and especially the team at Peterson Cat (Tyler Raymond, Adam Boyd, Jim Calloway, John M Krummen, Duane Doyle Jr) -Berg Propulsion (Jonas Nyberg, J?rgen Karlsson, Amrita Singh) and Thompson Tractor Company (Richard Tremayne, Jr., Shawn Lauer) -Markey Machine LLC (Scott R. Atkinson, Scott Kreis, Blaine Dempke) Now, some thoughts on the RApport 2500 D and the industry (continued in comments)... In the world of shipbuilding, there are projects that pay the bills and there are projects that move the needle for organizations and the industry. ? For Diversified Marine (and I believe the US ship-assist tug market) the RApport 2500 D’s success has been a needle mover.? ? While there’s been a lot of excitement around electrification, hybridization and alternative fuels, the RApport series is equally significant (despite never making WorkBoat’s list) and exciting for the following reasons: ? ?Record setting power in a compact hull. Ships have 3x in capacity since 2006. Tugs need more power to safely navigate ships through evermore congested ports. Ports aren’t getting any bigger so tugs need to pack more power into a smaller space. ? ?Series built, standardized design. The popularity of the RApport 2500 D has allowed us to consistently churn out the same boat. While we haven’t officially announced it yet, we recently signed contracts for 3 more. We’re using this backlog to invest in engineering, partnerships, our people and build process. Our team is laser focused on doubling our output over the next 2 years. Having an assembly line for RApports allows us to reduce build cost and build a better boat. In the US, tugs have more than doubled in cost since 2016. When we deliver a boat to an operator, they are competing with boats that cost half of what their new asset does. For the US market to operate efficiently and without subsidies, we need to build cost effective boats. The best way to do this is through standardized, series built boats. There are some trade-offs to doing this. A standardized tug may not achieve 100% of what an operator is looking for. A well designed, mission specific tug should deliver 95%+ of an operator’s desires. The RApport is unapologetically a cost-effective, mission specific boat. We use the best equipment (CAT engines, Markey Winches, Berg Z-Drives), build under loadline, use less steel and don’t bother with tow winches on a tug that will rarely tow. A ship assist tug docking ships does not need 50,000 gallons of fuel, tow winch, ect.? ?