TRINIDAD and Tobago has received its first low exhaust tug.
The vessel commissioning ceremony was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Tuesday as Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young, joined state-owned National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (National Energy) to officially welcome the vessel to the company’s vessel fleet.
The new 60-ton bollard-pull tug is named National Energy Resilience.
National Energy Chairman, Dr Joseph Khan, stated, “The National Energy Resilience is different from any other tug in our fleet. It is International Marine Organisation (IMO) Tier III-certified. This standard was designed to improve air quality and protect public health by controlling emissions from ships and vessels.
“We are therefore delighted to say that the National Energy Resilience uses technologies that reduces its nitrous oxides emissions by 80%. This is a significant reduction in emissions of a green-house gas that is 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.”
He added that National Energy’s decision to adhere to the IMO-Tier III standard, was completely voluntary.
Young said “While I regularly, and openly, repeat the importance of natural gas in the energy transition, I want to reassure the people of Trinidad and Tobago, that this Government, is also fully committed to climate action through the reduction of our country’s greenhouse gas emissions.”
He commended National Energy for continuing to implement its mandate of developing and facilitating sustainable energy industries through the implementation of several initiatives that support the Government’s efforts to decarbonising the local energy sector.
The National Energy Resilience has secured all documentation required to operate and is now available for immediate hire, the Ministry of Energy stated.
