Green Options » tugboats http://greenoptions.com/tag/tugboats Posts tagged 'tugboats' Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:40:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Coming Soon to LA: The Cleaner, Greener Hybrid Tugboat http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/11/14/coming-soon-to-la-the-cleaner-greener-hybrid-tugboat/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/11/14/coming-soon-to-la-the-cleaner-greener-hybrid-tugboat/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:40:13 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/11/14/coming-soon-to-la-the-cleaner-greener-hybrid-tugboat/ Wknight94 at Wikimedia Commons under a GNU Free Documentation license.)The air at California’s San Pedro Harbor could be a bit cleaner and quieter starting next year, thanks to a new and cleaner-running tugboat now being assembled in Rainier, Oregon.

The Hybrid Tugboat is the latest green baby of Foss Maritime, a 119-year-old marine services company based in Seattle. By using technology based on the same type of drive used to stabilize deep-sea drilling rigs, the vessel will slash the energy waste and pollution generated by your typical tugboat.

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