Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches electric tugs

A significant milestone in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges’s sustainability efforts was achieved with the arrival of six energy-efficient tugboats, including the groundbreaking Volta 1, Europe’s first fully electric reversed stern drive tugboat.

Tugs arriving at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges on board the Jumbo Kinetic heavy-duty vessel

A significant milestone in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges’s sustainability efforts was achieved with the arrival of six energy-efficient tugboats, including the groundbreaking Volta 1, Europe’s first fully electric reversed stern drive tugboat.