Kotug International has established an inland shipping division to provide electric-powered pusher tugs and smart AI-driven dispatch and route planning applications for the inland water transportation industry.<\/p>\n
“The inland shipping market offers a great opportunity for sustainable logistical solutions”, says Ard-Jan Kooren, CEO of Kotug.<\/p>\n
Supporting the energy transition<\/strong><\/p>\n Kotug aims to support the worldwide energy transition and the modal shift from road transport to waterways while meeting the growing demand for electric-powered vessels.<\/p>\n The company offers a range of modular and scalable electric pusher tugs. Powered by swappable energy containers. The E-Pusher Series currently has three models ranging from 5.5 to 22m long and a maximum depth of 0.6 to 1.35m, resulting in a draft that is 30% less than conventional pusher tug designs.<\/p>\n Due to the modular approach and lean assembly method, Kotug reduced the construction time by more than 25% compared to traditional vessels. Together with partners, Kotug developed various energy containers ranging from Stage V diesel, (Bio)gas and Hydrogen to battery solutions.<\/p>\n For smart operations Kotug will use OptiPort, its advanced dispatching, route and reporting tool. Kotug OptiPort is an automated dispatching system based on historical and real-time information bridging port and terminal information with ship operations. The tool supports fleet owners in optimising expected departure- and arrival times, routing and speed control, leading to reduced energy usage and just-in-time departure and arrival.<\/p>\n With Kotug CityBarge B.V., Kotug recently started activities in the municipality of Leiden with a 5.5m E-Pusher providing a zero-emission alternative for heavy truck transport in inner-cities. Kotug CityBarge BV. is a partnership of Kotug with Circle Line Logistics B.V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Inland shipping is being given a green boost with a new electric and AI-driven initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-11598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-initiatives-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11600,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11598\/revisions\/11600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11598"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=11598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}