A new milestone in the greening of Port of Antwerp-Bruges: six energy-efficient tugboats, including the groundbreaking Volta 1, have arrived in the Antwerp port. The Volta 1, Europe’s first fully electric RSD tugboat, exemplifies the port’s ambition to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. European First: The Volta 1 The electric tugboat Volta 1 is a European first. With a bollard pull of 70 tons and powerful batteries that can fully recharge in just two hours via a 1.5 MW charging station, this tugboat is completely emission-free. In addition to the Volta 1, five diesel-powered tugboats also arrived in Antwerp today. (....)