{"id":32716,"date":"2021-04-20T10:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=32716"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:50:17","slug":"that-next-christmas-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/04\/20\/that-next-christmas-present\/","title":{"rendered":"That Next Christmas Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve got an anti-electric vehicle Luddite in the family, perhaps in a few years you can give him this for a Christmas present &#8211; <em>an electric tugboat<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_32717\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/old-tugboat.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32717\" class=\"wp-image-32717\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/old-tugboat.jpg?resize=207%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/old-tugboat.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/old-tugboat.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/old-tugboat.jpg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Does your old baby need to be replaced finally?<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crowley Engineering Services has released the design details for the first fully-electric tugboat with autonomous capability for the U.S. market.<\/p>\n<p>Crowley is promoting the design as a sustainable and high-performing solution for ship assist and harbor services in any port. It leverages a large battery system and power saving technology enabling a fully-electric mode of operation while producing zero air emissions or greenhouse gases. The 82-foot tug will provide 70 short tons of bollard pull, with an Azimuthing drive propulsion system with two 1,800 kW motors and a 6 MWh battery.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/crowley-unveils-fully-electric-tug-for-u-s-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>gCaptain<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A perk of all-electric:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With no exhaust stack, the tug has 360 degrees of visibility from the pilot\u2019s station, allowing the operator to see without obstruction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It just might win over that old curmudgeon of a relative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve got an anti-electric vehicle Luddite in the family, perhaps in a few years you can give him this for a Christmas present &#8211; an electric tugboat: Crowley Engineering Services has released the design details for the first fully-electric tugboat with autonomous capability for the U.S. market. Crowley is \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/04\/20\/that-next-christmas-present\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32716"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32736,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32716\/revisions\/32736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}