FUTURE MEMORY | TRANSPORTATION

Tugboat operated by Portugs seen on the Tejo River, Lisboa, in March 2026. This tugboat , named "Portugs Cascais" and registered PT-104091-RC, is built in The Netherlands by Tille Scheepsbouw (Kootstertille) ¹ , completed in 1982, yard number 231, and originally delivered to Bureau Wijsmuller (Ijmuiden) under the name "Friesland". In 2017 it comes to Portugal, reinforcing the Svitzer fleet in Lisboa. Steel hull and superstructure. It has an overall length of 94.6 ft and is equipped with two 882.5 kW (1200 hp) Bolnes 8 DNL 150/600 main engines and Niigata "Z"-drive azimuth thrusters , providing a tractive effort ² of 32 tons. Top speed is 11.5 knots. Operating in Portugal since 2005, Svitzer gives way in 2019 to Pioneiro do Rio and Grupo Sousa, and to Portugs  ³ in 2020. Here, on a particularly windy day, we see the tugboat "Portugs Cascais" on the Tejo River, in front of Lisboa, possibly on its way to another service.  ● Rebocador operado pe...

Tugboat operated by Portugs seen on the Tejo River in March 2024. This tugboat, named "Portugs Sines" and registered PT-104151-RC, is built in England by Richards Shipbuilders (Great Yarmouth) ¹ , completed in 1986 with yard number 583 and originally delivered as "Brightwell" to Alexandra Towing Company (Liverpool). It has an overall length of 94.5 ft and is equipped with two 1282 kW (1720 hp) ² Ruston 6RK270 main engines, providing a tractive effort ³ of 40 tons. Two water monitors. Top speed is 13 knots.  Coming from Harwich, England, this tug arrives in Portugal in 2010, joining the local Svitzer fleet and changing its name from "Svitzer Brightwell" to "Svitzer Sines". In 2019, the Danish company Svitzer, belonging to the Maersk group, which had started its activity in Portugal in 2005 as Svitzer Lisboa after acquiring Lisbon Tugs, sells its local operation to Pioneiro do Rio and Grupo Sousa, giving way to Portugs ⁴ in 2020. At that time,...