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Tugboat Spare Parts

Genuine, OEM–equivalent & reconditioned spare parts for harbour, escort & ASD tugboats — from twin CAT 3516 & Wartsila mains to Schottel and Rolls-Royce Z-drives, towing winch hydraulics and FiFi pumps. Stocked beside Alang, dispatched worldwide in 24–48 hours.

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Tugboat spare parts are the engine, thruster, winch and auxiliary components that keep harbour, escort and ASD tugs in service — covering twin main engines (CAT 3516, Wartsila, MaK, Niigata), azimuth Z-drives, towing-winch hydraulics and FiFi pumps. Wattmare supplies all of them from Bhavnagar, India, with 24–48-hour worldwide dispatch.

  • Main engines: Caterpillar 3516, Wartsila (32 & 26 series), MaK, Niigata — twin medium- & high-speed
  • Propulsion: Schottel SRP & Kongsberg/Rolls-Royce US-series azimuth Z-drives, large reduction gears
  • Deck & safety: towing & escort winch hydraulics, FiFi fire-fighting pumps, MTU high-speed mains
  • Tug types served: harbour, terminal/escort, ASD, RotorTug, ocean-going/salvage
  • Parts grades: genuine OEM, OEM–equivalent & quality-reconditioned with documentation
  • Dispatch: 24–48-hour worldwide delivery from Bhavnagar beside Alang

A tugboat earns its keep in short, violent bursts — full bollard pull one minute, idling on standby the next — and that punishing duty cycle is hard on every system aboard. When a harbour or escort tug is down, berthing windows slip, terminal schedules back up and salvage standby evaporates. Wattmare keeps tugs working by supplying the complete machinery spread from a single source: twin medium- and high-speed main engines, azimuth Z-drive thrusters, reduction gears, towing and escort winch hydraulics, FiFi fire-fighting pumps and the full auxiliary chain behind them.

Based in Bhavnagar, India — on the doorstep of the Alang ship-recycling yard — we hold genuine, OEM–equivalent and quality-reconditioned parts for Caterpillar 3516, Wartsila, MaK and Niigata engines, plus Schottel and Kongsberg/Rolls-Royce US-series azimuth drives. Whether you run a single harbour tug or a fleet of ASD and RotorTug escort units, we quote fast, ship faster, and back every line with traceable documentation. One enquiry covers the whole vessel — no chasing nine separate vendors.

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Tugboat, bow to stern — every machinery system aboard.

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Wheelhouse, Steering & Thruster Control

Tugs are conned from a 360-degree wheelhouse where azimuth levers, joystick and follow-up controls command the Z-drives directly — so we supply governor & actuator parts, thruster control feedback units, steering pump components and engine-speed governing spares for the whole bridge-to-drive chain. Governor spare parts keep engine load sharing precise during full-power push and escort manoeuvres.

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Engine Room — Twin Main Propulsion

The heart of every tug: twin medium- or high-speed mains — CAT 3516, Wartsila, MaK, Niigata or MTU — driving azimuth Z-drives through heavy reduction gears. We carry pistons, liners, bearings, fuel injection and full main engine spare parts plus matched turbocharger spare parts for the repeated full-bollard-pull cycling that defines tug duty.

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Purification & Cooling

Hard-working mains need clean fuel and lube oil and tight cooling margins, especially during sustained escort runs. We supply oil separator spare parts, plate-pack and gasket sets for heat exchanger spare parts, and fresh water generator spare parts for ocean-going and salvage tugs on extended deployment.

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ARRIVAL

Tug down? Parts wheels-up in 24–48 hours

A stalled tug stalls the whole port. Send us the engine or thruster model and part number — CAT 3516, Wartsila, Schottel SRP, Rolls-Royce US drive — and we confirm stock, grade and price the same day. In-stock and Alang-sourced lines dispatch worldwide within 24–48 hours to any major hub, with documentation for every part.

TYPICAL MACHINERY

What’s aboard a tugboat.

A typical tugboat carries this propulsion and auxiliary plant — and Wattmare stocks spares for every line of it.

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Propulsion

Main power

  • Twin main engines — CAT 3516, Wartsila 32/26, MaK and Niigata medium- & high-speed diesels driving the azimuth drives
  • Azimuth Z-drives — Schottel SRP and Kongsberg/Rolls-Royce US-series thrusters delivering 360-degree thrust and high bollard pull
  • Reduction gears — large input gearboxes coupling high-speed mains to the slow-turning thruster propellers
  • Towing & escort winch hydraulics — render-recover winches, pumps, valves and brake systems for the towing line
  • FiFi fire-fighting pumps — engine- or PTO-driven high-capacity pumps and monitors on fire-fighting class tugs

Auxiliary

Supporting plant

  • Diesel gensets — Caterpillar, Daihatsu, MaK and Yanmar for deck, winch and thruster control power
  • Hydraulic power packs for towing winch, escort winch and deck machinery
  • Air compressors & receivers for engine starting and pneumatic clutch/brake control
  • Steering & thruster control feedback and follow-up systems
  • Bilge, fire and general-service pumps with FiFi support
  • Fuel, lube-oil and cooling-water service pumps for twin-engine plant
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EVERY SIZE

Every class of tugboat.

The machinery scales with the ship — and we supply spare parts across the whole range, for new and older tonnage alike.

Harbour / berthing tug20–45 t bollard pull, twin medium-speed mains, compact ASD or conventional drive
Terminal / escort tug45–75 t bollard pull, escort-notation, high-capacity render-recover winch & FiFi
ASD tugtwin azimuth stern drive, 50–90 t bollard pull, Schottel or Rolls-Royce US drives
RotorTug (triple-drive)three azimuth thrusters, omni-directional, 60–100+ t bollard pull
Ocean-going / salvage tuglong-range hull, 100+ t bollard pull, FiFi 1/2, extended endurance & towing gear

THREE GRADES, ONE QUOTE

Genuine, OEM-equivalent or reconditioned.

Every tugboat spare part is offered in three grades, side by side — choose by criticality, budget and lead time.

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Genuine OEM

Brand-new genuine spare parts for class-critical and newbuild work, supplied with OEM documentation and traceability for your class society and flag state.

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OEM-Equivalent

Quality OEM-equivalent parts for planned maintenance at 30–50% below genuine pricing — dimensionally matched, material-certified and tested before release.

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Reconditioned · Alang

Inspected, dye-checked and pressure/run-tested parts recovered from decommissioned vessels at Alang — up to 70% less, with a 30-day warranty.

WHERE FAILURES HAPPEN AT SEA

A breakdown doesn’t wait for port.

The moments a tugboat is most likely to need a part — and the spares we keep ready for each.

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Turbocharger fatigue from load cycling

Repeated surges to full bollard pull and back to idle thermally cycle the turbocharger hard. Worn bearings, cracked nozzle rings and seal failures are common — we stock cartridges, bearings and seal kits for ABB, MHI and Napier units fitted to tug mains.

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Azimuth thruster seal & bearing wear

Z-drive lower-gear seals and upper/lower bearings take constant directional loading and shock. Leaking seals and worn bearings on Schottel SRP and Rolls-Royce US drives are top-priority items we source fast.

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Towing winch hydraulic failures

Render-recover winches see snatch loads and continuous tension during escort. Pump wear, valve sticking and brake-component failure stop the tow — we supply hydraulic pump, valve and brake spares to restore winch service.

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Fuel injection & main-engine wear

Heavy transient loading wears injectors, pumps, liners and bearings on CAT 3516, Wartsila and MaK mains. We carry injection components, ring sets, liners and bearing shells to keep both engines at full output.

THE COMPLETE GUIDE

Tugboat spare parts, explained.

One supplier for the whole tug — engines to thrusters

A tug packs a remarkable amount of machinery into a small hull, and sourcing it piecemeal wastes time you do not have when a vessel is off-hire. Wattmare consolidates the entire spread — twin main engine spare parts, turbocharger spare parts, reduction-gear and azimuth-drive components — into a single quotation and a single shipment.

That means one point of contact, one set of documentation and one consolidated dispatch. For fleet operators running mixed harbour, escort and ASD tugs, it removes the headache of matching dozens of part numbers across CAT, Wartsila, MaK, Niigata and MTU platforms simultaneously.

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Genuine, OEM–equivalent or reconditioned — you choose

Not every line item justifies a full OEM price, and not every operator can wait weeks for a factory order. We offer three grades on most components: genuine OEM, quality OEM–equivalent, and inspected reconditioned marine spare parts drawn from the Alang yard right on our doorstep.

Reconditioned items are cleaned, dimensionally checked and documented before dispatch, giving you a genuine cost-and-lead-time alternative on liners, gear components, pump bodies and heat-exchanger parts — ideal for budget overhauls and older tug platforms still in hard daily service.

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Built for tug duty — cooling, air & auxiliaries

The systems behind the propulsion matter just as much on a tug. Sustained escort runs load the cooling and purification plant hard, so we stock heat exchanger spare parts, oil separator spare parts and fresh water generator spare parts alongside the engine lines.

Frequent restarts during a harbour shift depend on charged receivers, so our air compressor spare parts and auxiliary engine spare parts keep starting air and genset power dependable through every standby and dispatch.

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Fast quotes, faster dispatch from Bhavnagar

When a tug is alongside waiting, lead time is everything. Send us the engine or thruster model and part number and we confirm availability, grade and price the same working day — no drawn-out back-and-forth.

In-stock and Alang-sourced parts leave Bhavnagar within 24–48 hours to Singapore, Fujairah, Rotterdam, Houston and every major hub. Sourced items are confirmed within 24 hours so you always know exactly where your order stands.

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ENGINES & TURBOCHARGERS WE COVER

Common tugboat models.

Tell us the model on the nameplate and we match the part. A snapshot of the engine and turbocharger models we most often supply tugboat spares for:

Main & auxiliary engines

Caterpillar 3516 (B/C/E)Caterpillar 3512 & 3508Wartsila 32 & 26 seriesMaK 6M25 / 8M25 / M32Niigata 6L / 8L medium-speedMTU 16V/12V 4000 series

Azimuth drives & gears

Schottel SRP rudderpropeller seriesKongsberg/Rolls-Royce US 155/205/255reduction gear input pinions & bearingslower-gear & upper-gear seal kitsthruster steering & feedback units

Turbochargers

ABB TPL & TPS seriesMHI MET turbochargersNapier NA / NR seriesCaterpillar series turbo cartridgesturbo bearing & seal kits
Tugboat spare parts in stock at Wattmare, Bhavnagar India

COMMONLY REQUESTED PARTS

Parts we stock for tugboats.

A snapshot of the fast-moving tugboat spare parts we hold or source — genuine, OEM-equivalent and reconditioned, for any maker.

Main engine

Cylinder linersPiston crowns & skirtsPiston ringsFuel injection valvesFuel pumpsExhaust valvesMain & crankpin bearingsCylinder headsStuffing boxes

Turbocharger

Rotor assembliesJournal & thrust bearingsNozzle ringsSealing-air partsService cartridgesFilter silencers

Auxiliary engine

Pistons & linersInlet & exhaust valvesBig-end bearingsHead gasketsFuel injectors

Purification & cooling

Separator bowlsDisc stacksGravity discsPlate packsPlate gasketsEjector nozzlesSalinometer cells

Air, reefer & governor

Compressor valve platesCompressor rings & pistonsReefer valve plates & reedsScroll setsShaft sealsGovernor actuators & linkages
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WHERE WE DELIVER

On board at every major hub.

We air- and sea-freight tugboat spare parts to the world’s busiest ports, with full export documentation.

SingaporeFujairahJebel AliRotterdamHoustonAntwerpHong KongBusanDurbanMumbai (Nhava Sheva)PanamaLas Palmas
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WHY WATTMARE

One source your whole fleet can rely on.

One supplier, every system

Main engine to refrigeration plant — nine machinery systems from a single source, consolidated into one documented shipment and one invoice.

Beside Alang

We sit next to the world’s largest ship-recycling yard — the fastest reconditioned-parts sourcing on earth, 30–70% below European pricing.

Three grades, side by side

Genuine, OEM-equivalent and inspected reconditioned quoted together, so you pick the right grade for every job.

24–48hr worldwide dispatch

Stocked lines fly out within 24 hours with full export documentation to every major port.

Class paperwork when you need it

Material and test certification for class-critical components, to satisfy DNV, Lloyd’s, ABS and your flag state.

A direct line to engineers

Send a nameplate photo on WhatsApp; a real engineer replies, usually within the hour.

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THE ALANG ADVANTAGE

Sourced beside Alang.

We sit beside the world’s largest ship-recycling yard — genuine, OEM-equivalent and inspected reconditioned spares, 30–70% below European pricing, dispatched worldwide in 24–48 hours.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

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Which tugboat main engines do you supply spare parts for?

We cover the medium- and high-speed diesels common to harbour, escort and ASD tugs — Caterpillar 3516, 3512 and 3508; Wartsila 32 and 26 series; MaK M25/M32; Niigata medium-speed; and MTU 4000 series. We supply pistons, liners, bearings, fuel injection, gaskets and full overhaul kits.

Do you stock azimuth Z-drive and thruster parts?

Yes. We source components for Schottel SRP rudderpropeller units and Kongsberg/Rolls-Royce US-series azimuth drives — lower- and upper-gear seal kits, bearings, steering and feedback components. Send the drive model and serial and we will confirm availability.

Can you supply towing and escort winch hydraulic parts?

Yes. We supply hydraulic pumps, control valves, brake components and seal kits for render-recover towing winches and escort winches, restoring the towing line to service quickly.

Do you supply FiFi fire-fighting pump spares?

We supply spares for engine- and PTO-driven FiFi fire-fighting pumps and associated valves and seals fitted to fire-fighting class tugs. Provide the pump make and FiFi notation for an exact quote.

What is the difference between genuine, OEM–equivalent and reconditioned parts?

Genuine parts are OEM-branded; OEM–equivalent are quality aftermarket made to the same specification at lower cost; reconditioned parts are inspected, cleaned and dimensionally verified used components from the Alang yard. We mark the grade on every quotation so you choose what suits the job and budget.

How fast can you deliver tug spare parts?

In-stock and Alang-sourced parts dispatch worldwide within 24–48 hours from Bhavnagar. Sourced items are confirmed within 24 hours so you always know the lead time before you commit.

Do you supply reduction gear parts for tugs?

Yes. We supply input pinions, gears, bearings and seal kits for the heavy reduction gearboxes that couple high-speed mains to slow-turning azimuth propellers on ASD and conventional tugs.

Which tug types do you serve?

All of them — harbour and berthing tugs, terminal and escort tugs, ASD tugs, triple-drive RotorTugs, and ocean-going salvage tugs. We tailor the parts spread to the propulsion and deck machinery on each class.

Can you supply genset and auxiliary engine parts for tugs?

Yes. Our auxiliary engine spare parts cover Caterpillar, Daihatsu, MaK and Yanmar gensets that power the winches, hydraulic packs, FiFi systems and thruster control loads aboard a working tug.

Do you ship internationally to tug operators?

Yes. We dispatch worldwide to Singapore, Fujairah, Jebel Ali, Rotterdam, Houston and every major hub, with export documentation for each shipment. Many fleet operators order on a recurring basis.

Why source tug parts from Bhavnagar beside Alang?

Alang is the world’s largest ship-recycling yard, giving us direct access to a vast pool of quality reconditioned marine machinery alongside new genuine and OEM–equivalent stock — often at lower cost and shorter lead time than factory orders.

How do I get a quote for tugboat spare parts?

Send us the engine, thruster or pump model and the part number or description — ideally with the vessel’s machinery nameplate details. We confirm stock, grade and price the same working day and arrange 24–48-hour dispatch.

Do you supply turbocharger parts for tug engines?

Yes. We carry cartridges, bearings, nozzle rings and seal kits for ABB TPL/TPS, MHI MET and Napier turbochargers fitted to tug main engines — the components most affected by the heavy load cycling of tug duty.

Can you handle a full fleet supply agreement?

Yes. For operators running mixed fleets of harbour, escort and ASD tugs we set up consolidated supply with single-contact ordering, blanket pricing and combined shipments across all engine and thruster platforms.

TUGBOAT SPARE PARTS

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