Dutch towage and salvage group Multraship and GE Marine announced that GE's 12-cylinder 7FDM diesel engines have been selected to power a new tugboat being built for Multraship. shp. 2005. "We selected GE Diesels for this application based on proven low life cycle costs, reliable operation, fuel efficiency and recent ABS certification," said Leendert Muller, managing director of Multraship Towage & Salvage, Terneuzen, The Netherlands. Manison, general manager of GE Marine, Erie, Pa. rotated freely from the tug's hull. tug's propulsion by means of complex thrusters. The first Carrousel tug was a retrofitted vessel. In 1999, Multraship Towage & Salvage's Multratug 12 was converted into the world's first Carrousel tug. went into service in 2002 on the sea-canal in Ghent-Terneuzen. design.