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Svitzer Australia Advises Lockout Of Harbour Towage Crews

Monday (Nov14), Svitzer Australia announced that it has given notice of a lockout to all harbour towage employees covered under its 2016 National Towage Enterprise Agreement and their union bargaining representatives, the Maritime Union of Australia …

Nov 15, 2022 / Curious

Svitzer Australia’s newest tug to serve Port of Geraldton

The first of three new state-of-the-art tugs has arrived at Geraldton Port, boosting the Mid West Ports Authority capabilities to service exports for the region. Photos by Samuel MacLachlan Following a community naming competition, the first vessel …

Dec 29, 2020 / Curious

Svitzer Australia and Smit Lamnalco Extend Agreement

Svitzer Australia and Smit-Lamnalco have extended an agreement that will see Svitzer continue to provide service delivery on behalf of Smit-Lamnalco in four ports in Australia for another four years.In August 2015 Svitzer and Smit-Lamnalco entered an …

Jul 10, 2020 / Vessels

Three new tug boats for Mid West Ports under new non-exclusive license

Svitzer Australia will bring three state-of-the-art new build tugs to the Port of Geraldton as part of a non-exclusive license for towage services with Mid West Ports, which last year handled trade exceeding AUD $6.1b in value.The new license is for …

Mar 7, 2019 / Vessels