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Damen Shipyards and Boluda Towage to cooperate on bringing zero-emissions tugs to Europe
Damen Shipyards and Boluda Towage have joined forces to bring zero-emissions tugs to Europe. In a groundbreaking move the two organisations, which have nearly 200 years of tugboat experience between them, aim to launch the first newbuild methanol tug …
May 25, 2023 / Curious
Boluda Maritime Corporation strengthens its partnership with Western Africa
Boluda Corporación Marítima, the world’s leading maritime towing company, strengthens its partnership with Togo, highlighting its capacity for expansion, growth and internationalisation. The main purpose of this meeting was to evaluate the …
May 19, 2023 / Curious
Svitzer selected as towage provider at Fawley Refinery
Svitzer, a leading global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, announced on Wednesday (Apr 26) that it has secured a 7-year contract with ExxonMobil to provide towage services at Fawley Refinery. This contract reinforces Svitzer’s position …
Apr 28, 2023 / Curious
Fairplay Towage Group takes delivery of two Damen tugs and places order for three more
In week 14 Damen Shipyards Group delivered two RSD Tugs 2513 to the Fairplay Towage Group. The vessels will operate in Germany and Poland, respectively. During the same week, the company signed a further contract which will see Damen delivering an …
Apr 26, 2023 / Curious
100 % Carbon neutral towage services support Peel Ports' Net Zero by 2040 commitment
Svitzer tugs operating in Peel Ports locations have successfully been converted from Marine Gas Oil (MGO) to Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO). Annual emission reductions of close to 15,000 tonnes of CO2 are expected in support of Peel Ports’ net zero …
Apr 26, 2023 / Curious
Jan De Nul Group awarded Wagenborg Towage as a logistic supplier for monopiles Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3
Wagenborg Towage has announced that Jan De Nul Group has chosen Wagenborg offshore project support for transporting 107 monopile foundations or GODE Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farms to Eemshaveb. Assisted by the tug Waterlines, the …
Mar 22, 2023 / Curious
Boluda Towage becomes the world’s leading maritime company in the towage industry
Boluda Corporación Marítima, through its Boluda Towage division, has reached an agreement to acquire Smit Lamnalco (SL), the world’s fifth largest towage operator. Boluda Towage will thus become a world leader, with high growth potential and the …
Feb 10, 2023 / Curious
SAAM Towage completes five years certifying its carbon footprint
For the fifth year in a row, SAAM Towage was recognized by the Ministry of the Environment’s Huella Chile program for measuring and assuring its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during 2021. “Our commitment is to continually seek alternatives that …
Jan 19, 2023 / Vessels
Boluda Towage starts towing services at the German port of Lubmin for the first installation of a floating LNG storage plant
The presence in the port is a further step towards strengthening and expanding the activities of Boluda Corporación Marítima’s International Towage Division in northwest Europe and the Baltic Sea region. The Deutsche ReGas LubminLNG import terminal …
Jan 3, 2023 / Curious
Sanmar Shipyards delivers two tugs to SMS Towage
Sanmar has delivered two more tugboats to SMS Towage, the UK’s largest independent family towage company, and one of the Turkish shipbuilder’s oldest and most loyal customers. The delivery of the two RAmparts 2200 class sister tugs, which …
Nov 28, 2022 / Vessels