Towage/Tugboats
News about towage activities, services and the manufacture of tugboats. Towage refers to the service of pulling or guiding ships or other floating objects, typically provided by tugboats. Tugboats are powerful, maneuverable vessels designed to assist larger ships in harbours, rivers, or through difficult navigational areas by towing, pushing, or guiding them to their destinations.
Sanmar to build electric tugboat for Svitzer
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 19, 2025 – Sanmar has signed a contract with Svitzer, a leading provider of towage and marine services, to...
UZMAR Shipyard delivers ‘EFES 10’ tugboat to itself
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 17, 2025 – UZMAR Shipyard has added its latest state-of-the-art RAstar 2800 series tugboat, EFES 10, to its own...
BOTAS receives new tugboat from UZMAR Shipyard
Kocaeli, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 17, 2025 – The second tugboat, ‘Silivri’, built to expand and modernize the tugboat fleet, was delivered to...
Sanmar delivers second tugboat to Port of Rijeka
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) January 3, 2025 – A second multi-purpose Sanmar-built tugboat has now joined its twin sister in Rijeka as part of a...
Sanmar delivers new tug to work in northern Baltic
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 3, 2025 – Sanmar has delivered a new Ice Class tug to Finland-headquartered operator Alfons Håkans to work in...
Port of Figueira da Foz moves tugboat to the Atlanticeagle Shipbuilding shipyard
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 20, 2024 – On November 28, the Port Authority of Figueira da Foz transferred the tugboat Cte. Rocha e...
Med Marine adds new tugboat tug to fleet
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – Med Marine is adding a firefighting harbour tug to its fleet after its construction as newbuild ER144...
Svitzer orders four tugs from Cheoy Lee in China
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – Towage company Svitzer has signed a contract with the Hong Kong shipyard, Cheoy Lee, for four new...
Nador West Med Port plans towage tender
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – The Morocco government is implementing a plan to create the Nador West Med (NWM) port project. The port...
Tug Malta receives new Damen vessel
Marsaxlokk, Malta (Ports Europe) December 5, 2024 – Tug Malta has taken receipt of a new Damen RSD Tug 2513 vessel. The vessel has been named “Med...
Port of Antwerp receives first electric tugboat
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has taken receipt of six energy-efficient tugboats. The delivery includes...
TMS introduces new tug in Port of Sète
Sète, France (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – Damen Shipyard has delivered a new Damen ASD 2811 multi-purpose tug to TSM-Thomas Maritime Services. The...
Sanmar delivers new tugboat to P&O Maritime Logistics
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – The local Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a new ASD tugboat to P&O Maritime Logistics, a DP World...
Botas orders four battery-electric tugboats from Sanmar
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corp has ordered four battery-electric tugboats from local tug builder...
Uzmar Shipyard delivers tugboat joins P&O Reyser, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar Shipyard has a new tugboat to Spanish shipping company P&O Reyser, part...
Boluda acquires Finnish towage company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Kokkula, Finland (Ports Europe) October 20, 2024 – Boluda has acquired the Finnish company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering (YHB), a family-owned company based in...
European tug owners correct EC terminology
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 12, 2024 – The European Tugowners Association (ETA) disagrees with the terminology of the emissions reporting...
Piriou delivers two new tugs to Port of Saint-Malo
St. Malo, France (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The shipbuilder Piriou has delivered two new OST 22 tugs to EDEIS Ports de Saint-Malo & Cancale,...
Sanmar has delivered its fourth tug to Boluda Towage in less than a year
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Sanmar has delivered its fourth tug to Boluda Towage in less than a year. The tug, which was part...
Svitzer receives new tugboat from Sanmar
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – International towage company Svitzer has received a new, next-generation, multi-purpose tugboat from...