MSC to acquire 49% stake in Boluda Towage

The saga of MSC increasing its stake in Boluda Towage, the tug division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, continues.

According to the latest reports, the Swiss-Italian shipping giant is set to acquire a 49% stake in Boluda Towage. As part of the deal, MSC will merge its own tug division, MedTug, with Boluda, according to the latest DynaLiners report.

Pending regulatory approval, the deal is expected to be finalized in April or May.

MSC had already secured a 7% stake in Boluda Towage in 2023,...

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Boluda Towage acquires French emergency response operator

A Les Abeilles International response vessel

Boluda Towage has acquired Les Abeilles International, a provider of emergency response services primarily off the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of France. The acquired company will now operate at Boluda Towage France. Its six French-flagged vessels will be added to the 40 vessels that Boluda...

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COLUMN | Winner takes it all: Boskalis binges with record profits, as Boluda takes silver and McDermott gets sued (again) [Offshore Accounts]

Whilst the first big consolidator of this offshore upcycle was Tidewater, rapidly followed by ADNOC and AD Ports of Abu Dhabi, Europe is also experiencing a quiet wave of consolidation. Driving this is the biggest of the “Big Four” lowlands dredging and offshore companies, Boskalis. But whereas the gains in Tidewater have been open to […]

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Spain’s Boluda expands towage fleet with tug delivery

Spanish towage company Boluda Corporacion Maritima has taken delivery of a new harbour tug built by Med Marine of Turkey. VB Lusitania was designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. Its duties will include ship handling, towing, pushing, mooring, and firefighting. The tug has a...

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VESSEL REVIEW | VB Mouna – New pilot boat to serve Morocco’s Tanger-Med Port

Irish builder Safehaven Marine has completed construction of a pilot ordered by Boluda Tanger Med, a Morocco-based business unit of Spain’s Boluda Corporacion Maritima. ..

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Pilot Boat News Roundup | March 14 – Deliveries to US, UK and Morocco plus an order from a Western Australia port operator

New pilot boats have been delivered to owners in Morocco, Essex in the UK, and the US state of Oregon. A Western Australia port operator has meanwhile placed an order for ..

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COLUMN | Calm down: Nigeria goes to the polls as Heroic Idun crew face delays; asset flippers are back, literally; PX121s change hands at higher prices; Telford and Smit Lamnalco sold; Bourbon and Horizon tie up [Offshore Accounts]

Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema is currently soaring high in the charts with his smash song Calm Down (here). Since last weekend was Nigerian presidential election weeken ..

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Boluda expands towage business with Smit Lamnalco acquisition

Spanish marine services company Boluda Corporacion Maritima, through its Boluda Towage division, has entered into an agreement to acquire Netherlands-based towage operato ..

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Boluda Corporación Marítima to acquire Smil Lamnalco

Boluda Corporación Marítima will buy Smit Lamnalco (SL), the world’s fifth-largest towage operator, through its Boluda Towage business.

With a fleet of 600 tugboats and an intervention capacity in 50 countries and 148 ports around the world, SL will allow Boluda Corporación Marítima to increase its presence in critical areas such as Australia, Middle East, and West Africa.

Boskalis Group and Rezayat Group each own 50% of the Dutch business Smit Lamnalco. It employs around 1,600 people and has 111...

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