Boluda Towage has entered into an agreement wherein it will acquire the business of UK operator SMS Towage. The acquisition involves taking over SMS Towage’s harbour and offshore towage services and marine operations, together with the management, office staff, crew, and fleet, all based in the...
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/tugs/harbour-tugs-and-operation/boluda-acquires-uk-towage-company/
The Boluda Towage division of Madrid headquartered Boluda Corporación continues on the acquisition trail. In February of this year it announced deals to acquire, first, the Gibraltar operations of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Resolve Marine, then later that month, Netherlands-headquartered Smit Lamnalco. Last week it reported that it has now signed an agreement that will see it acquire Hessle, U.K., based SMS Towage Ltd.
Under the agreement, family-owned Boluda will take over SMS’s...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/boluda-towage-back-on-the-acquisition-trail/
Recent deliveries include two to a UK towage operator and one to a port company in France’s Guadeloupe territory in the Caribbean. Customers in the Americas and Western ..
Portsmouth International Port has joined forces with UK-based towage provider SMS Towage to provide a shore power connection for their tugs.
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UK-based SMS Towage has purchased a tug currently operated by Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards. The Robert Allan Ltd-designed Sirapinar XV was built in 2020 and has since ..
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The Damen ASD 2411 ‘Manxman’ on its maiden voyage to SMS Towage on the Humber Estuary
SMS Towage calls on Damen for two ASD 2411 Tugs
UK towage company SMS Towage has purchased two tugs from Damen Shipyards. The first vessel, called Manxman, was handed over on 12 April, just seven days after contract signing. The contract for the second vessel, to be called Marksman, was signed on 1 May with a delivery date scheduled for 7 June. Both vessels are Damen ASD Tugs 2411, and mark the first Damen tugs...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/20/sms-towage-calls-on-damen-for-two-asd-2411-tugs/