Tugs

Look under this Yellow Pages® heading for information on tugs. A tugboat, or tug, is a boat used to manoeuvre, primarily by towing or pushing, other vessels in harbours, over the open sea or through rivers and canals. Tugboats are also used to tow barges, disabled ships, or other equipment like towboats. Companies looking for tugs and tugboat services can look to providers of harbour towage and related marine services. Aside from tug hires, these companies also offer many other services such as towage, line running and line mooring, workboat and offshore services, vessel management, salvage, emergency response and ships’ agency.

A more complete listing of what service you can get from harbour towage and maritime services firms include but are not limited to in harbour towage, setting up of lines and moorings, bunkering operations, oil tanker (large and super tanker) berth assistance, oil terminal support services, port management, remote port management, pilotage, pilot boat services, workboat services, marine industry support, crew transfer operations, tug barging, offshore oil and gas industry support services, ships agency, emergency response, ocean towage, and diving support. Harbour towage services usually have several tugs that are for hire or for lease and a host of other maritime services.

Maritime services firms also conduct salvage work on small craft, and are the preferred contractors to insurance companies, private individuals, government agencies and the like. Often they may be called upon to provide mooring equipment, installation and maintenance for individuals, clubs, state governments, navy and major aquatic events in their region. They also assist in marine construction such as the building of wharfs, jetties, and other marine civil construction.