Explore the Towage Ecosystem

Towage Operators Use tugboats and crews to assist vessel movements.
Towage Operators Use tugboats and crews to assist vessel movements.

Organizations to Explore
Svitzer Svitzer provides towage and related services for ships calling at ports and terminals. Its official description distinguishes the vessels and terminal work it supports.
Boluda Towage Boluda Towage Europe provides port towage and describes work in ports including Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Hamburg and Liverpool. Its page also describes a Rotterdam service that transfers stores, parts and people between port and anchorage.
Kotug KOTUG provides harbour, terminal and offshore towage, alongside chartering, training and consultancy. Check the local operation for the services available at a particular port.
Crowley Crowley provides marine transport, towing and related logistics services. Its company description covers several businesses and a mix of vessels it owns, operates or manages.
Foss Maritime Foss Maritime provides harbour services, towing and marine transport within Saltchuk Marine. Its Seattle shipyard closed permanently on October 30, 2021; that closure did not end its other businesses.
Seaspan Seaspan ULC operates tug and barge services on Canada’s West Coast. Its May 2026 accessibility plan identifies related shipyard companies that provide repair and refit work.
Moran Towing Moran Towing describes ship assistance, marine towing and work for bulk cargo and LNG terminals. Its site supports a towage-service role and links readers to its operations.
SAAM Towage SAAM Towage provides harbour and terminal towage, escort work, offshore support and other marine services. Its public service descriptions support the operator role.
Groupe Océan Ocean Group provides harbour towing, marine transport, salvage and vessel repair. Its official site names these services separately from shipbuilding and describes work in Canada and the Caribbean.
Boskalis Boskalis provides towage through Smit Lamnalco, as described in its August 2026 results. Smit Lamnalco sold its Australian and Papua New Guinean operations on September 30, 2025; those operations are outside the group’s current coverage.

How They Connect
Towage Operators — Towage Assistance Towage operators assist vessel movements.
Marine Fuels — Towage Operators Towage operations consume marine fuels.
Local Towage Contacts — Towage Assistance Local contacts route vessel assistance requests.

Products & Services
Towage Assistance Vessel movement assistance delivered by tug operators.

Inputs & Resources
Marine Fuels Fuels used in tug operations, including options described by operators.

Routes to Buyers
Local Towage Contacts Operators publish local commercial and operating contacts.

Sources
Crowley official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Foss Maritime official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Groupe Océan official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Kotug official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Moran Towing official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
SAAM Towage official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Svitzer official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Boluda Towage official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Boskalis official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Boskalis official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Foss Maritime official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Foss Maritime official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Seaspan official role evidence Read the source for scope and details.
Svitzer services Read the source for scope and details.