belgium & the scheldt area
(BOLUDA TOWAGE belgium nV)
Boluda Towage positions each location as a pillar of the local community, because the dedicated teams know the local port areas as the back of their hand, and they perfectly understand the port's specific circumstances, regulations, and culture.
The team of Boluda Towage in the Scheldt Area - consisting of crews on board the tugs, office staff in Antwerp, Terneuzen and Zeebrugge, and the management team - holds Belgian and Dutch citizenship.
Boluda Towage embraces diversity and equity within its teams. We care for our people, empowering the diversity in talents, gender, background, experiences, and skills. We mix our people, encouraging them to share experiences, inspire each other, and learn from each other.
In Belgium & the Scheldt Area, Boluda Towage provides towage services with an extensive fleet of around 33 tugs - operating under the Belgian flag in the ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Ghent, and under the Dutch flag in the ports of Flushing and Terneuzen.
Furthermore, Boluda Towage Rotterdam provides Tender & Transfer Services on the Dutch and Flemish North Sea.
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Office address
Italiëlei 3, bus 3
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
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STRONG LOCAL ROOTS
Boluda Towage’s rich history in Belgium and the Scheldt Area dates back to 19th century.
We go back in the history of our legal predecessor URS, the Union of Rescue and Towing Services (Unie van Reddings- en Sleepdiensten). This company was for many years the largest towing company in the Scheldt area. It has been active in towage since 1870.
After that, several acquisition processes passed:
- In 2008, Smit Internationale took a 100% stake in URS.
- In 2016, the European harbour towage activities of Smit Internationale (now a subsidiary of Boskalis) were merged with the European harbour towage activities of Kotug (part of Kotug International) and the company Kotug Smit Towage was created.
- In 2019, Boluda Towage acquired Kotug Smit.
Track record Belgium & Scheldt Area
- Finalist Sustainable Port Award
- ISO Certificate
- Visit Minister of Justice & Northsea
- Boattrip EU Director Generals
- Convoy Baltic Eagle
- Convoy cranes DP World Antwerp
- World's largest barge H-851 Heerema. 4 tugboats of Boluda Towage safely assisted the arrival and departure of the world’s largest barge, H-851 of Heerema Marine Contractors, in the Dutch port of Flushing.
