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port services
Hong Kong Salvage and Towage operates the largest and most up-todate
fleet of tugs on the island providing reliabe towing, berthing and
salvage support services 24 hours a day.
Providing towing, escort and berthing services to ocean-going vessels is
Hong Kong's second largest tug company, Tui Lian Agency Ltd.
All lighters at the port are equipped
with a single handling derrick.
Floata Consolidation, Hoi Kong
Container Services and Faith & Safe
are among the gateway's largest
lighter operators.
Hong Kong Salvage
& Towage
HONG Kong Salvage & Towage's
modern fleet of 22 tugs totalling
73,600 hp carry out an average of
85 harbour movements a day as it
provides a comprehensive range of
support services to vessels calling at
the Port of Hong Kong.
The company, which owns and
operates the largest and most
modern fleet of tugs in Hong
Kong, uses its vessels to provide 24
hours-a-day towing, berthing and
salvage support services as well as
assistance with on-going marine
construction projects.
Its fleet, which includes three
vessels operated by Hong Kong
subsidiary Victoria Harbour
Tugs, is capable of handling all
types of vessel both within and
outside the port.
The only tugs in Hong Kong to
have anti-pollution gear fitted and to
be classed with
FIFI I notation,
the Hong Kong
Salvage &
Towage Co. Ltd
is the only HKbased
member
of the
International
Salvage Union.
Staff based at the company's Tsing
Yi Island command centre control
maintain an around-the-clock link
with the Marine Department's Vessel
Traffic Centre which provides a
constant flow of information about
all vessels entering and leaving
Hong Kong waters.
Its tug operation at the Port of
Hong Kong is complemented by
marine services carried out by
wholly-owned sister company,
Woodchurch Shipping Co., which
owns the giant semi-submersible
floating crane/dock Proteus 1.
The multi-purpose vessel boasts a
crane/barge lifting capacity of 350
tonnes and the capability to act as a
dry dock for vessels up to 1,000
tonnes displacement.
And such is the demand for Hong
Kong Salvage & Towage's vessels
that its seven ocean-going tugs
providing up to 55 tonnes bollard
pull are constantly on standby for
overseas work through the Asia-
Pacific region and the Middle East.
In addition to tug operations the
company acts as a marine consultant
and provides project management
for new buildings.
Hong Kong Salvage & Towage's
Marine General Manager, Alan
Loynd, said: "Offering a diverse
range of services to a wide range of
customers is the name of the game."
The company has certainly come a
long way since its humble
beginnings in 1935 when it relied
on just two steam-powered tugs to
serve the needs of Hong Kong's
shipping industry.
South China Towing Co. &
Yiu Lian Agency Ltd
HONG Kong's second largest tug
company, Yiu Lian Agency Ltd, uses
its fleet of 14 vessels with power
outputs varying from 1,500-3,200
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