Tasports Towage

The focus of Tasports Towage is the management and operation of harbour tugs, pilot, work and line boats to the shipping industry in Tasmania. Tasports Towage also offers marine management and manning services, offshore tug-barge towage services for general or specialist cargo, ship repair, construction and maintenance services.

Tasports Towage has three tug crews located in the north-western Tasmania, servicing Burnie, Devonport and Port Latta, a further three crews in Hobart and three crews at Inspection Head servicing Bell Bay.

SERVICES AVAILABLE

Harbour Towage

Tasports Towage provides harbour towage and ship handling services in 6 ports located around Tasmania. The Towage fleet consists of 10 tug boats ranging from 41 tonnes Bollard Pull capacity down to 5 tonnes.

Emergency Towage and Salvage

Tasports Towage has the capacity to undertake emergency towage and salvage work when and as required as well as providing assistance and service runs for offshore platforms and exploration equipment.

Slipway facilities

The Domain slipway facility ion Hobart offers economical survey and maintenance of vessels located in the southern regions of Australia. The facility has three independent slips with the largest having a capacity of 1200 tonnes. Services provided include marine engineering, boiler-making, blasting and painting.

Pile driving and other specialist barges and floating platforms

Tasports Towage has a wide range of barges and floating plant suitable for a wide range of applications including coastal towage of large, heavy items, large stable work platforms and specialist functions such as pile driving.

Landing Craft

Tasports Towage operates the M.V. Kulanda, a motorised landing barge capable of carrying a wide range of equipment on its deck and able to access remote locations around Tasmania. The M.V. Kulanda is able to navigate in shallow waters and provide beach landings or loading / unloading from boat ramps. The M.V. Kulanda has a load capacity of 80 tonnes and has a roll on roll off capability through tis forward ramp making it ideal for the carriage of wheeled or tracked machinery. The M.V. Kulanda is an excellent vessel for the deployment and retrieval of moorings and buoys.

Pilot Boats

Tasports Towage operates a range of pilot boats throughout Tasmania, able to deliver personnel and equipment to ships in both harbour and unprotected waters.

Work and lines boats

Tasports Towage has a large range of lines and work boats able to undertake a variety of tasks in the movement of personnel and equipment within sheltered waters.

Bareboat Charter

Tasports Towage has the capacity to provide clients with tugs or other vessels on the basis of short or long term bareboat charter as required.

Management of dry dockings

Tasports Towage possesses significant marine engineering and docking skills and experience within its personnel. Tasports Towage is capable of managing complete dockings of vessels on behalf of clients to ensure that dockings are kept to allocated timeframes and budgets. Tasports Towage supplements this service with the provision of replacement equipment to clients docking their vessels and, if desired, this can include the delivery and manning of vessels to and from the docking.

Tasports Towage& Fleet

Our fleet consists of 10 tugs ranging from 41 tonnes Bollard Pull capacity down to 5 tonnes.

Vessel Name	Bollard Pull (tonnes)	Propulsion*	Location	Operating Capabilities
Keira	40	TSFN	Spring Bay	Ocean
Storm Cove	25	ASD	Hobart	Harbour
Godley	25	ASD	Hobart	Harbour
Risdon Cove	36	ASD	Bell Bay	Harbour
York Cove	32	ASD	Bell Bay	Harbour
Carrington	5	SS	Bell Bay	Harbour
Fullerton Cove	41	TSSN	Burnie	Ocean
Campbell Cove	41	TSSN	Devonport	Ocean
Sirius Cove	41	TSSN	Stanley	Ocean
Sydney Cove	30	TSFN	Hobart	Ocean

*TSFN = Twin Screw Fixed Nozzles, TSSN = Twin Screw Steerable Nozzles, SS = Single Screw, ASD = Azimuthing Stern Drive

Towage Conditions

[ UK STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR TOWAGE AND OTHER SERVICES (PDF) ]

Towage Rates

[ TOWAGE RATES - All Ports (PDF) ]

Domain Slip Rates

[ Domain Slip Rates (PDF) ]

CONTACTS

Postal Address
GPO Box 775
Hobart 7001 Tasmania

Telephone +61 (0)3 6237 6560
Facsimile +61 (0)3 6237 6573

Email: Liz.Marshall@tasports.com.au