Tugs & Towing - 20 Years On

The first tug to be built at Hepworth and described in Maritime Journal in February 1994 was Itchen Marine's 'Wyeforce'.

Over the past two decades the towage industry has seen phenomenal changes in almost every sector and every aspect of the business. The industry has a history traceable with some accuracy to the 1830s and tug development moved forward in ‘ fits and starts’ until the 1960s, when a variety ...

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