Targe Towing

Targe Towing Ltd provides harbour and terminal towage and related marine services from bases on Scotland's east coast. Services include tugs on time charter, crew transfer vessels, line handling and terminal operational staff. The company specialises in vessel movements for the offshore wind industry and complex projects such as moving jack-up rigs, FPSOs and other floating structures.

Customers are vessel operators and marine terminals in Scotland and across the UK. Towage is sold under published marine rates and port towage charges, and tugs are also offered on time charter. Crew training covers simulator exercises with pilots, emergency response, firefighting, oil spill response and STCW medical training, and the company runs the Marine Emergency Response Course open to outside stakeholders.

Targe Towing was founded in 1991 by Tom Woolley, Josephine Woolley and Nick Dorman. Forth Ports Ltd acquired the company in 2021, merged it with Forth Estuary Towage and kept the Targe Towing name; it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Forth Ports and part of the Forth Ports Group. Ports served include Aberdeen, Dundee, Montrose, Peterhead, Leith, Rosyth and Grangemouth. Current recruitment is for masters, chief officers and chief engineers to operate harbour tugs in Scotland, with marine services and apprenticeship roles also recruited from time to time.

Product: Harbour and terminal towage, tug time charter, crew transfer, line handling and terminal operational staff in Scottish ports.