Industry Giant Boluda Towage Expands in Australia

Top global tug operator Boluda Towage has added another Australian port to its network after winning a 10-year contract to provide towage at the Port of Bunbury in Western Australia, taking over from its rival Svitzer.

Operated by Southern Ports, Bunbury is one of Western Australia's main ports. It has seven berths on a 470-hectare landholding, and it handled 16.9 million tonnes of trade from 418 vessel calls in the past year.

The port has long handled bulk commodities, but in recent years it has also become a link in Australia's clean energy transition. Southern Ports says Bunbury is the world's largest lithium export port, and it also brings in project cargo such as wind farm components and batteries.

The Western Australian government said Southern Ports awarded the contract after a competitive tender. Boluda, which the government describes as the world's largest towage provider, with operations in more than 232 ports, will take over from Svitzer Australia when Svitzer's contract expires in December.

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