About Us

Bay Towage & Salvage Co Ltd

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Setting Off

Bay Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. is an independent company with over 30 years experience providing workboat support vessels to the marine construction and dredging industries.

We are based at Barrow-in-Furness docks on the English West coast. We have workshop and office facilities for our tugs/workboat craft and smaller workboats and operate both around the UK and Ireland.

We are licensed Boatmen and Ropers and carry out towage and miscellaneous duties within the Port of Barrow.

Bay Towage has a well maintained & diversified fleet which we continue to improve and refit. All our vessels are MCA coded for UK & Ireland operations and are insured with Sunderland Marine Mutual and work in accordance with MCA recommendations and relevant European standards.

Full details and specification sheets for our fleet can be found within our website.

Vessels are supplied with our own experienced, dedicated professional crew. All skippers have a RYA Offshore Skipper Certificate of Service – Commercially Endorsed. All personnel are experienced in the use of Microfix, Differential GPS, Lasertrack and Hifix positioning systems and also the Atlas Echo sounding systems.

We have a solid reputation for our quality of service and our willingness to go that little bit further to ensure that all our clients are completely satisfied. We are accredited by the Quality Guild and are members of Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses & the National Workboat Association.

Bay Towage provides 24 hr operation so please feel free to browse our website and whatever your workboat needs contact us to discuss your requirements.

New for 2010

Delivered March – Recent new build ‘Argus G’, a Windfarm support vessel

Services

Bay Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd. have provided survey, crew transfer and general towage craft for a wide variety of major local works – Read More

Clients

BNFL Associated British Ports BAE Systems Centrica Dong Energy Royal National Lifeboat Institute Tarmac Volker Stevin

New for 2010

Our recent new-build for 2010 is 'Argus G', a high speed, multi purpose catamaran ideal for many marine applications. Her Foredeck and bow have been developed for crew and cargo transfer to wind turbines. She has a large wheelhouse, comfortable seating and the latest equipment.

Find out more about the Argus G