At Fastnet Shipping we take pride in our tug hire business . As a major independent towage operator in Ireland we can offer our clients our experience and wealth of knowledge within the towage and tug hire business.Our experience ranges from Harbour and Coastal Towage , Berthing Assistance, Safety Standby ,Salvage and Bed Levelling .

Our Tugs in our Voith Schneider fleet include the  Agile & Adept - Sister voith tractor tugs which are used for both harbour towage,berthing assistance and bed levelling duties. When used in a plough dredging configuration both the Agile & Adept offer unrivalled maneuverability compared to multi cats and conventional screw vessels for dredging in confined and difficult spaces during any stage or flow of tide .

Our largest tug in the fleet is the twin voith tug  Bargarth which has a Bollard Pull of 25tons . In addition to the Bargarth we also have the Ingleby Cross which is a twin voith tug which can offer 15 tons bollard pull and is suitable for Harbour towage .

In our conventional screw fleet we have the GW 214 - which is a 15M delta tug which is suitable for both harbour and coastal towage as well as standby duties .GW 214 is also fully licenced to carry 10 + 2 .

For more information of the above vessels or to hire a tug for your project please contact our office with details of your project .

Bargarth - Twin Voith - 25 Ton Bollard Pull

Ingleby Cross - Twin Voith - 15 Ton Bollard Pull

Agile - Single Voith - 6 Ton Bollard Pull

Adept  - Single Voith - 6 Ton Bollard Pull

GW214 - Single Screw - 5 Ton Bollard Pull

For more information on our vessels please don't hesitate to contact us with your request