SMS Towage

Our History

Established by Paul Escreet in 1992. SMS quickly developed a successful ship management portfolio and became well known for its rig moving service.

However this was not enough for Paul who had his eye on the Humber, and in 2002, Paul entered the harbour towage business.

In 2012 SMS started to service the Bristol Channel. A year later in 2013, Belfast harbour was added to its service portfolio, and in 2017 Portsmouth came on board.

SMS Towage continues to go from strength to strength and has grown to become the leading authority in harbour towage, offshore towage and project work towage in the UK.

Through our passion and forward-thinking attitude, SMS Towage has always worked to provide an unbeatable service to clients, and will continue to grow on our history of success as we move forward into the next generation of towage services.

2003

2003

The company was formed, the Tradesman and Trueman ...

arrowIcon
2003

2003

Riverman arrives in Hull from Sweden June 15th

arrowIcon
2005

2005

The Englishman arrives in Hull July 2006 picking 2...

arrowIcon
2007

2007

The Englishman arrives in Hull July 2006 picking 2...

arrowIcon
2013

2013

Trueman commenced SMS services in the Bristol Chan...

arrowIcon
2014

2014

Towage operations get under way at Belfast with Me...

arrowIcon
2017

2017

September sees the arrival of Superman, the most p...

arrowIcon
2017

2017

November takes the Irishman & Guardsman to Por...

arrowIcon
2019

2019

Hinkley Nuclear Power Station is well under constr...

arrowIcon
2020

2020

We have four tugs permanently based since 2020, an...

arrowIcon
2022

2022

In December 2022 when we had a double naming cerem...

arrowIcon
2023

2023

SMS adds another tug to the growing fleet! Introdu...

arrowIcon
SMS Towage Footer Curve

Contact Us

SMS Towage Limited.

Ocean House, Waterside Park,

Livingstone Road, Hessle, East

Yorkshire, England, HU13 0EG

Email:

Humber: +44 (0)1482 350 999

Bristol Channel: +44 (0)1633 920 920

Belfast: +44 (0)28 9018 3333

North East: +44 (0)1642 917777

SMS Towage Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales.
Registration Number: 452 7156 VAT Registration Number: 8166 60719

Website designed and developed
by Prime Creative