FAIRPLAY TOWAGE Group
Maritime TransportationHamburg, Germany201-500 Employees
The FAIRPLAY TOWAGE Group provides maritime support primarily through tugboat services and related operations. Its offerings include port assistance for seagoing vessels, coastal and deep-sea towage, services for offshore contractors and oil companies, salvage and emergency aid, and pontoon transports for shipyards and the renewable energy sector. The group operates its own tugboats across 29 North European ports, with major hubs in Antwerp, Rotterdam, Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Gdynia, serving ports along the Schelde, Weser, Elbe and Odra rivers and the East German Baltic coast. Based in Hamburg, Germany, the company traces its origins to 1905 when Fairplay Schleppdampfschiffs-Reederei Richard Borchard GmbH was founded in Hamburg. The group includes a Hamburg shipyard and a real estate arm, and it holds 50% stakes in Multraship and Antwerp Towage; BUGSIER joined the group in 2017. It is a founding member of ARGE Kuestenschutz and maintains government-chartered emergency towing vessels such as NORDIC, BALTIC and FAIRPLAY-25.