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Tug Malta Limited commenced towage operations within the Harbours and Territorial Waters of the Maltese Islands in October 1980. Its first three tugboats were acquired from Midmed Towage Company Ltd. and Mediterranean Salvage and Towage Agencies Ltd., both of which became private shareholders in Tug Malta at the time, together with Mid-Med Bank Ltd and Sea Malta Company Limited. A fourth tugboat was purchased from Government, who, through Malta Government Investments Ltd., was the majority shareholder. All the first four tugs in service have since been sold.
On the 18th July 2007 Malta Government Investments Limited, as Agent for the Government of Malta, sold all their shares in the company to Rimorchiatori Malta Limited, a company owned by Rimorchiatori Riuniti SpA of Genova, Italy. By January 2008 Rimorchiatori Malta Limited bought the remaining shares in Tug Malta from the private shareholders.
Today's fleet is made up of seven tugs, all acquired since 1980. Newly built in Holland in 1981, FELICA is a 32-Tonne Bollard-Pull twin-screw conventional tug. The 35-tonne Bollard-Pull LIENI was purchased from its Singapore builders in 1991. A stern-drive tug with twin-screw omni-directional propulsion, she is fitted with fire-fighting equipment and with an oil-dispersant system. In 1996, another twin-screw omni-directional stern-drive tug of 47-tonne Bollard-Pull was purchased in Japan. This tug, MARI, has been permanently stationed at Marsaxlokk to handle the giant Container vessels at Malta Freeport.
