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Six godmothers for six tugs

[ October 3, 2024   //   Chris Lewis ]

Six Forth Ports tugs were given a traditional marine blessing by their godmothers in Leith on 3 October.

They form part of the large fleet of tugs and work boats operated by Targe Towing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Forth Ports Limited, which provide towage, emergency response and other services 24 hours a day principally on the Forth and Tay, two of the UK’s busiest waterways, the North East ports of Scotland and offshore.  

MT Balmerino – Godmother Carole Cran – chief commercial and financial officer at Forth Ports; MT Camperdown – Godmother Lesley Dorman, wife of Captain Nick Dorman, managing director of Targe Towing; MT Inchcolm – Godmother Tyne Reilly – plant manager at Shell; MT Kittiwake – Godmother Pamela Smyth – chief legal and property officer at Forth Ports; MT Peterel – Godmother Karen Wallace – wife of Forth Ports chief executive, Stuart Wallace; and MT Queensferry – Godmother Angela Gardner – wife of Andrew Gardner, chief executive of INEOS Forties Pipeline Services, owner of the tug.

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