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‘Pacific Towing – Excellence & Reliability in Marine Services’ Pacific Towing, a subsidiary of Papua New Guinea’s iconic Steamships company has provided excellence and reliability in marine services to the extractives community and others for 40+ years. Recently, Pacific Towing has been growing its internal capabilities to increasingly service LNG operations. The core services provided by Pacific Towing are Towage, Mooring, Salvage, Commercial Diving and Life Rafts (Sales & Service). Additional and highly valued niche services to further support their business partners include Emergency Response, Video Pipeline Inspections, PLEM Valve Hook Up and Release, and Pollution Prevention. Pacific Towing has ‘24/7’ capacity to respond to any marine incident. “Extremely well-trained staff with a wealth of local and international marine services experience, in combination with a highly-maintained fleet, and commitment to safety, environmental protection and community, enables Pacific Towing to provide high value and sustainable services” says General Manager, Neil Papenfus. “We are a
company rich in local content and driven by rigorous international standards. We pride ourselves on our reliability not just in PNG but the broader Pacific.” Like many of the extractives companies it supports, Pacific Towing invests significantly in staff training. The company has a proud history of developing the capacity of local seafarers at all levels and safety training for every staff member is paramount. The company trains its staff in accord with its own industryspecific safety requirements as well as those of its clients, including extractives. Papenfus reports that “Pacific Towing’s focus on safety extends beyond our own organisation to collaborative programs with contractors, clients and business partners.” A training program of which Pacific Towing is especially proud and one which is winning it international acclaim in the maritime community, is its ‘Maritime Women’s Scholarship Program’. Commencing in 2018 and in partnership with the Australian Government’s ‘Australia Awards’ and the China Navigation Company, Pacific Towing introduced a scholarship program for aspiring female deck and engine cadets.
Twenty female staff are currently having their careers fast tracked and deriving considerable benefit from the program. Other ways Pacific Towing are facilitating the economic empowerment of women is through their long term involvement with the PNG Business Coalition for Women with Papenfus represented on its board. Pacific Towing is steeped in a tradition of professional seamanship with its operations underpinned by established systems and processes accredited to international standards and best practice. Headquartered in Port Moresby, but operating out of multiple ports across PNG, as well as in Solomon Islands and Fiji, its fleet comprises 11 dedicated vessels supported by nearly 200 highlytrained staff. Pacific Towing has enjoyed considerable growth in its service offerings, capacity and geographic market over the last decade. They are poised for greater expansion in the immediate future and look forward to introducing additional services and growing their network of ports to help further drive the success of your business. Learn more about Pacific Towing at www. pacifictowingpng.com.
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