Southern Ports has awarded Boluda Towage a 10-year contract to provide towage services at the Port of Bunbury in Western Australia following a competitive tender.
Boluda will replace Svitzer Australia, whose contract at the port expires in December 2026. Svitzer currently operates the tugs Svitzer Koombana and Svitzer Marlston at Bunbury.
Boluda will introduce its fleet at the port in stages. The first of two new tugs is due in December and the second in February, and a tug from Boluda's Esperance fleet will provide interim cover during the transition.
Boluda said both new tugs will comply with IMO Tier III nitrogen oxide emissions standards.
Over the past year, Bunbury recorded 16.9 million tonnes of trade, with 418 vessels calling at the port.
The port lies 175 kilometres south of Perth and handles alumina, grain, spodumene, woodchips, mineral sands and project cargo.
Bunbury will be Boluda's ninth Australian port. The contract extends the company's Western Australian presence a year after it began harbour towage at Esperance, another Southern Ports facility, in November 2025.
Boluda entered Esperance by acquiring Mackenzie Marine and Towage, and its fleet there includes the Tier III tug Lillian Mac.
