Towage

The Port operates one tug (Herbert Ballam), available at one hour’s notice for operations within harbour limits. A number of other tugs are available with advanced notice of minimum 24 hours via Poole VTS on VHF 14 or telephone: 01202 440230

Charges are available HERE.

The harbour’s Towage Guidelines (which apply to ALL towage including that by third parties) is available HERE.

To make a request for non-routine Tow Authorisation, please find the form HERE.

photo of towage in Poole
Photo of Herbert Ballam
HERBERT BALLAM
IMO 900671
Callsign MXVPS
Class MCA Workboat
Port of registry Poole
Year of build 1997
Length overall 18.20m
Breadth 6.0m
Draft 2.4m
Crew total 6
Bollard pull 17 tonnes
Propulsion Gear box and shafts
Number of engines 2
Total power 969.80kW