FACTS AND FIGURES
GLOBAL
SVITZER’S PIONEERING
TIMELINE
Headquartered in
1833
Svitzer is
established as
a pioneering
salvage company
COPENHAGEN
Towage
footprint
1842
Svitzer is the only
towage company that is
Stage II OVMSA compliant
3,450
offshore and 550
onshore employees
Svitzer buys its first
professional diving
equipment from England
1860
Svitzer salvages a steamship from
the bottom of a deep Swedish lake
and rebuilds it into Svitzer’s first
steam-engined salvage vessel with
a 55 hp engine
Svitzer vessels sorted by type
ASD
Tractor
Conventional
Other
Fleet of over
430 vessels
Svitzer operates in more than
1870
Svitzer enters the towage business
1907
Svitzer takes out a patent
on the two bolt helmet
40 countries, 130 ports and 34 terminals
1914-1970
Svitzer operates in 3 business areas:
HARBOUR TOWAGE
HARBOUR
TOWAGE JOBS
125,000 per year
TERMINAL TOWAGE
Svitzer gains recognition with
its expertise as it continues
to assist vessels in distress
during turbulent times of war
1956
Svitzer is chosen by the UN to handle the
clearance operation in the Suez Canal
1978
Svitzer builds a vessel with 11,000 hp
and 110 bp – one of the most powerful
anchor handling tugs for offshore
work at the time
1979
The Maersk Group becomes majority
shareholder and acquires Svitzer in 1979
1999
Svitzer begins geographical
expansion of its core
activities through a
number of acquisitions
SALVAGE
& EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TERMINAL
TOWAGE JOBS
2008
2008 marks the
175th anniversary
of Svitzer
2012
Svitzer sets a revolutionary environmental standard with the launch of
the ECOtug. Two more generations of
eco-efficient towage vessels were
introduced in the following years
2015
Svitzer Salvage and Crowley's Titan
Salvage merge and form a new
market leader called Ardent.
40,000 per year
DID YOU KNOW?
THE APPROXIMATE HORSEPOWER OF DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
HORSE:
746 watts, 1 horsepower
SPORTS CAR:
390.000 watts, 523 horsepower
SVITZER ECOTUG:
4.800.000 watts, 6.469 horsepower
Horsepower is an old-fashioned measuring unit stating the power by an engine or machine. It was simply used to explain how many horses a
machine could replace after the Industrial Revolution took place.