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Multraship Towage & Salvage is a division of the Muller Maritime Group, a private company owned jointly by the Muller family of Terneuzen, The Netherlands and Hamburg based Fairplay Towage.
The company’s core activities are:

• Harbour towage
• Salvage
• Coastal & deep sea towage
• Services to offshore windfarm, dredging & marine contracting industries

The Muller family has been engaged in the shipping industry for more than 230 years, specializing in towage and salvage since 1911. Multraship operates a large, modern fleet of tugs, self propelled floating sheerlegs, diving support vessels and other units. The company’s head-office is situated in Terneuzen, the Netherlands. Branch-offices are located in Bulgaria and Romania in order to facilitate towage, salvage and related services in the Black Sea area.

Other divisions and participations of the Muller Maritime Group include VEBO and Montis Mooring – providers of linehandling and boatmen services in the port of Terneuzen, Antwerp Towage, joint-venture with Fairplay providing towage services in the river areas of the port of Antwerp and CTOW, a joint-venture with DEME and Herbosch-Kiere, providing services for dedicated maritime terminals worldwide, including all port operation activities.

The management of the company is under the reliable control of the fourth generation of the Muller family, all of whom have hands-on experience. Practical knowledge and experience go hand-in-hand with the dynamic enthusiasm and ambitions of a young generation of entrepreneurs determined to expand the company’s activities and drive it forward.