Interested parties willing to operate and provide tug and towage services should apply for a permit from the Port Manager.

Those interested to apply for tug and towage permit must consider and do the following below;

      a)      Foreign companies who wish to obtain a Tug and Towage permit to operate in all the declared ports in Papua New Guinea should ensure to have 30% local participation with local landowners.

      b)      Have tug boats with sufficient bollard pulls to engage in this operation.

      c)       Complete the application form (provide link) and attach with the necessary requested documents specified in the application form.

All tug operations are done in consistent with the Direction released by the Port Manager concerning the “Use of Tugs within the Declared Ports for Berthing/Unberthing operations” pursuant to Section 39 of the regulations. Refer to Gazettal notice G262 Direction 2/2016 for more information on Tug operations.

The permit is valid for a period of 1 year and will have to be renewed upon its expiration. Information on the permit fees can be found on Gazettal notice G427 (provide link).