The Spanish maritime and logistics group Boluda continues its acquisition campaign by buying the towing and Maritime rescue in Australia and Papua New Guinea of the Dutch Royal Boskalis for 640 million dollars. The group Iberico highlighted that with the transaction it consolidates its position at the top of the ship towing industry with a presence in 232 ports on five continents, with the largest fleet large in the world with over 850 ships including tugs and units rescue and with 8,000 employees and 1,500 employees in the administrative.

Specifying that with this transaction Boluda Towage strengthens its presence in Asia, where it also operates in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and East Timor, the Spanish group also pointed out that the ports of Sydney, Perth, Botany, Gladstone, Brisbane, Newcastle, Melbourne, Weipa, Mackay, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and Launceston (Tasmania) are industrial centres with a significant Raw material flow, such as iron ore, coal, gas natural steel, gold and lithium, essential for the energy industry, technology and steel industry and play a key role in the economy connecting Australia's natural resource production with major global markets, especially Asia.