Our Company
Pacific Tug (Aust) is a family owned and operated Australian business established in 1964 by the first generation Peters Family, comprising of brothers Con, George and Mick Peters.
From a fishing background, to owning and operating 18 marine craft consisting of tugs, barges and crew boats, the company expanded through the dredging, construction and coastal towing sectors. Pacific Tug was bought out by the Adelaide Steam Howard Smith Group in 1987.
By 2005, the three sons of Con Peters had completed their education and gained valuable industry knowledge. Pacific Tug was regenerated with Chris Peters as the CEO, ably supported by his brothers Sam and Robert Peters. Con Peters has an active role as mentor and advisor to the group.
Pacific Tug has a long history within the marine industry and a wealth of understanding and skill gained through a wide variety of projects. This experience is utilised for the efficient management of maritime logistics and arrangement of specialised transport.
Today, the company continues to grow with highly experienced executive staff drawn from the marine and allied industries.
The head office of Pacific Tug (Aust) is located at Victoria Point, Brisbane Queensland Australia.
Our People
Pacific Tug employs in excess of 150 quality, specialised personel supported by our equally experienced shore based management team.
The management structure consists of Company Director (Con Peters); Company CEO/Director (Capt. Chris Peters); Operations Manager (Capt. Aaron Goddard); Human Resource and Logistics Manager (Sam Peters); Maintenance Manager (Robert Peters) and Technical Manager (Barry Shelton).
As a result, we have full industry awareness of the operations we undertake and the ability to provide a quality service to our clients.
Our Operations
Pacific Tug supplies tugs and towage services both domestically around Australia and to the international market. With over forty years in this field, Pacific Tug has the experience and technical knowledge specialising in coastal and international towage, marine construction support and dredging support.
Operations History
Pacific Tug was involved in the construction of the first wharf at Hay Point, Mackay Queensland in the early 70’s. In 1984, the only integrated tug and barge was built in the Pacific Tug workshop at Hemmant Queensland, and to this date still carries 1800 ton of mineral from Stradbroke Island to Brisbane on a daily basis.
Our company has also been involved in many international tows, towing single and tandem tows between Singapore and the East and West Coast of Australia.
In 2009, Pacific Tug towed dredging plant Tanguhh in West Papua, completed a dredging project and successfully returned the plant to Australia.
Our Vision
As a company, our focus is to provide well maintained and presented tugboats and associated equipment, operated by quality crews.
Our Mission
It is Pacific Tug’s mission to provide quality service to the marine industry through utilisation of quality equipment manned by quality people operating to world best practise. The quality service is delivered through a collective approach to being the best we can, singularly and jointly. Pacific Tug offers its clients the highest levels of professionalism and productivity through constant focus on its personnel and equipment.