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Howard Smith Towage

Howard Smith was founded in 1854 as a shipping company, later diversifying into many other areas. Acquired the North British Maritime Group (inc United Towing) in 1987, the River Medway operations of J.P. Knight in 1991 and Alexandra Towing in 1992. Towage division was sold to Adsteam Marine in 2001