The towing company SAAM Towage of the Chilean group SAAM has signed an agreement to acquire 30% of the capital of the Colombian Intertug, a company that operates social services towing in the ports of Colombia and Mexico. The transaction, which will be worth $30.5 million, will allow to the Chilean company to acquire the entire ownership of the Intertug of which it had obtained 70% of the capital during 2021 ( of 20 January 2020). SAAM Towage specified that, with the exception of one of the Mexican companies of Intertug whose acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. the transaction will be completed by the end of the October.

Currently SAAM Towage has a fleet of over 200 tugboats which are employed in more than a hundred ports in the Americas.