The Holyhead Group was founded in 1962 by John Meade under the original banner of Holyhead Boatyard. Over the course of its 40 year history the Group has grown from a simple yacht chandlers to the multi-faceted marine business you see today. The Group’s operating companies consist of Holyhead Towing Company, Holyhead Marine Services and Holyhead Shipping Agency with the holding company for the group being Holyhead Boatyard itself.

Based in Holyhead on Anglesey, North Wales, Holyhead Group is in a prime position to service the shipping, oil and marine industries along the North Wales coastline and the Irish Sea. Over the past decade Holyhead Towing’s fleet of fifteen dredging and pipelaying support vessels, which include tugs, multicats, survey boats and barges, has operated throughout West Europe and as far a field as the Caspian Sea.

Among the Holyhead Group’s many previous and existing clients are Airbus Industries, the Ministry of Defence, the RNLI, BHP Petroleum, Irish Ferries, Stena line ferries, Shell UK, the Department of the Environment, Boskalis/Westminster Dredging, General Electric, McDermott Pipelines and Smit Salvage. Each of the companies within Holyhead Group has excelled in their respective fields and prides themselves on a high quality work ethic.