: a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing
called also towboat
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The state could require tugboats to assist large ships under the Bay Bridge, but that’s logistically challenging and expensive.
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
The Dali was moved to a local marine terminal last month by tugboats and the last piece of wreckage was removed June 4, officials said.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 11 June 2024
Asked if Maryland, equipped with the knowledge of larger ships, could have physically reinforced its bridges in more recent years, Ports instead pointed to pilots and tugboats, which are non-structural measures that can be taken to prevent vessel collision.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
Despite manic efforts by the crew to drop anchor, call a tugboat, restore the power and turn the ship, the main propulsion engine remained without power, according to the federal investigators.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
The Dali was moved to a local marine terminal last month by tugboats and the last piece of wreckage was removed June 4, officials said.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 11 June 2024
Asked if Maryland, equipped with the knowledge of larger ships, could have physically reinforced its bridges in more recent years, Ports instead pointed to pilots and tugboats, which are non-structural measures that can be taken to prevent vessel collision.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
Despite manic efforts by the crew to drop anchor, call a tugboat, restore the power and turn the ship, the main propulsion engine remained without power, according to the federal investigators.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
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tugboat
noun
tug·boat
ˈtəg-ˌbōt 
: a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing ships
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