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The American Waterways Operators (AWO), which represents the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, has opposed the regulation over concerns about diesel particulate filters (DPFs) catching fire.
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Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
The railroad bridge became misaligned due to a hit from barges being transported by a towboat called Mauvilla.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Eighteen of those collapses happened in the U.S. These include when barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1993 a towboat struck a rail bridge in Alabama on a foggy September morning and threw the train tracks out of alignment on the Big Bayou Canot Bridge.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
The railroad bridge became misaligned due to a hit from barges being transported by a towboat called Mauvilla.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Eighteen of those collapses happened in the U.S. These include when barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1993 a towboat struck a rail bridge in Alabama on a foggy September morning and threw the train tracks out of alignment on the Big Bayou Canot Bridge.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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One of 13 children raised by George and Anna Runk and Josephine McGill in Highlandtown, Mr. Runk grew up working on tugboats and picking beans on farms on the Eastern Shore, according to his son.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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The tugboat only carried five people in total, and four of the crew members were able to escape. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Only one person was killed, the ship's engineer — and his remains were found not long after.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The filing also details acquisitions, including the purchase of 13 inland tank barges and two high horsepower towboats for $65.2 million.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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The company initially built tugboats to tow offshore oil rigs and barges through the criss-cross of bayous and canals.Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024
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Across its eight tracks, Knox bares all about the intimate lifecycle of her own seven-year relationship through spellbinding vocals that tug at the heartstrings and polished, R&B-leaning production.Heran Mamo, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024
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The dog can sniff around and tug at its leash, but the dog walker is the one setting the pace and direction.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Intelligence unmoored from values is no better than a ship without a keel, charting courses without regard to consequence.Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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But keeping an even keel, and sticking with the plan even after taking a fist to the nose, has been working so far.Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
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Typically 60 feet long and 8 feet wide, capable of bearing 40 tons, the keelboat was specially designed for the western rivers.Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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In a dominating victory in the three-person Soling keelboat at the 1972 Olympics, Melges unseated the sport’s greatest sailor, Paul Elvstrom, who had won four Olympic Gold medals.Chris Museler, New York Times, 22 May 2023
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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“Towboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towboat. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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