: a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing
called alsotowboat
Examples of tugboat in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe plan calls for the Dali to move under the escort of as many as five tugboats after 5 a.m. local time on Monday to the Seagirt Marine Terminal, the Unified Command handling the cleanup said in a statement on Saturday.—Brendan Murray, Fortune, 19 May 2024 Up to five tugboats were expected to help move the ship about 2.5 miles to the local marine terminal, officials said.—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 19 May 2024 Once the ship has been fully refloated, tugboats will pull the Dali to a Baltimore port.—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 May 2024 The bridge that links Pelican Island to Galveston was struck at around 10 a.m. local time after a barge broke free from a tugboat and crashed into the pilings of the bridge, Galveston County Emergency Management Director Judge Mark Henry told USA TODAY.—Robbie Farias, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024 The incident came almost exactly one year after another 10 barges broke free from their tugboats on the same stretch of river near Louisville, the Louisville Courier Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 Ed Whitmore, the owner of the tugboat pushing the barge, went to consult the captain, then returned.—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 By that point, the Dali would have already left tugboats and a docking pilot behind but would have remained under the guidance of a harbor pilot, McManus said.—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024 Introducing new fire risks to heavily trafficked ports with combustible cargoes is also dangerous — imagine the threats to safety, the environment and property if a DPF ignites on a tugboat carrying 110,000 barrels of fuel.—Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
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