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Examples of tugboat
tugboat
Dekraai, who turns 42 next week, had worked for some time as a tugboat operator.
From the ocregister.com
At times, the path to enlightenment will call to mind a tugboat on 50-foot seas.
From the sfgate.com
Another highlight of the regatta is certain to be the tugboat and workboat race.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Joe was awkward, constantly bobbing, moving in close like a tugboat to a barge.
From the thestate.com
Karl Parfait, 45, a tugboat captain, weathered Gustav in an apartment in Houma.
From the tennessean.com
A tugboat passes a cargo ship loading containers Wednesday at the Port of Newark.
From the delawareonline.com
Finally, they let him and another American flee on a tugboat in the Adriatic Sea.
From the newsobserver.com
Her unusual height above the waterline is visible in comparison with the tugboat.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A tugboat and a car ferry are in the area, one anchored and the other aground.
From the stltoday.com
- A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- A tugboat (tug) is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal, or those that cannot move themselves alone, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. ...
- TUGboat (ISSN 0896-3207) is a journal published three times per year by the TeX Users Group. It covers a wide range of topics in digital typography relevant to the TeX typesetting system. The editor is Barbara Beeton.
- A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels
- Strong v-hull shaped boat used for maneuvering ships into and out of port and to carry supplies. A ship is too powerful to pull up to the wharf on its own. It cuts power and lets the tug nudge it in. Generally barges are pushed by towboats, not tugs.
- A model hull towboat of relatively deep draft used primarily for pull towing and designed for navigation in open or unprotected waters. back
- Traffic separation. Vessels participating in a traffic-separation scheme have the right of way over non-participating vessels. (If you must cross a traffic lane, try to do so at right angles.)
- A small, powerful vessel used to push, pull and sometimes guide other vessels.
