tugboat

IPA: tˈʌgboʊt

A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

Examples of "tugboat" in Sentences

The tugboat is Italian-flagged, but its ownership was unclear.
No one was onboard the tugboat, which is registered to F&A Enterprises in St. Augustine.
Work to remove the partially sunken tugboat, which is west of the 10th Street Bridge, is expected to start in a couple of hours.
The only other way to gelift boats to the continent would be by pushing them with a tugboat, which is a slow and possibly dangerous process.
PHILADELPHIA - A preliminary federal report says an idled tour boat and nearby vessels repeatedly called the tugboat guiding the barge that hit and sank the craft, killing two
A preliminary federal report says an idled tour boat and nearby vessels repeatedly called the tugboat guiding the barge that hit and sank the craft, killing two Hungarian students.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A preliminary federal report says an idled tour boat and nearby vessels repeatedly called the tugboat guiding the barge that hit and sank the craft, killing two
But its hands are tied in key respects by international agreements, some several decades old, that give primacy to commercial shipping and make basic safety measures such as tugboat escorts optional rather than mandatory.