Tugboats are aquatic workhorses, built for power rather than speed, often spraying water while towing ships to celebrate their arrival. Despite their size, tugboats carry an impressive amount of ...

Robert (Bob) Hill of Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering Corp., of Milford, MA has specialized in the design of AT/B’s for many years. As probably the world's most experienced designer of large articulated ...

Being based just across the open border between Canada and America since 1930, Robert Allan Ltd. has developed a deep understanding of the American market and just how our ship designs can be tailored ...

U.S. Coast Guard helicopters rescued seven crew members who were stuck on a tugboat off the coast of Ocean City on Saturday morning when a tow line ensnared its propellers. Crews aboard the Legacy, a ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (August 26, 2022)—Military Sealift Command hosted a ceremony marking the inactivation of its Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug USNS Apache (T-ATF 172), pier-side, on Joint ...

PORTLAND -- The tugboat Richard Brusco was merrily on its way to San Francisco this weekend, making its way past Newport, when crew members discovered they'd left something important behind: the back ...

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