: a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing
called also towboat
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It was refloated and moved to the Port of Baltimore by five tugboats last month.
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
Four commercial tugboats will accompany the ship and the salvage vessel Interceptor from Resolve Marine will follow closely behind.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
The Dali backed away from the site and was escorted in by tugboats.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
The tugboats that guided it out of the port had peeled off earlier per normal practice, according to the report.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
Four commercial tugboats will accompany the ship and the salvage vessel Interceptor from Resolve Marine will follow closely behind.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
The Dali backed away from the site and was escorted in by tugboats.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 May 2024
The tugboats that guided it out of the port had peeled off earlier per normal practice, according to the report.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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tugboat
noun
tug·boat
ˈtəg-ˌbōt 
: a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing ships
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