towboat

[′tō‚bōt]

(naval architecture)

A relatively flat-bottomed vessel designed to push tows of barges on inland waterways; it has a square bow on which heavy, upright knees are fixed for the purpose of lashing the barges against the towing vessel.

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Towboats cost between $3 million and $6 million and take anywhere from six to seven months to build.

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The engine inspection did not affect or disturb any other part of the towboat's main propulsion system (other than its main engines) or any equipment located in other parts of the boat.

Deductibility of towboat periodic maintenance costs

The towboat has a normal operating cost of nearly $2,800 an hour.

Illinois company sues crop duster for $1.5 million

Following the Tanana's retirement, fuel will still be delivered from Nenana but by the Rampart, a newer towboat. However, Crowley, which supplies the region, will also bring fuel to communities on the lower Yukon from the Bering Sea.

Alaska's tenuous rural fuel distribution: tactical infrastructure improvements needed

Western Towboat builds all its own tugboats and uses three different tugs to haul ARM's new barges.

LYNDEN DEPLOYS 'BETTER MOUSETRAP'

"The two towboats tried to stop the giant and then a tow cable broke, cut by the collision with the river boat," Davide Calderan, president of a towboat association in Venice, told the Italian news agency Ansa.

Venice collision escalates calls for cruise ships ban

Davide Calderan, president of a towboat association in Venice, said the cruise ship's engine was locked when the captain called for help.

Cruise ship gets a bruising; Italy: Call to ban liners from Venice canal following crash with boat and dock

M2 EQUITYBITES-May 31, 2019-CC Industries Acquires Towboat and Barge Operator Southern Towing

CC Industries Acquires Towboat and Barge Operator Southern Towing