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: tugboat
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: a compact shallow-draft boat with a squared bow designed and fitted for pushing tows of barges on inland waterways
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The American Waterways Operators (AWO), which represents the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, has opposed the regulation over concerns about diesel particulate filters (DPFs) catching fire.
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Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
The railroad bridge became misaligned due to a hit from barges being transported by a towboat called Mauvilla.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Eighteen of those collapses happened in the U.S. These include when barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1993 a towboat struck a rail bridge in Alabama on a foggy September morning and threw the train tracks out of alignment on the Big Bayou Canot Bridge.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The towboat pushing the barge had made a wrong turn on the Mobile River and entered the Big Bayou Canot.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Once ice on the lake is less than a foot thick, a towboat and barge can break through.
—Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
In some spots, towboats could not reach granary ports.
—USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
In a normal year, a 10,000-horsepower towboat on portions of the lower Mississippi might push as many as 42 barges at once.
—USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
The railroad bridge became misaligned due to a hit from barges being transported by a towboat called Mauvilla.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Eighteen of those collapses happened in the U.S. These include when barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1993 a towboat struck a rail bridge in Alabama on a foggy September morning and threw the train tracks out of alignment on the Big Bayou Canot Bridge.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The towboat pushing the barge had made a wrong turn on the Mobile River and entered the Big Bayou Canot.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Once ice on the lake is less than a foot thick, a towboat and barge can break through.
—Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
In some spots, towboats could not reach granary ports.
—USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
In a normal year, a 10,000-horsepower towboat on portions of the lower Mississippi might push as many as 42 barges at once.
—USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
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“Towboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/towboat. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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