ALBANY, N.Y. — Capt. Ralph Carpino nosed the stubby bow of the tugboat along the port side of the cargo ship. The tug was nothing pretty to look at, its thick bumper of old tires forming a kind of ...

“Look how small we are,” said tugboat captain Mike Kaiwi, as he steered the 79-foot-long harbor tug Eleu through Nawiliwili Harbor, dwarfed by the Matson barge they were assisting to position in front ...

A tug boat strong enough to prevent a major shipwreck and oil spill is now stationed full-time in the Aleutians, following the merger of two salvage companies, according to Dan Magone of ...

The 105-foot Millennium Star tractor tug services the petroleum and fishing industries. Like on many boats in the industry, crew members have been increasingly hard to come by. (Photo by Theo ...

Jim Sadowski’s Fells Point is a world apart from the Fells Point of designer bars and funky antique shops. The 61-year-old tugboat captain rents an old pier off the east side of the 900 block of S.

A tugboat grounded in Shilshole Bay Friday morning and in danger of sinking was pumped out and patched up after a response from the Coast Guard, Seattle Fire Department and Seattle Police Department.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— A historic tugboat is making waves at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, providing cadets with new training opportunities. The Robinson Bay, donated by the U.S. Great ...