The U.S. Navy has also wielded some of the smallest tugboats around. As it turns out, though, your average tugboat really is ...

A Navy ship being moved out of the path of Hurricane Matthew sprang a leak after it was hit by the tug boat pulling it out of harm’s way, the US Navy said Friday.

The runaway cargo ship that crashed into other ships and an oil terminal on the Mississippi River on Monday dragged a tug boat tethered to it down the river until both smashed into an oil tanker ...

Thor, the newest tugboat on the Houston Ship Channel, is part of a breed of high performers being brought in to handle a growing number of big ships. The $8 million tug's maneuverability is really ...

It’s 5:45 a.m. as Capt. David Brusco maneuvers his tugboat through the fog toward a cargo ship waiting about two miles outside the Port of Hueneme. It’s a good time of day to tow a ship into ...

Science In SF Bay, towing ultralarge ships with little tugboats Maritime agencies run a first-ever test of pulling a giant ship with a tiny tug. Knowing it's possible is key in a power loss.

The crew of a tugboat was quickly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker ship in Louisiana.

Five people have been rescued from the Mississippi River after a tugboat collided with a ship near the Hale Boggs Bridge.

SAAM Towage has launched the Trapananda, claimed to be Latin America’s first electric tugboat, at the christening event held ...

NTSB probers Monday said they are investigating a tugboat’s possible role in a Mexican ship’s crash into the Brooklyn Bridge — while adding they have yet to board the foreign craft, much ...

Crowds gathered to watch a tug boat tow the Baltic Arrow to safety after it got wedged in a river bank at both ends. | ITV News Anglia ...