"Tugboat" can sometimes be a misnomer, since the watercraft can push as well as pull. Here's why tugboats are designed to do that and when they might do so.

Captain Mike Vinik is commanding the SSUS along the eastern seaboard from a single tugboat, the Vinik 6. “Instead of going south like we were trying to pull it, the ship wanted to go east, west ...

In terms of pulling power, this gives typical tugboats a power-to-weight ratio (PWR) of about 9.5, significantly more PWR than a typical container ship. It's this PWR that enables tugboats to move ...

Photos and videos suggest the tugboat was not tied to the ship, limiting its ability to pull the ship away from the bridge. The Cuauhtémoc began to drift north, back first, up the river. Dr.

The Vicki weighs about 450 tons, but it can pull a ship that weighs more than 100,000 tons (200 times bigger), like the 984-foot Juno Horizon, which it assisted earlier this month.

The investigation into why a Mexican Navy training ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, shearing the top of its masts, will look into a possible engine failure and the role of a tug boat ...

Here’s a look at the most shocking details about what it was like to be a passenger on the “poop cruise.” Passengers had ...

Photos and videos suggest the tugboat was not tied to the ship, limiting its ability to pull the ship away from the bridge. The Cuauhtémoc began to drift north, back first, up the river.

Mike Vinik is the captain of the tugboat pulling the ship to Mobile. She was built in 1950 and throughout her career, her reputation as the world’s fastest ship attracted familiar names from all ...

It's unclear if the warship slammed into the tugboat, or if it was sent backward because of the force of the wave. The U.S.S. Freedom (LCS 1) is shown during day one of the ship's builders' trials ...

There are certain maneuvers that require a tugboat to push and some to pull. For example, if a ship needs to be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, this operation would be referred to as ...

MOBILE, Ala. - The captain of the tugboat pulling the SS United States to Mobile encountered strong winds and high waves off the coast of Virginia Beach.Captain Mike Vinik is commanding the SSUS ...