For the U.S. tugboat industry, the Key Bridge collapse could have ripple effects similar to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Slesinger said. “It has the potential to be that kind of a game ...

Tugboat averts pontoon disaster. By Lindsay Murdoch. January 14, 2011 — 3.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later.

This week's disaster is drawing renewed attention to whether such tugboat escorts should be required in the nation's ports. A Toledo UAW legend calls it quits after 32 years: 'Never wanted the credit' ...

In May 2013, a tug boat carrying a 12-person crew capsized off the coast of Nigeria. Two divers sent to recover the bodies assumed everyone aboard had died. After all, the boat was about 100 feet ...

The pilot of the container ship that knocked down a highway bridge into Baltimore Harbor had radioed for tugboat help and reported a power loss minutes earlier, federal safety officials said on ...