The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard will celebrate their 115th anniversary with the delivery of two new 4,640HP FIFI 1 ASD tugs. Designed by Jensen Maritime Consultant, Inc., ...

How can a small tugboat move a massive ship weighing hundreds of thousands of tons? In this video, we reveal the surprising ...

Great Lakes Towing Company (GLT), the largest U.S.-flag tugboat company engaged in towing on the Great Lakes, has celebrated its 120th anniversary with the christening of their newest tugboat, the Tug ...

Tugboats are built to be strong enough to pull massive ships, not for speed. Unlike cargo ships or speedboats, which are designed for high velocities, tugboats serve a different purpose: assisting and ...

The Coast Guard rescued five crew members from a tugboat towing a 333-foot barge in rough seas off the Washington coast Friday. Rescuers made it to their location, about ten miles off the coast of La ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District announced on Monday it awarded at $8.4 million contract for a temporary tugboat to serve the Buffalo District’s repair fleet.

HOUSTON (AP) - The Coast Guard says a second tug boat has reached a disabled cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico and is helping tow it to Mobile, Ala. More than 3,000 passengers and a crew of more than ...