towboat

Noun

Meaning

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

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Earlier Tuesday, an investigator said towboat crew members’ accounts support the towboat company’s contention that the pilot had blacked out. Source: Internet

Kyle Pfenning, a towboat pilot, took the video as it crossed near mile 63 on the river, about 10 miles upriver from Cape Girardeau, between there and Grand Tower. Source: Internet

The towboat dispatched from Tow Boat U.S., was responding to a call for assistance received from a customer that was disabled on the west-side of Matagorda Bay. Source: Internet

The captain and pilot steer the towboat, which pushes one or more barges held together with rigging, collectively called 'the tow'. Source: Internet

The crew live aboard the towboat as it travels along the inland river system or the intracoastal waterways. Source: Internet

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