Towing of vessels

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• The Great Lakes Group — (GLG) is an American tugboat company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The Great Lakes Group is the parent Company to The Great Lakes Towing Company, Great Lakes Shipyard, Tugz International L.L.C., Puerto Rico Towing Barge Co., Soo Linehandling… …   Wikipedia

• Whaleback — The whaleback was a unique design of a cargo ship with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from the vertical to horizontal leaving, when fully loaded, only the curved portion of the hull with its whaleback above the waterline. The …   Wikipedia

• Mayflower (tugboat) — Mayflower Career (England) Name …   Wikipedia

• USS Ida (1863) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used as a towboat and dispatch boat by the Navy, and she provided her services to ships in the blockade squadrons.Ida was chartered by the Navy in New Orleans,… …   Wikipedia

• Consort (nautical) — Consort is a nautical term for unpowered Great Lakes vessels, usually a fully loaded schooner barge or steamer barge, towed by a larger steamer that would often tow more than one barge. The consort system was used in the Great Lakes from the… …   Wikipedia

• tugboat — A watercraft used to tow or accelerate the progress of another vessel in some manner. 48 Am J1st Ship § 488. A small but powerful vessel employed for towing other vessels. See Phoenix Ins. Co. v The Atlas, 93 US 302, 23 L Ed 863. A vessel… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Towboat — Tow boat , n. 1. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat. [1913 Webster] 2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sky Galleons of Mars — Infobox Game title= Sky Galleons of Mars caption= designer= Frank Chadwick, Marc W. Miller and Loren Wiseman publisher= Game Designers Workshop date= 1988 genre= Victorian Science Fiction players=2+ ages=10 and up setup time=10 minutes playing… …   Wikipedia

• tugboat — /ˈtʌgboʊt / (say tugboht) noun a strongly built vessel with a powerful engine, designed for towing other vessels …  

• International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and set out, inter alia, the rules of the road or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other… …   Wikipedia

• commercial fishing — Introduction  the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them.       Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …   Universalium