Former Western Towing Co. supervisor Tony Ray Sansing, 44, was accused of conspiring with the company's barge cleaning foreman to illegally dump untreated wastewater into the San Jacinto River ...

The modern ATB tug is a fully functional ocean tug, capable of towing on a hawser if required. The ATB barge is designed so that it can work with other tugs and be towed. The difference is the ...

It seems to be the usual practice, and is probably necessary, in the case of a tow to have from one to six men on each barge for the purpose of looking after the cargo and steering. One seagoing ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-Completing the longest tow on record, the Standard Oil Company's steamer Atlas arrived today from New York with the big barge No. 93, both steamer and barge laden with oil.

The vessel, which was towing 11 barges carrying various other products, including soy and corn, had collided with what Louisville Metro Emergency Services described as a "stationary structure at ...

VIRGINIA BEACH -- A 570-foot barge that went aground in the surf off of Virginia Beach is still stuck there. Salvage crews had planned to try to tow the barge with three powerful tugs at high tide ...

(Trinidad Guardian) A tug boat towing a barge from Panama bound for Guyana was involved in the oil spill incident off Tobago – and the wrecked barge, which is leaking the oil, is now sinking.

LA PUSH, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard is working on a plan to tow in a loose barge after rescuing five people who were on board when it lost steering off the Washington coast Friday. The Luther ...