MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The captain of the tugboat pulling the SS United States to Mobile encountered strong winds and high waves off the coast of Virginia Beach. Captain Mike Vinik is commanding the ...

A tugboat captain's error caused an articulated tug and barge (ATB) to strike and damage the fending system protecting the Hylebos Bridge in Tacoma, Wash., last ...

A tugboat captain involved in an oil spill off the Marin County coast is liable for the government’s $14 million cleanup, a federal judge ruled. The boat operator, Christian Lint, died from other ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed that the captain of the tugboat involved in Monday’s deadly collision, which claimed the lives of two young girls attending a sailing camp, was tested for alcohol, ...

One year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was hit by a massive cargo ship and collapsed, the first tugboat captain to respond to the scene is sharing what happened. The deadly collapse ...

A captain who admitted to slamming a tugboat into Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef while playing video games in 2009, causing the vessel to leak fuel, was sentenced to home confinement and probation ...

The tugboat pushing a barge that slammed into a sailboat carrying summer campers in Biscayne Bay — killing two girls and seriously injuring two others — may not have been operated by a licensed ...

As a 574-foot, Korean-flagged car carrier glided through the Chesapeake Bay at 7 mph on a recent afternoon, a welcoming committee came in the form of two Baltimore-based tugboats. The tugs matched the ...