Higher-than-expected bids have prompted the City of Thunder Bay to change its recommendation on preserving parts of an historic tug boat. Last fall, Thunder Bay City Council voted to preserve ...

Council officials are considering whether the Port of Sullom Voe might benefit from a fifth tug, after it was revealed that a stand-in boat service late last year cost nearly a third of a million ...

The latest boat from the Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co. is rated at 1,200 miles per gallon per ton of cargo. Ten years ago, say company officials, tugs were rated at 514 mpgpt.