towage

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The brokerage sees the merger as creating Indonesia’s largest listed towage and pilotage platform.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The problem has been solved by the introduction of the capstan navigation or towage.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various

This we were told would demand the towage of the engine over the last three miles.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles

Steamships of deep draught reach their docks at the lower end of the city under their own steam, but sailing-craft pay heavy towage fees.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

He's got to be a sharp on towage, because he's got to take risks in storms that drive an ocean-going tug to port.

From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis