Talk:Tugboat

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The description for tugboats is very limited it appears to only cover smaller harbor type tugs. Tug boats can actually have horsepower ratings up to 25,000 hp.

Tugs are rarely converted to icebreakers.

Thank you, it'd be great if you could make the suggested changes to the page. This encyclopedia is freely editable by anyone, and any help is much appreciated.

I'll try to incorporate your suggestions. Tristanb 04:18, 11 Aug 2003 (UTC)

1 How much are they used these days? And historically?
2 Letters on Tugboats
3 Editing the Intro
4 Bow_thrusters

[edit] How much are they used these days? And historically?

How often are tugboats used these days? How does this compare to historical use? Would be a good addition to the article. Tempshill 04:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Tugboats are used more heavily now than ever. With the ever increasing size of ships calling at ports more and more powerrful tugs are required to help these large ships dock and undock. Tug technology is also increasing with the invention of tractor tugs and z-pellar drives.

Adam Hutt Seaspan Internation www.seaspan.com

[edit] Letters on Tugboats

Can anybody tell me what the large letters on tugboat smokestacks means? I've seen V, M, and K, and now i'm really curious. Taco325i 12:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editing the Intro

I would say that the intro section of the article is a bit too long & that all but the first paragraph could be a section within the body. If no one has any objections I'll be making the change shortly. Trcunning 14:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)