towage service

towage service
An act by which one vessel, known as the tug, supplies power in order to draw another vessel, called the tow.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


towage service
An act by which one vessel, known as the tug, supplies power in order to draw another vessel, called the tow.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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