Sentence examples for towage from inspiring English sources

Bucket dredgers for major operations are supplemented by suction, or grab, dredgers for localized work; hopper barges are required for transporting dredged materials to disposal sites, which should be numerous enough to minimize the transporting period, so that the dredger remains fully operational with a minimum of hopper barges and towage units.

For upstream passage, canoes are kept afloat by descending water but require manual towage.

Can you imagine?" Mr. Muller's entrepreneurial streak — his previous business interests included sportswear, ocean towage and salvage — led him to revive the dormant Spyker brand in 2000 in Zeewolde, outside Amsterdam.

Moving on, Michel van der Velde notes that "a towage company from IJmuiden(close to Amsterdam) re-named one of their ships after the local second division football club two months ago.