His father was a tugboat operator.

State officials blamed tugboat operators; the tugboat company said the channel was mismarked due to Coast Guard operations in the area.

The measure has tossed the pilots, shipping companies, tugboat operators and the United States Coast Guard into the treacherous political waters of Trenton.

The tugboat first approached the ship after 5:00 p.m., in the dark, the tugboat operator said.

Charles Abakpa, a former tugboat operator in Nigeria, wonders even now whether his children's foreign accent and culture played a role in the stabbing.

Then tugboat operators declared her "black" in protest against the French nuclear tests in the Pacific.

The tugboat operators repeatedly called for help, especially after Bertrand told them that many people were still in danger.

He sold the Roanoke River light to Emmett Wiggins, a tugboat operator who also ran a marine salvage business.

Ken Obermuller, 66, a tugboat operator from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, said familiar things from his own profession were all that came to mind.

Robert Carman, 75, a tugboat operator and fourth-generation fisherman, has deep roots on the Island.