towage

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Two river steamboats were assigned to the Louisiana for the purpose of towage, if necessary, and for the accommodation of the mechanics who were still at work on board.

From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by Wilkinson, John

Sailing-vessels still take the Cape route, because the heavy towage tolls through the canal more than offset the gain in time.

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

Mostly to keep themselves occupied, they hunted paymetal, taking only the very best that they could find, to keep the towage mass down.

From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.

It's up to the master of the tug very frequently whether, under such conditions, his task has been a mere towage job at the going rates or a salvage proposition to be settled in court.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)