When talking to people from the industry explaining what a tug is and what it does is never very difficult.

It gets a bit more difficult trying to explain tugs and towage to someone on ‘the outside’. Tugs exist in many forms but they all share a common goal, the art of towing an object.

As we all know pictures say more than a thousand words so we have made a small selection of images depicting a tug/towage.

Tug of War
Really, this sounds more menacing than it is. Tug of war, tug o’ war, or tug war, also known as rope pulling, is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength.

No Tug
No tug here, move along.

Aircraft Tug Vehicle
Used for pushing/pulling aircrafts.

Glider Tug
Aircraft used to tow glider.

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Tug Armade
Just a group of tugs.

Tug Vehicle
You say Tow Mater I say Tow Mato.

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