When I went to Europe on a freighter, I realized that tugboats don't actually tug. They never did for our ship, at least. They'd sort of nudge it, if necessary. So I think they should be called "nudgeboats"
The boat that made this mess did have a local pilot to get it out to sea, but there was nothing he could do about a power failure.
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