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Recent Examples of workboat
However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.
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Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Nov. 2025
The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
28 Aug. 2025
Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.
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Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the firm is testing a new, 29-foot-long workboat for the US Coast Guard that can be operated by remote control from shore or switched to a fully autonomous mode.
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Eric Niiler,
Wired,
30 Oct. 2020
At 32 feet, his Alona Rahab was among the smallest workboats in the Tangier fleet and could almost fit inside the Henrietta C.
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Earl Swift,
Outside Online,
20 June 2018
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Nov. 2025
The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
28 Aug. 2025
Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.
—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the firm is testing a new, 29-foot-long workboat for the US Coast Guard that can be operated by remote control from shore or switched to a fully autonomous mode.
—
Eric Niiler,
Wired,
30 Oct. 2020
At 32 feet, his Alona Rahab was among the smallest workboats in the Tangier fleet and could almost fit inside the Henrietta C.
—
Earl Swift,
Outside Online,
20 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workboat
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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.
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As the early morning breeze tickles the top of the Santa Monica Bay, three scientists pack into a small whaler boat and push out to sea in pursuit of great white sharks.
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Species include blue sharks, bull sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, bronze whaler sharsk, dusky sharks, hammerheads, tigers and spinner sharks.
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For a shrimper already operating on slim margins, that's not just an inconvenience.
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Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.
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When drought tightens the channel, water managers, dredge crews, and lock operators must communicate with towboat companies and shippers nearly every moment.
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But crew numbers for each towboat are the same.
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After strikes on ships and the halt of ferry operations, Russia now depends solely on narrow land and bridge corridors.
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While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
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But nearly a decade since the first city-run ferryboat set sail, the system has been working to win over skeptics.
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Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
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That dude was sinking fast and the R's pretty much sent him the tugboat and life jacket.
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Arc Marine's electric tugboats are heading for the Port of Long Beach, California.
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While a number of groups, including Tsai, have invested multiple times in PLL, Rabil said that with each funding round the group typically sought a leading role from a new banker.
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Aymen Sifour, a banker who lives in Montreal, flew into town with his sister and parents.
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“Workboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workboat. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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