The slow pace of recovery within the U.S. and global economies still has much of the North American tugboat industry working on a slow bell. But business operators remain optimistic and investments in the future continue to be made, albeit at a modest pace. The prevailing attitude among tug and barge operators seems to be that things are soon to get better — maybe even coming close to the way things used to be. "The markets are getting stronger with the economy as a whole, and certainly our view of the future is
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