Towage Tugs to 4,400 hp are available at Boston. The tugs maintain radio communications on VHF-FM channels 18A and 5A. Tugs are available from Boston Towing and Transportation Co., telephone 617–567–9100 and Constellation Towing, telephone 617–561–0223. Inbound vessels are usually met in the vicinity of Anchorage areas 1 or 2. Arrangements for tugs are usually made in advance through ships’ agents. Fireboats are also available; the call for the fireboat is five prolonged blasts of the ship’s whistle. per https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/files/cp1/CPB1_C11_WEB.pdf - 6/19/2026
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