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
that document has tones of info in its 18 pages - but constellation
towing might not really exist