The difficult situation for the North American tug industry today -beginning with the financial plunge in 2008 and continuing into 2009 - runs parallel to the worldwide decline in container shipping. "Initially we were seeing a drop in cargo. Now we are seeing shipping lines drop vessels entirely out of their routes, resulting in fewer ships coming overall," said Scott Hoggarth, Crowley Maritime's general manager for contract services in Seattle.rn"Fewer ships means fewer containers and - most troubling - less work for those in port related businesses," said Richard D. Steinke, executive director at the Port of Long Beach in California.
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机译：如今，北美拖船行业的困境-从2008年的金融危机开始一直延续到2009年-与世界范围内集装箱运输的下滑并行。克劳利海事公司西雅图合同服务总经理斯科特·霍格加特说：“最初，我们看到的是货运量下降。现在，我们看到的是航运公司将船只完全从航线上运走，从而导致整体运货量减少。”意味着与港口相关的业务所需要的集装箱更少，而且最麻烦的是，工作量也减少了，”加利福尼亚长滩港执行董事Richard D. Steinke说。
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