Question

What the Text Says

What I Already know
Inference
It is now required that
ships carrying oil in
dangerous areas have
two escort boats.
Tugboats are escort
boats that help guide
ships coming into or
leaving a port.
Two escort boats could help break up icebergs and clear the way for large ships carrying oil.
Without tugboats, large ships could easily get lost at sea.
Without tugboats, large ships entering a port might accidentally hit something nearby.
Large ships carrying oil have a lower chance of hitting something when they are at sea.

Answer 1

Answer: Without tugboats, large ships entering a port might accidentally hit something nearby.

Step-by-step explanation:

Large ships going through dangerous areas need Escort Boats to accompany them and since a tugboat is an Escort Boat that guides ships coming into or leaving a port, it is safe to assume that tug boats are needed to accompany large ships into a harbour.

One of the main reasons a large ship would need to be accompanied into a harbor is so that it doesn't hit anything (like guiding an 18 - wheeler into the loading Bay of a supermarket) by accident due to its size. Tugboats are meant to accompany large boats so it is safe to assume that Tugboats guide big ships into the harbor in an attempt to ensure that such boats don't hit others