The Gateway Tunnel cofferdam work site off Hoboken is for marine photography a bit like what I imagine the watering hole is on a wildlife safari. An…er…diverse assortment of tugs are out there on any given day, representing most of the local and locally active towing lines, other than those dedicated to moving petroleum or ship assist. After we saw tugs from Stasinos and NY State Marine highway two weeks ago, last week Dann Ocean Towing’s Charles A., recently down from Narragansett Bay, and Brewster Marine’s William Brewster were moving barges at the site. Charles A subsequently went upriver moving stone hoppers to and from the quarry dock in Hudson New York and is now heading up the East River with an AIS destination off New Rochelle.
There is a cloud of uncertainty over the funding for this critical infrastructure project and really all infrastructure projects in the northeast due to recent rulings from the Federal government, but work continues though there are no tugs out there this morning yet.