The big guy is back

The big Christian Reinauer/RTC 145 ATB was back on the North River Wednesday, the first time we’ve seen her here in several years. With a 7,200 HP tug and a 477-foot 150,000 barrel barge, this is one of Reinauer’s biggest units, with the barge even a bit larger than Nicole Leigh’s which we see more often. We saw Christian/145 periodically making trips upriver in 2022, but more recently I believe this ATB has been operating out of ports on the Gulf of Mexico. AIS data shows she left Houston on November 17, reached the Delaware River a week later, and hit New York Harbor by Thanksgiving. Prior to anchoring off Yonkers this week, Christian made a run up to Portland, ME and Boston. As of Thursday morning, the tug was at the Reinauer base on the Kill van Kull, with the barge perhaps loading a new cargo on the Arthur Kill.

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