Returning to New York City from warmer climes finds the harbor beset by the heaviest icing conditions seen in decades and new ways of operating on the North River already becoming routine. NY Waterway has contracted with Stasinos Marine to help keep their trans-Hudson routes operating and Sunday morning finds the 71-year-old tug Joanne Marie, who is normally based in Fall River, Mass, escorting the ferry Garden Sate between Pier 79 and Port Imperial. Built in 1954 for the U.S. Army, Joanne Marie was acquired by Stasinos in 2022 and is I believe now the oldest tug doing regular commercial work in New York Harbor. Long may you run!