Unfamiliar tug

Dann Marine tug Atlantic Coast spent some time at anchor on the North River this past week with a loaded-looking Vane DS-53 tank barge. I have not seen this tug before, which is rated at 3,000 HP and is approaching 20 years of age. I believe she is normally based further south. We have seen the barge though, heading for a Hudson Valley power plant in February 2025 with the tug Fort Schuyler. Atlantic exited New York Harbor on Wednesday, with or without the barge—I’m not sure. By Saturday morning she had rounded Cape Hatteras and was heading south off the Carolinas.

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