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Let’s dredge again, like we did last summer
Donjon Marine’s distinctive blue livery was very much in evidence on the North River last week. In addition to regular work moving recycled paper collected by DSNY in Manhattan from Pier 99 to the recycling mill on Staten Island, seasonal dredging was underway at the cruise terminal. The cruise terminal quays are dredged regularly to…
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Foxy
Foxy 3, a 50-year old 1,600 HP tug owned by Fox Marine Services according to Tugboat Information .com, has been on the North River this month moving equipment and materials to and from a project site off of Spuyten Duyvil. The work there is likely part of the Champlain Hudson Power Express installation. The cable…
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Asphalt delivery
San Du Ao, a small 13,000 deadweight ton Hong Kong flagged bitumen tanker, came up the North River Friday evening, passing the GW Bridge, Spuyten Duyvil and J24 sailboat. The tanker was arriving from Colombia, not a very common point of origin for cargos coming up the Hudson, and was likely carrying asphalt. San Du…
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Salute
The 9/11 memorial events were underway downtown as Coast Guard icebreaker Penobscot Bay came up the North River as far as Pier 99 with her fire monitors running, passing the Lincoln Tunnel vents and a Donjon Marine crew working on seasonal dredging at the cruise terminal. In addition to providing a visual salute, Cutter 107…
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Hey, Big Fella
Stasinos Marine’s big tug Toula C was back on the shores of the Upper West Side again on Monday, helping the much smaller construction tug Big Fella maneuver barges at the 69th Street Transfer Bridge restoration work site. Big Fella, either named ironically or perhaps big compared with the other work boats it normally consorts…
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Providence bound
Dann Marine’s Pearl Coast brought a cement cargo from the plant in Coeymans down the North River on Monday morning. The 1978-vintage 5,600 HP tug brought its barge around the Battery, out through the Gate and headed for Providence where they arrived at the cement terminal on Sassafras Point Tuesday morning.
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First cruise
Virgin’s newest cruise ship Brilliant Lady made its debut voyage with passengers from North River Pier 90 in the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on Friday evening. The Brilliant Lady, an adults-only ship without all the amusement park attractions we see on other new ships calling on NYC, was heading for Bermuda where she arrived Sunday afternoon.…
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Replenishment
The German navy’s replenishment ship Berlin arrived on the North River Friday morning and has tied up on the south side of Pier 88. The 569-foot Berlin and its other two classmates are the largest ships in the German navy. Berlin arrived in New York after spending some time on exercises with the Canadian navy…
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Keep on rocking
Norfolk Tug’s George Holland has been making regular trips up the North River with a hopper barge this summer, heading for the quarry in Clinton Point near Poughkeepsie where they collect crushed stone for delivery to distribution points around the metropolitan area and return back down the river. These pictures were taken on Sunday of…
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Keep building
Carver Companies towboat Erin Elizabeth brought hopper barges down the North River in the final days of August, traveling from Coeymans to the harbor. They passed West New York where new construction continues seemingly without end.
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As old as Stonehenge?
Coral Coast, Dann Marine’s 55-year-old 3,000 HP tug, brought a light cement transporter barge up the North River in the final week of August, heading back to the cement plant in Coeymans after discharging at the terminal in Bayonne. The cylindrical 34-story building at the top of the Bergen Hill in the background is the…
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Under new management
The tug Mary Kay came up the North River last week, passing Palisades Hospital in North Bergen, heading for Albany and arriving from Norfolk. The tug still wears Moran maroon colors but with no “M” and, according to tugboatinformation .com this 1975 vintage former Turecamo/Moran tug once known as the Mary M. Coppedge was acquired…
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Holiday weekend
The tug Henry Girls of Henry Marine Service Inc. left the Gateway cofferdam worksite Friday afternoon ahead of the holiday weekend, heading for base on Staten Island. Happy Labor Day to all!
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Load it up, move it out
Heavy lift cargo vessel BBC Rushmore came up the North River Thursday bound for the Port of Albany. She will either be delivering some project cargo there or possibly loading GE equipment for export.
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Getting scrap
Shelter Island, a 650-foot Hong Kong-flagged bulk ship, came up the North River early Wednesday heading for Albany after first calling at the bulk wharf at Port Newark. Her voyage began in Chile and she may have delivered salt in Newark or perhaps loaded scrap metal there (or both?). In Albany she has docked at…
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