Tag: Albany

• Heavy machinery

  The cargo ship BBC Sebastopol headed up the North River Thursday morning heading for the Port of Albany. These BBC ships are often heading north to load heavy equipment manufactured upstate for export, including products made by GE/GE Vernova in Schenectady but these also sometimes deliver heavy materials for projects being staged up north like…

  Daniel Katzive

  October 25, 2025

  Uncategorized

  Albany, BBC Chartering, cargo ships

• Coming or going?

  BBC Amethyst, an Antigua-flagged superstructure forward heavy lift cargo ship, came down the North River Monday evening. She was heading for sea and her next port of call in the Dominican Republic after calling at Port of Albany where she either delivered some project cargo from overseas or collected something heavy for export abroad. On…

  Daniel Katzive

  July 23, 2025

  Uncategorized

  Albany, cargo ships, heavy lift, tanker barges, tugs

• Heavy lift

  Donjon Marine tugs came down the river this morning heading for Port of Elizabeth with an interesting cargo—a massive crane on a barge, lashed to another barge with a large generator, with one tug pulling and another pushing the combination. According to the Port of Albany’s Twitter feed ( https://twitter.com/portofalbany/status/1498696319648546821?s=21 ), the 785,000 pound GE…

  Daniel Katzive

  March 2, 2022

  Uncategorized

  Albany, cement, tugs, USCG