Tag: Gateway
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At the dam
New York State Marine Highway tug Nathan G, 1977 vintage and 1,200 HP, was working at the Gateway Tunnel cofferdam site off Pier 66 on Thursday. Visible in the background are tank truck trailers on a barge holding cement that will be mixed with river water and mud to reinforce the river bottom at this…
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At the watering hole
The Gateway Tunnel cofferdam work site off Hoboken is for marine photography a bit like what I imagine the watering hole is on a wildlife safari. An…er…diverse assortment of tugs are out there on any given day, representing most of the local and locally active towing lines, other than those dedicated to moving petroleum or…
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At the cofferdam
New York State Marine Highway Transportation’s tug Nathan G was among several vessels working at the Gateway Tunnel cofferdam site on Tuesday morning. A day later, the Federal government announced it was withholding billions of dollars in funding for this project as well as the Second Avenue Subway tunnel. The news create uncertainty for the…
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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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Meanwhile, at the dam
Stasinos Marine tug Toula C, was back on the North River this week working at the Gateway Tunnel cofferdam off Pier 66. Toula C was first seen on the North River delivering a barge at the 69th Street Transfer bridge restoration project a few weeks ago and then a week later working on the Pier…
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Delivery or pickup
The cargo ship Bertha A. Desgagnes passed to the west of the Gateway coffer dam and to the east of Steven’s Institute of Technology Tuesday evening, heading for sea after calling in Albany. Bertha was likely delivering a project cargo or picking up some large cargo up there in Albany for export. As of Sunday…
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Spreading the work
Work on the Gateway project coffer dam off Pier 66 gets spread out across a range of local towing companies. On Monday evening, Carver’s Erin Elizabeth was on site making up to a barge. The next morning, one of project manager Weeks Marine’s own tugs was there along with Henry Marine’s Henry Girls. In the…
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Working on the dam
Maddie K., a 47-year old, 2,000 HP tug operated by New York State Marine Highway Transportation, was on the North River Thursday, maneuvering barges at the Gateway Tunnel project’s large coffer dam off Pier 66. Work is underway here to reinforce the riverbed in preparation for digging the new rail tunnel below. The dam currently…
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Cleanup
DonJon tug Paul Andrew, with nameboards removed, ferried a scow loaded with debris cleared from the area around the 30th Street Heliport to a pier in Port Newark on Tuesday, part of the ongoing Gateway Project work.
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Standing by
DonJon tugs were standing by at the DSNY’s Pier 99 transfer station on Friday evening. In addition to the company’s regular working moving waste paper scows from here to the paper mill on the Arthur Kill, the company was also busy maneuvering barges at a worksite removing debris from the 30th Street Heliport as part…
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Moving equipment
The tug William Brewster brought an equipment barge from the mid-channel coffer dam site off North River Pier 66 back to the Weeks yard in Jersey City on Tuesday. Weeks teams continue to work on the riverbed stabilization project in preparation for boring the Gateway rail tunnel under the river.
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At the coffer dam
Weeks Marine’s tug Robert was maneuvering barges at the Gateway Tunnel coffer dam site off Pier 66 on Monday. The project is reinforcing the riverbed at this spot so that the Gateway rail tunnel will be able to pass underneath.
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