Tag: tanker barges
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Looking for a New England
The Janice Ann Reinauer/RTC 103 ATB was southbound on the North River Wednesday evening, with the barge loaded and bound for Providence. We usually assume New England-bound tank barge cargos loaded in Albany are ethanol brought from the Midwest by rail as that is the main liquid fuel cargo which moves south on the river…
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Fuel delivery with a helper
The Vane Brothers tug Red Hook arrived at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal Wednesday morning with a bunkering barge for refueling Norwegian Aqua. Metropolitan Marine’s Pegasus was on hand to assist. Aqua arrived well-before sunrise, returning from Bermuda, and is set to leave later in the day for the same destination.
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Familiar face
The B. Franklin Reinauer/RTC 81 ATB, a regular on the Hudson River run, came up the North River and passed Weehawken last Monday heading for anchorage. A week later, B. Franklin is at anchor on the Bay Ridge Flats after spending the night at the Kinder Morgan terminal in Carteret, probably loading a cargo.
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North River to South River
The Saint Emilion tug came down the North River Saturday morning with her A87 barge on the wire. Usually, when we see tugs towing astern on this section of the estuary they are arriving from or heading for open water and that was the case here. The Saint headed out through the Narrows and down…
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Back to base
Lucy Reinauer, a 4,300 HP tug paired with the 300-foot long RTC 42 barge, left anchorage on the North River Friday morning after a windy Thursday night as Hurricane Erin passed by well offshore. The unit headed for the Erie Basin barge port.
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Rough seas ahead
The Vane Brothers tug Red Hook had a bunkering barge alongside Carnival Venezia at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on Tuesday morning. Venezia departed later that day and managed to skirt along the west side of Hurricane Erin, arriving in the Bahamas Friday morning.
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On the move
Genesis Vigilant came down the North River after leaving anchor off Yonkers Tuesday morning with the GM 8001 barge on the hip, heading for the Upper Bay. After a visit to Caddells on the KvK, Vigilant brought the barge back upriver to Yonkers where she remains Wednesday morning.
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Taking bunkers
The small local bunkering tanker Chandra B had a fuel delivery on Monday morning for the 187-foot yacht Elis et Mar which has been anchored on the North River off West New York for an extended period this summer. Further south and later in the day, Vane Brothers tug Elk River had a larger client…
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The Two Towers
We have seen a lot of Polling & Cutler’s Evelyn Cutler on the North River this summer. The 52-year-old 3,800 HP tug, one of five in the P&C fleet, passed Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters Thursday evening with the Noelle Cutler barge loaded up with a fuel cargo for delivery in Rensselaer. Saturday morning…
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Back stage passes
A visit to the Kill van Kull and Newark Bay Wednesday evening courtesy of Open House New York and the Port Authority can feel like getting back stage for a North River watcher. Much of the cargo we see moving up and down the river originates or terminates here, and many of the tugs who…
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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…
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A green and white Thursday
Three of the five tugs that currently wear the distinctive Poling & Cutler green and white livery passed up the North River on Thursday pushing three of the company’s four barges. In the morning, Evelyn Cutler, 3,800 HP, passed by returning from a delivery in Albany with the Noelle Cutler barge. In the afternoon, Kimberly…
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Tag team
Reinauer Transportation ATBs were moving petroleum products up the North River Monday morning en route to Albany. Ruth M/RTC 102 came through early, seemingly originating at the Bayonne IMTT, followed an hour later by Janice Ann/RTC 103 who seems to have set out from the dock at Kinder Morgan on the Arthur Kill in Perth…
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Vane ATB makes a rare visit
We often see Vane Brothers tugs and tank barges anchored in the North River, passing through on the way to Albany or bunkering cruise ships in the terminal, but its rare to see their big ATB units up here. But this week, the Wachapreague/DS-803, a 4,400 HP tug paired with a 405-foot bow thruster-equipped barge,…
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Up from Philly
Kirby’s big Skipjack/Penn 91 ATB (4,000 HP tug and a 414-foot barge) made a rare trip up the North River last week, I believe bringing a fuel cargo from refineries on the Delaware River (or South River to the old Dutch) up to the Buckeye terminal in Albany. By Monday, when this photo was taken,…
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Passing the park
Vane Brothers tug Patuxent left anchorage and moved down the North River last week with the a light barge, passing Riverside Park and a J80 sailboat heading down river under power in light wind. Ten days later, Patuxent is currently at anchor in Raritan Bay heading into July 4 weekend.
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The big one
The Nicole Leigh Reinauer/RTC 135 combination is the biggest ATB we see regularly coming through on runs upriver, though we don’t see her as often as some of the smaller units. The Nicole Leigh tug is rated at 7,200 horsepower and the barge is 460 feet long. Last week, the unit was returning to the…
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Oil can
Rolf Williams, a small 175 deadweight ton tanker belonging to Marine Oil Services, was likely delivering a lubricating oil to Carnival Venezia at Pier 88 last week. Rolf was tied up alongside a Vane tank barge delivering fuel while Vane tug Fells Point waited across the slip tied up at Pier 90. Venezia has begun…
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Staying cool
The Vane Brothers tug Patuxent was southbound on the North River with the light barge DS 601 on a very hot Tuesday morning. They were heading for the Vane base on Gowanus Bay after leaving anchorage off Riverdale.
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Convoy
A pair of venerable tugs, Dace Reinauer and Pearl Coast, came up the North River in close succession on Wednesday evening and passed Spuyten Duyvil heading north. Dace was paired with RTC 62, low in the water and loaded with a fuel delivery for North Albany terminal, while Pearl was returning to the Ravenna cement…
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