Tag: tanker barges
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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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Gassing up
American Petroleum’s Stephen B had a rare bunkering assignment at the Manhattan cruise terminal on Tuesday. She delivered a bunkering barge alongside the Viking Sky which was fueling up ahead of a trip to Norway via Nova Scotia and Iceland.
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Genesis Chapter 2
Genesis Energy tugs have been users of North River anchorages this month. On Monday, Genesis Vision moved back and forth between anchorages in the Upper Bay and off Yonkers with the barge GM 6508. By Tuesday, Vision was off Riverdale while Genesis Glory remained further south off Edgewater, I believe paired back up with GM…
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Back in town?
The Laurie Ann Reinauer / RTC 85 ATB was anchored on the North River this past weekend. This is the first time I have seen this unit up here since early 2022 and she may have been working outside of NY Harbor for a bit (not sure). Laurie Ann is of similar class/design and vintage…
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Switching off
Genesis Spirit ran light up the North River on Sunday, meeting up with Genesis Glory which had returned from Newburgh with the GM 11105 barge. Glory dropped out of the notch, allowing Spirit to take over the tow off Edgewater.
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Green on green
Poling & Cutler’s Kristin Poling was anchored on the North River with the Eva Leigh Cutler barge on Saturday evening after a run up to Boston during the week. P&C colleagues aboard Evelyn Cutler passed by with the barge Noelle Cutler returning to the harbor from a products delivery to a terminal in Rensselaer.
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Heading for Philly
Dann’s Chesapeake Bay left anchorage off Englewood Cliffs Friday morning and headed down the North River with the barge Chesapeake on the wire. Tugs towing astern on the North River are almost always returning from sea or heading for sea, and the latter was the case this time. Chesapeake Bay and Chesapeake passed through the…
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Summer driving
Petroleum haulers are busy moving refined products up the Hudson River this month as winter heating oil demand gives way to summer driving season. On Thursday, Reinauer’s Kristy Ann/RTC 82 ATB was Albany-bound in the rain with a products cargo, passing Josephine/RTC 83 with a light barge anchored off North Bergen. On Friday morning, the…
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Kennedy’s last visit
The Texas A&M Maritime Academy training ship T/S Kennedy arrived at North River Pier 88 on Wednesday, just a day after the USS New York left the same spot. Kennedy, launched in 1967, is on her final summer training cruise as the maritime academy will receive its new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel the Lone Star…
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Back from Boston
Genesis Vision returned from Boston with GM 6508, a 362-foot long bow-thruster equipped tank barge, and headed up the North River to Yonkers on Wednesday to spend some time at anchorage up there.
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Up from the Gulf
The big Barbara Carol Ann Moran/Louisiana ATB, a 5,100 HP tug paired with 468-foot barge, came up the North River Friday morning. She was arriving from New Orleans and headed for a terminal in Albany after first calling at the Port Morris terminal in the Bronx. I last saw this ATB up here three years…
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Round trip
Poling & Cutler’s 4,200 HP Marilyn George came down the North River late Thursday morning with the light tank barge Edwin A. Poling, heading for the Kills. By early Friday, they were Albany-bound again, cutting through the fog having loaded new cargo overnight at, I believe, Bayway.
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Monday greens
Marilyn George, Poling & Cutler’s 4,200 HP tug returned from Rensselaer with the 304-foot Edwin A Poling products barge early Monday and anchored off West New York.
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Trading places
The tug Vinik No. 6, recently famous for towing the SS United States from Philly to Florida, was anchored early Monday on the North River with a tank barge which I believe was A87. On Tuesday, Chrystal Cutler came up to relieve No. 6 on the barge and then, later that day, the big Saint…
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Summer cruising grounds
Vane Brothers tug Fells Point stood by near Pier 88 on Tuesday as Norwegian Getaway took on fuel from a barge alongside and disembarked passengers waited for transport. Getaway began its summer schedule last week making regular runs from NYC to Bermuda through mid-August after spending the winter visiting Mexico and Central America from New…
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