Tag: tanker barges
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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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Cement waits
Cement barges do not often anchor in the North River, but early on Monday morning Sapphire Coast got only as far as the cruise terminal with a cement transporter barge loaded in Ravenna before heading back up into the federal anchorage area. Sapphire spent most of the foggy day in place there before heading to…
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Reinauer river
Reinauer power was moving fuel up the North River on Thursday morning, with the big Haggerty Girls/RTC 107 ATB (4,000 HP tug, 413’ barge) and the Curtis Reinauer/RTC 80 ATB (4,000 HP tug, 347’ barge) passing by in quick succession heading for different terminals in Albany. They passed Lucy Reinauer anchored with a light barge…
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See you on one
The Curtis Reinauer / RTC 80 ATB passed Captain Dann with light tank barge DS-43 on one whistle off Guttenberg in the early Tuesday haze. The Captain was returning from a run to an unknown terminal north of Kingston while Curtis was Albany-bound with a cargo.
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Pairing up
Heavy winds earlier this week saw a number of Reinauer units come up the North River to anchor. On Tuesday evening, Stephen Reinauer brought RTC 60 up, shadowed by Lucy Reinauer who then took over the barge at anchor while Stephen returned to the harbor. On Wednesday morning, the big Reinauer Twins/RTC 104 ATB came…
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Sunday on the hip
Patrice McAllister spent Sunday anchored on the North River off 72nd Street with tank barge RCM 262 on the hip. This is the usual configuration we see up here for this tug and barge when the barge is light. As of Tuesday morning , new cargo has been loaded at a New Jersey terminal and…
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After a long icy winter
Centerline Logistics big 6,140 HP tug Hawsepiper and the 350-foot barge Flaco (NOT named after the famous owl) have been regulars on the Hudson River route this winter and now into spring. On Friday the pair headed north again with a cargo. On Sunday, they were anchored off 72nd Street with the barge paint clearly…
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Newburgh bound
Boston Marine Transport’s 4,200 HP tug Pinuccia had the company’s New York 30 barge loaded with product and headed or Newburgh on Thursday. They were passing NY Waterway’s Weehawken maintenance area.
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Going out like a lamb
A clear and windy Thursday saw Morgan Reinauer with RTC 103 and Saint Emilion with tank barge A87 anchored in the North River about 1/2 mile apart from each other and about 4 miles south of the GW Bridge. They both stopped here on the way back to the harbor from products deliveries in Albany.…
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Passing by
Poling-Cutler tug Marilyn George spent some time anchored on the North River last week with the barge Edwin A. Poling. On Sunday they were passed by colleagues on Kimberly Poling returning to the harbor with barge Noelle Cutler.
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New and old, big and small, heavy and light
The first day of spring brought warm moist air and fog to the North River. The B. Franklin Reinauer/ RTC 81 ATB (4000 HP tug launched in 2012, 347 foot barge) was heading for Albany with a products cargo and passed Stephen Reinauer with RTC 61 who had anchored off West New York on the…
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Off to load
Vane Brothers tug Patuxent left anchorage north of the GW Bridge with the DS-508 tank barge Monday afternoon and headed down the North River, en route to Perth Amboy to load a new cargo. They are passing the cliffs of North Bergen NJ in the photos.
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Uncle Dace and the Twins
Dace Reinauer / RTC 62 came up the North River Sunday evening with a cargo heading for the Global Terminal in Newburgh as storms moved in. They passed the much newer and bigger Reinauer Twins / RTC 104 ATB at anchor off Guttenberg after a visit to the Sprague Terminal in Port Morris, the Bronx.…
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Monochrome
Rose Cay Maritime’s Susan Rose moved under the GW Bridge, passing the Little Red Lighthous northbound with a cargo for Rensselaer Thursday. By Sunday morning, she is back in New York Harbor.
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Below the cliffs
Dann Marine’s Chesapeake Coast and the Chesapeake tank barge are anchored off Spuyten Duyvil this week, below the Englewood Cliffs section of the Palisades.
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Two-way traffic
The Poling-Cutler line had cargo moving both directions on the North River last Monday (March 3). Evelyn Cutler was northbound for Albany with the loaded Noelle Cutler barge, and Kimberly Poling was southbound with Edward A. Poling with what appeared to be a rare cargo loaded in Newburgh heading for the harbor.
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And Wye Not?
The Vane Brothers tug Wye River came up the North River early Thursday with a DS-58 and a late winter products cargo heading for Albany.
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