Tag: tugs
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Moving mud
Maintenance dredging continues in Haverstraw Bay and tugs continue to come down the North River with barges on the wire loaded with spoils headed for the dumping grounds off Atlantic Highlands. In addition to the Everly Mist and Comet which I shared photos of Sunday, the tugs Kimberly C and Justine McAllister have also been…
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Dredge we must
Maintenance dredging got underway last week in Haverstraw Bay and on Friday Haugland Group’s Everly Mist passed down the North River with a scow on the wire loaded with spoils heading for the dump site off Atlantic Highlands. Meanwhile, Dann Ocean’s Comet came north returning after making the same trip. According to the Army Corps…
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The Udalls Cove rides again
Today brought a rare visitor to the North River: the DEP sludge barge Udalls Cove, which I last saw on the North River in September 2024. The high capacity barge dates back to the days when residual solids were dumped offshore and is now rarely used, generally sitting moored in reserve at the Wards Island…
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Summer cement
Dann Marine tugs were moving cement barges in both directions on the North River on the final Saturday of August. The 4,860 HP Sapphire Coast came south from the Ravenna, NY plant with a loaded barge en route to Providence via the offshore route. A bit later, the 3,000 HP Coral Coast was heading north…
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Back on local waters
Haugland Group’s 1,800 HP tug Lily Anne is northbound on the North River Saturday morning, running light and perhaps heading for the company’s materials handling port on Tompkins Cove near Haverstraw. The tug has been far ranging over the past week, having been at Rhode Island’s Davisville Port as recently as Monday and come up…
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Heavy lift
The Donjon Marine heavy tug Douglas J (4,800 HP) brought the company’s massive Chesapeake 1000 crane down the North River on Friday, with the low-slung tug J. Arnold Witte providing an escort. The crane was being brought back from a heavy-lift job at the Port of Albany, perhaps moving a piece of heavy GE equipment…
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Here’s Donny
Wednesday brought another tug I’ve not seen before up the North River. Donny F McAllister, who I believe normally works out of Philadelphia, has been at the McAllister yard on Staten Island this summer and this week she took a short run upriver as far as Englewood before coming back, at first a speed, outpacing…
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Norfolk Tug’s George Holland has continued to run stone cargos from the Clinton Point quarry down the North River this month with the company’s barge Ellie. On Wednesday morning, George passed the Lincoln Tunnel helix, I believe heading for the aggregate pier at Brooklyn Navy Yard. By Thursday morning, George is on the way north…
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Working the dam
Work at the Gateway Tunnel North River cofferdam continues to employ a wide range of towing companies. On Thursday, New York State Marine Highway’s Sarah D, a 50 year old 2,000 HP tug, was moving barges at the site.
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An evening at the dam
An evening cocktail at the Yacht Club bar atop the old Starret Lehigh freight terminal provides a great vantage point for watching activity at the Gateway Tunnel coffer dam. As noted in the past, the project seems to spread work across all the non-petroleum hauler tow companies working in the harbor. Late afternoon on Wednesday,…
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Cleanup, cleanup
Cleanup continues in the aftermath of the Independence Day celebrations two weeks ago. On Saturday morning, Stasinos tug Charles James came up the North River with what I believe were sections of the temporary dock and gangways used to accommodate Sail4th 250 tall ships between North River piers 90 and 92. Charles travelled up to…
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