Tag: tugs
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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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After the party
As the sun rose Wednesday morning, there were only a handful of reminders of the weekend’s festivities left to see on the North River. The South Korean destroyer Munmu the Great remained anchored off Weehawken, while the Coast Guard 65-foot icebreaker icebreaker Hawser was holding on a temporary mooring established for the events off Bull’s…
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Let the roadies hit the stage
If July 4 2026 was one of busiest days ever for New York Harbor marine industry workers on the North River, Wednesday July 8 would not rank far below that as most of the ships gathered here for the America 250 events left within a few hours of each other. McALLISTER TOWING tugs were on…
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Out of town helper
Assist tugboats are in heavy demand in New York Harbor this week, with more than 40 tall ships and 40 naval vessels needing various degrees of docking or mooring help in addition to the normal activities of the Port of New York/New Jersey. It is not surprising that out-of-town tugs have been brought in, including…
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Stage crew
There will be a lot of cameras trained on the old North River this weekend and most will be focused on the naval vessels and tall ships and maybe on the security boats, but hopefully some will also spare attention for our local New York Harbor marine industry workers without whom none of this would…
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First arrival
The first big ship to arrive for the 250th Independence Day celebrations docked at Pier 88 on Wednesday afternoon. The amphibious transport dock USS Arlington LPD 24 came up from Norfolk a few days early. McAllister tugs were on hand to assist wearing America 250 decals and flags. Security was tight at the cruise terminal,…
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