Tag: tugs
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On Haverstraw Bay
Dann Ocean’s Captain Dann ran light up Haverstraw Bay on Saturday morning, having come up from the North River heading for the shipyard in Kingston, probably to collect a barge. After a quick turn, the tug came back downriver, left town and headed for Philly, probably to deliver the barge she probably collected. By then…
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Running light past the cliffs
Poling & Cutler’s Evelyn Cutler ran light up the North River on Saturday afternoon, passing the Palisades at Englewood Cliffs and heading for the IPT terminal in Rensselaer. Kimberly Poling was there at the same time, and Evelyn perhaps took over her barge as Kimberly subsequently headed for the shipyard in Kingston. As of Monday…
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Metal and salt
Carver Marine tug Daisy Mae (9-years old, 3,200 HP) returned to the harbor on Friday morning with a hopper loaded with scrap metal, along with a few light hoppers one of which still had some of what I assume is salt visible along the gunnel. Carver tugs have been ferrying huge amounts of salt upriver…
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Green and greener
For as long I can remember, New York Sanitation Department barges hauling waste paper away from North River Pier 99 have been painted blue, in a slightly darker shade than the livery of the DonJon Marine tugs which haul them under contract to the recycling mill on the Staten Island shore of the Arthur Kill.…
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Keep the salt coming
Road salt from Egypt continues to move up the North River this week, heading for the Port of Coeymans and then onward to municipal storage facilities to replenish what was expended over the winter. On Friday morning, the bulk ship Princess Margo came through, catching the morning sun interrupted by the shadows cast by the…
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Some more salt
Carver Marine Towing’s 3,000 HP tug Helen was northbound on the North River Sunday, bound for the Port of Coeymans with hopper barges loaded what I believe was salt lightered off a bulk ship anchored in the Upper Bay. Road salt is in demand up north as municipalities look to rebuild their stocks after a…
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New York Makes, the World Takes
New York State exports, both foreign and domestic, were moving down the North River this weekend after leaving the Port of Ablany. The Antigua-flagged superstructure-forward cargo ship BBC Bremen passed through after sundown Saturday, I believe loaded with components for onshore wind installations manufactured by GE Vernova in Schenectady and headed for Australia via the…
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Back in service
Buchanan Marine’s Buchanan12 is back on the North River over the past week after a notable absence. The 3,000 HP towboat is normally a daily presence on the river, bringing hoppers loaded with crushed dolomite stone down from the Tilcon Clinton Point quarry just south of Poughkeepsie to moorings off Jersey City and then returning…
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Back for more?
Out-of-town tug Mr. Goldie came up the North River just after sundown on Monday evening, having spent a few days in New York Harbor upon arriving from the Gulf last week. The 2,700 HP tug owned by Marquette Transportation of Jefferson, Louisiana brought the CBC 4508 deck barge equipped with a bracket for securing some…
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Lights, camera, action
Stasinos Marine’s James Charles, a 2,000 HP tug built in 1970 and not to be confused with the company’s Charles James tug, was at North River Pier 94 Wednesday pulling the crane barge that has been there for over a year. The Sunset Studios sound stages and production facilities constructed on the pier opened in…
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Back to work at the Transfer Bridge
Jessica Frances, a small 600-HP twin screw tug based in Verplanck, picked up a crane barge at the North River Harlem piers and delivered it to the 69th Street Transfer Bridge restoration worksite. Frances single-handedly backed the big barge alongside the structure and then ran around to push her into place. Tuesday brought cold rain…
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Velkomst
Norwegian tall ship Sorlandet arrived at North River Pier 86 on Thursday morning. Margaret Moran was on hand to assist, but with the river ebbing and ice having mostly cleared out, the 98-year-old sailing vessel was able to sidle up to the pier with no help, leaving Margret standing by to retrieve the docking pilot.…
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Between snow falls
The sun came out Tuesday, finding a gap between Monday’s blizzard and Wednesday’s aftershock dusting of snow. Sound Marine’s 680 HP tug Matthew G took advantage of the window to bring a crane barge down the North River loaded with what looked like fendering for piles. They were heading for the Seastreak dock in Highlands,…
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