Tag: tugs
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See a tug, think ship
Moran tugs running light up the North River usually singnal there is some action coming at the wallboard plant in Buchanan NY. Sure enough, a few hours after Mary Turecamo passed by Sunday, the 656-foot bulk ship Eastern Venture came through, Buchanan-bound with a cargo of Spanish gypsum, the principal raw material in wallboard. The…
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Unusual tow
Stasinos tug John Joseph had an interesting tow as they visited the mouth of the North River Wednesday. They were bringing the 87-foot Coast Guard cutter Finback down to Baltimore from points north and made a loop as far up as Pier 25 after coming down the Sound, through the Gate, and around the Battery…
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Moving equipment
The tug William Brewster brought an equipment barge from the mid-channel coffer dam site off North River Pier 66 back to the Weeks yard in Jersey City on Tuesday. Weeks teams continue to work on the riverbed stabilization project in preparation for boring the Gateway rail tunnel under the river.
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Born in the 60s
Ellen McAllister, launched in 1967, came down the North River Monday running light and passing the Palisades Hospital in North Bergen. Ellen was returning to the harbor after helping to dock a bulk ship which had arrived at the Yonkers sugar house with a cargo of raw sugar from the Dominican Republic just before sunrise.
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Salt delivery
Carver’s Helen came up the North River Thursday with a hopper barge loaded with, I believe, salt lightered off a bulk ship in from Egypt that was anchored in the Upper Bay. Road salt supplies up north have been much depleted by the harsh winter. They passed the anchored Reinauer Twins/ RTC 104 ATB, a…
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Sugar Express running local
A cargo of Florida sugar moved up the North River towards Yonkers Wednesday on the Sugar Express barge with the East Coast tug pushing. The Express was moving slowly against a ripping ebb tide bolstered by melting ice up north. But there was probably no rush, as the bulk ship which arrived at the plant…
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