Tag: tugs
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Fresh paint
The Kirby Cape Canaveral/DBL 101 ATB came up the North River on Wednesday to anchor. They were coming from the GMD Shipyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard where they may have been having some work done.
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Glory Glory
Genesis Glory and GM 11105 spent Sunday evening on the North River after returning from a run up to New Haven before heading for the Kill van Kull Monday morning and then an Upper Bay anchorage.
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Braving the wind
The collection of tug/barges sheltering from the wind on the North River began to break up Saturday afternoon, with two loaded Vane barges brought to their product destinations. Meanwhile, Reinauer Transportation was busy moving product north on the Hudson.
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No room at the inn
After an overnight lull, winds were back above 30 knots Saturday morning and North River anchorages were full, with tanker barge/tug combinations stretched out about a half mile apart from the Boat Basin north, with another two pairs past the bridge and one off Yonkers.
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Whitecaps
Winds near 30 knots came straight up the North River from the southwest Friday morning, driving the rain and putting whitecaps on the water as the big Barney Turecamo/Georgia ATB showed her stern to Manhattan at the beginning of the flood tide. Barney/Georgia was one of several combinations which came up from the bay to…
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Joker’s wild
Hays Tug Joker came down the North River Tuesday morning with a high-sided hopper loaded with stone, coming down from the quarry dock in Hudson, NY. Joker seems to be doing a fair amount of Hudson River work this year. By Wednesday morning, Joker was already heading back north up the river.
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Flaco passing through
Centerline Logistics tug Hawsepiper brought the barge Flaco down the North River Monday morning, coming back from a delivery at a products terminal near Newburgh. They passed the Port Imperial ferry terminal and, visible on the top the Bergen Hill, the historic Weehawken water tank built in 1883. Hawsepiper headed directly for the Bayway Terminal…
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Back to the harbor
Dann Ocean Towing’s Allie B returned to the harbor Tuesday after a run up to Albany with the Double Skin 43 barge, passing an anchored Reinauer ATB off 72nd Street.
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June 26–mid-week storm

A ripping thunderstorm came through Wednesday evening, breaking the heat wave. Traffic on the North River was heavy.
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Late June: heat and wind

Heat and wind were the dominating conditions as we headed into the final days of June.
Daniel Katzive









