Tag: tugs
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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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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…
