Tag: tugs
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Cuauhtemoc is back
The Mexican navy tall ship Cuauhtémoc arrived on the North River Saturday late afternoon four months after her fatal accident on the East River and four days after leaving dry dock for sea trials. She docked at the end of Pier 86 with assistance from Henry Marine Service Inc. tugs in challenging lighting conditions for…
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Let’s dredge again, like we did last summer
Donjon Marine’s distinctive blue livery was very much in evidence on the North River last week. In addition to regular work moving recycled paper collected by DSNY in Manhattan from Pier 99 to the recycling mill on Staten Island, seasonal dredging was underway at the cruise terminal. The cruise terminal quays are dredged regularly to…
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Foxy
Foxy 3, a 50-year old 1,600 HP tug owned by Fox Marine Services according to Tugboat Information .com, has been on the North River this month moving equipment and materials to and from a project site off of Spuyten Duyvil. The work there is likely part of the Champlain Hudson Power Express installation. The cable…
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Hey, Big Fella
Stasinos Marine’s big tug Toula C was back on the shores of the Upper West Side again on Monday, helping the much smaller construction tug Big Fella maneuver barges at the 69th Street Transfer Bridge restoration work site. Big Fella, either named ironically or perhaps big compared with the other work boats it normally consorts…
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Providence bound
Dann Marine’s Pearl Coast brought a cement cargo from the plant in Coeymans down the North River on Monday morning. The 1978-vintage 5,600 HP tug brought its barge around the Battery, out through the Gate and headed for Providence where they arrived at the cement terminal on Sassafras Point Tuesday morning.
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Keep on rocking
Norfolk Tug’s George Holland has been making regular trips up the North River with a hopper barge this summer, heading for the quarry in Clinton Point near Poughkeepsie where they collect crushed stone for delivery to distribution points around the metropolitan area and return back down the river. These pictures were taken on Sunday of…
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Keep building
Carver Companies towboat Erin Elizabeth brought hopper barges down the North River in the final days of August, traveling from Coeymans to the harbor. They passed West New York where new construction continues seemingly without end.
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As old as Stonehenge?
Coral Coast, Dann Marine’s 55-year-old 3,000 HP tug, brought a light cement transporter barge up the North River in the final week of August, heading back to the cement plant in Coeymans after discharging at the terminal in Bayonne. The cylindrical 34-story building at the top of the Bergen Hill in the background is the…
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Under new management
The tug Mary Kay came up the North River last week, passing Palisades Hospital in North Bergen, heading for Albany and arriving from Norfolk. The tug still wears Moran maroon colors but with no “M” and, according to tugboatinformation .com this 1975 vintage former Turecamo/Moran tug once known as the Mary M. Coppedge was acquired…
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Holiday weekend
The tug Henry Girls of Henry Marine Service Inc. left the Gateway cofferdam worksite Friday afternoon ahead of the holiday weekend, heading for base on Staten Island. Happy Labor Day to all!
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More weight
Norfolk Tug’s George Holland passed Weehawken with a light hopper barge on the hip last week, heading to Clinton Point to collect a stone cargo. They were approaching the point where the channel is squeezed by the Gateway Tunnel coffer dam, coordinating with the pilot of an outbound cruise ship on the other side. As…
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