Tag: tugs
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At the cofferdam
New York State Marine Highway Transportation’s tug Nathan G was among several vessels working at the Gateway Tunnel cofferdam site on Tuesday morning. A day later, the Federal government announced it was withholding billions of dollars in funding for this project as well as the Second Avenue Subway tunnel. The news create uncertainty for the…
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Adding salt
The Carver Companies tug Helen passed up the North River Friday afternoon, headed for her home port of Coeymans with a high-sided hopper barge loaded with prodigious amounts of what I believe was probably salt lightered off the bulk ship Astro Sanistra, in from Egypt and anchored in the Upper Bay off Bay Ridge. Erin…
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Teamwork at the terminal
The Dann Marine Towing tug Gulf Coast was on hand at North River Pier 90 at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on Friday to help Vane Brothers tug Red Hook deliver a fuel barge alongside the Viking Mars. We have seen the 2,400 HP Gulf Coast occasionally this year, usually moving fuel to one of the…
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Returning from a visit
Vane Brothers tug Patuxent ran light down the North River Tuesday afternoon, returning to the Vane base in Red Hook after traveling upriver to visit the Vane tug Philadelphia anchored with a barge off Spuyten Duyvil. They were perhaps delivering crew and/or equipment up there. On the left edge of the photo, the Mexican tall…
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Moving material
Haugland Group tug Miss Madeline brought a deck barge up the North River on Saturday morning loaded with construction material which I believe may be concrete mats for the Champlain Hudson Power Express installation underway at various points along the river. The barge and cargo was brought to Haugland’s small bulk cargo port up in…
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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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