Tag: tugs
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To and from the old quarry
Norfolk Tug’s George Holland came up the North River Wednesday with a light hopper barge heading for the Clinton Point quarry near Poughkeepsie. George passed Buchanan12 on one whistle off North Bergen, coming down from the same quarry with her daily float of loaded stone hoppers. B12 leaves her loaded hoppers at moorings off Jersey…
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At the watering hole
The Gateway Tunnel cofferdam work site off Hoboken is for marine photography a bit like what I imagine the watering hole is on a wildlife safari. An…er…diverse assortment of tugs are out there on any given day, representing most of the local and locally active towing lines, other than those dedicated to moving petroleum or…
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Back again
The Thomas Dann was back on the North River on Friday morning, returning from Rhode Island with the deck barge CBC Savannah on the wire and heading for the Port of Coeymans. Thomas has been making periodic trips upriver, picking up equipment for wind turbines, perhaps manufactured by GE Vernova in Syracuse, and bringing it…
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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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