Tag: tugs

• Vane ATB makes a rare visit

  We often see Vane Brothers tugs and tank barges anchored in the North River, passing through on the way to Albany or bunkering cruise ships in the terminal, but its rare to see their big ATB units up here. But this week, the Wachapreague/DS-803, a 4,400 HP tug paired with a 405-foot bow thruster-equipped barge,…

  Daniel Katzive

  July 9, 2025

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  ATB, tanker barges, tugs, Vane Brothers

• Up from Philly

  Kirby’s big Skipjack/Penn 91 ATB (4,000 HP tug and a 414-foot barge) made a rare trip up the North River last week, I believe bringing a fuel cargo from refineries on the Delaware River (or South River to the old Dutch) up to the Buckeye terminal in Albany. By Monday, when this photo was taken,…

  Daniel Katzive

  July 8, 2025

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  ATB, Kirby, tanker barges, tugs

• Passing the park

  Vane Brothers tug Patuxent left anchorage and moved down the North River last week with the a light barge, passing Riverside Park and a J80 sailboat heading down river under power in light wind. Ten days later, Patuxent is currently at anchor in Raritan Bay heading into July 4 weekend.

  Daniel Katzive

  July 3, 2025

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  sailboats, tanker barges, tugs

• Cement mixer

  Dann Marine’s Coral Coast came down the North River last Monday, passing Hoboken with a loaded cement transporter barge. Cement manufactured at the Ravenna, NY plant is brought south by barge to terminals in NY Harbor and sometimes continues up the Sound to distribution hubs in New England. The day this photo was taken marked…

  Daniel Katzive

  July 2, 2025

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  Amrize, cement, Dann Marine, Holcim, tugs

• The big one

  The Nicole Leigh Reinauer/RTC 135 combination is the biggest ATB we see regularly coming through on runs upriver, though we don’t see her as often as some of the smaller units. The Nicole Leigh tug is rated at 7,200 horsepower and the barge is 460 feet long. Last week, the unit was returning to the…

  Daniel Katzive

  July 1, 2025

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  ATB, Reinauer, tanker barges, tugs

• Oil can

  Rolf Williams, a small 175 deadweight ton tanker belonging to Marine Oil Services, was likely delivering a lubricating oil to Carnival Venezia at Pier 88 last week. Rolf was tied up alongside a Vane tank barge delivering fuel while Vane tug Fells Point waited across the slip tied up at Pier 90. Venezia has begun…

  Daniel Katzive

  June 30, 2025

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  bunkering, lubricant, tanker barges, tankers, tugs

• Adding salt

  CMT’s Erin Elizabeth came up the North River Tuesday, heading for Coeymans with what I believe was probably a cargo of Egyptian salt lightered off a bulk ship in the Upper Bay. They passed the Reinauer Twins/RTC 104 ATB at anchor off North Bergen, NJ. As of Saturday morning, Erin is back in NY Harbor…

  Daniel Katzive

  June 28, 2025

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  Carver, hoppers, salt, tugs

• Project work

  Stasinos tug Charles James ran light up the North River Wednesday morning heading for Haverstraw Bay. The tug spent some time at the spot where the Champlain Hudson Power Express cable will re-enter the Hudson off Congers after running on shore through Rockland County so perhaps Charles’s voyage related to that project. CHPE has been…

  Daniel Katzive

  June 26, 2025

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  CHPE, tugs

• Working on the dam

  Maddie K., a 47-year old, 2,000 HP tug operated by New York State Marine Highway Transportation, was on the North River Thursday, maneuvering barges at the Gateway Tunnel project’s large coffer dam off Pier 66. Work is underway here to reinforce the riverbed in preparation for digging the new rail tunnel below. The dam currently…

  Daniel Katzive

  June 25, 2025

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  Gateway, NYS Marine Highway, tugs

• Staying cool

  The Vane Brothers tug Patuxent was southbound on the North River with the light barge DS 601 on a very hot Tuesday morning. They were heading for the Vane base on Gowanus Bay after leaving anchorage off Riverdale.

  Daniel Katzive

  June 25, 2025

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  tanker barges, tugs, Vane Brothers

• Convoy

  A pair of venerable tugs, Dace Reinauer and Pearl Coast, came up the North River in close succession on Wednesday evening and passed Spuyten Duyvil heading north. Dace was paired with RTC 62, low in the water and loaded with a fuel delivery for North Albany terminal, while Pearl was returning to the Ravenna cement…

  Daniel Katzive

  June 21, 2025

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  cement, Dann Marine, Reinauer, tanker barges, tugs

• Gassing up

  American Petroleum’s Stephen B had a rare bunkering assignment at the Manhattan cruise terminal on Tuesday. She delivered a bunkering barge alongside the Viking Sky which was fueling up ahead of a trip to Norway via Nova Scotia and Iceland.

  Daniel Katzive

  June 18, 2025

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  bunkering, cruise ships, tanker barges, tugs

• Genesis Chapter 2

  Genesis Energy tugs have been users of North River anchorages this month. On Monday, Genesis Vision moved back and forth between anchorages in the Upper Bay and off Yonkers with the barge GM 6508. By Tuesday, Vision was off Riverdale while Genesis Glory remained further south off Edgewater, I believe paired back up with GM…

  Daniel Katzive

  June 17, 2025

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  Genesis Energy, tanker barges, tugs

• Back in town?

  The Laurie Ann Reinauer / RTC 85 ATB was anchored on the North River this past weekend. This is the first time I have seen this unit up here since early 2022 and she may have been working outside of NY Harbor for a bit (not sure). Laurie Ann is of similar class/design and vintage…

  Daniel Katzive

  June 16, 2025

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  ATB, Reinauer, tanker barges, tugs

• Switching off

  Genesis Spirit ran light up the North River on Sunday, meeting up with Genesis Glory which had returned from Newburgh with the GM 11105 barge. Glory dropped out of the notch, allowing Spirit to take over the tow off Edgewater.

  Daniel Katzive

  June 15, 2025

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  Genesis Energy, tanker barges, tugs

• Green on green

  Poling & Cutler’s Kristin Poling was anchored on the North River with the Eva Leigh Cutler barge on Saturday evening after a run up to Boston during the week. P&C colleagues aboard Evelyn Cutler passed by with the barge Noelle Cutler returning to the harbor from a products delivery to a terminal in Rensselaer.

  Daniel Katzive

  June 15, 2025

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  Poling-Cutler, tanker barges, tugs

• Summer driving

  Petroleum haulers are busy moving refined products up the Hudson River this month as winter heating oil demand gives way to summer driving season. On Thursday, Reinauer’s Kristy Ann/RTC 82 ATB was Albany-bound in the rain with a products cargo, passing Josephine/RTC 83 with a light barge anchored off North Bergen. On Friday morning, the…

  Daniel Katzive

  May 30, 2025

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  ATB, Reinauer, tanker barges, tugs

• Kennedy’s last visit

  The Texas A&M Maritime Academy training ship T/S Kennedy arrived at North River Pier 88 on Wednesday, just a day after the USS New York left the same spot. Kennedy, launched in 1967, is on her final summer training cruise as the maritime academy will receive its new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel the Lone Star…

  Daniel Katzive

  May 29, 2025

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  maritime academies, tanker barges, tugs

• Back from Boston

  Genesis Vision returned from Boston with GM 6508, a 362-foot long bow-thruster equipped tank barge, and headed up the North River to Yonkers on Wednesday to spend some time at anchorage up there.

  Daniel Katzive

  May 28, 2025

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  Genesis Energy, tanker barges, tugs

• Up from the Gulf

  The big Barbara Carol Ann Moran/Louisiana ATB, a 5,100 HP tug paired with 468-foot barge, came up the North River Friday morning. She was arriving from New Orleans and headed for a terminal in Albany after first calling at the Port Morris terminal in the Bronx. I last saw this ATB up here three years…

  Daniel Katzive

  May 23, 2025

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  ATB, Carver, Moran, scrap, tanker barges, tugs