Tag: USCG
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Burning off the fog
Saturday morning started out in dense fog once again, but the haze had burned off by late morning, giving way to a sunny and warm afternoon. Air temperatures rose into the 60s, but the water remains cold in the mid 40s range. The tugboat Frances headed upstate with an empty scow. According to tugboatinfo.com http://www.tug44.org/tugboats.trawlers/tug-frances/…
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Friday arrives
Kristy Ann and Ruth Reinauer end the week at the anchorages in the North River, with the Dean Reinauer also sitting north of the bridge. But the Coast Guard icebreaker Sturgeon Bay, which anchored Thursday night off 72nd Street, got underway at daybreak, travelled up the river to the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, and now has returned…
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Keeping busy
There was a lot of Reinauer activity this morning, with Kristy Ann and Curtis dropping anchor with empty barges after completing runs up to Boston and Bridgeport and Ruth arriving later in the morning. By end of day, Curtis had already headed back to the Arthur Kill to pick up a new cargo. Donjon Marine…
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Heavy lift
Donjon Marine tugs came down the river this morning heading for Port of Elizabeth with an interesting cargo—a massive crane on a barge, lashed to another barge with a large generator, with one tug pulling and another pushing the combination. According to the Port of Albany’s Twitter feed ( https://twitter.com/portofalbany/status/1498696319648546821?s=21 ), the 785,000 pound GE…
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Swinging with the tide
Light traffic on the river on Saturday, with two tug and barge combinations sitting at anchor: the Teresa, which has been here at least 3 weeks now, and the Curtis Reinauer which sits about a mile further north. In the photo below, the ebb tide is slacking in the afternoon and the anchored vessels are…
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Another storm coming
With another winter storm set to strike, Thursday saw a handful of cargos moving upriver. The Vane Brothers Philadelphia came through with a loaded barge, as did the Evelyn Cutler. The Teresa, now in its third week at anchor here, got some company as the Cape Canaveral arrived overnight after a delivery in Providence and…
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A visitor for the Teresa
Tanker traffic was light on the North River on Tuesday, but two tugs pushing hopper barges north did come through. The Teresa, which has been anchored in the river for over two weeks, received visitors as a tender came up from Staten Island and pulled alongside. This was likely a delivery of provisions and supplies…
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Snow squalls
Most of the tugs that were anchored with barges in the North River on Friday had left us by Saturday morning. The Mako headed down to the bay, Morgan Reinauer headed back to base on Staten Island. St. Emilion headed down to Cateret on Friday, took on a new cargo and was heading back to…
North River Notes 