Continuing with a record of random towing vessels encountered along the “go west” route, let’s pick up with HR Pike, another low air draft tug formerly associated with the GE cleanup.
I’m not sure what the cargo here is, but this vessel lacks any hint of sheer.
Here’s what I believe is a fleet mate of HR Otter . . . Helen Laraway.
See how much has changed about the operation in Coeymans, if my claim of 18 months ago here was correct then.
Otter and Laraway both operate out of the port of Coeymans, a former brickyard that has become a booming hub for staging shipment of construction materials. Pun intended.
I’m guessing that it won’t be long before Otter gets painted to match Pike, its older sibling by one year.
Just north of the port of Coeymans Coral Coast is standing by at the loading facility for the quarries at Ravenna.
And in this Hudson River shoreline setting that bears resemblance to a jungle, south of Albany, it’s a USACE spud barge and
pushboat Sentinel II. Sorry I don’t know any more about its project.
The banks up north of Catskill are magical, as seen here with morning fog and Olana, the Persian palace of Frederic Church.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who hopes to get back this way again later this summer.
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July 25, 2016 at 10:44 pm
Ken Giuffre
There’s a barge that sits day and night, attached to a tug, about a mile north of the GWB, in the same spot, about 2/3 the distance across to the western Jersey side. Occasionally it disappears for maybe a day but it always returns, has no obvious crane or other standout equipment, and stays there day and night…always the exact spot. Any ideas why it’s there?
July 25, 2016 at 11:35 pm
tugster
What color(s) is the tug and or barge? Is there a trim color? Can you make out any words, numbers or letters on the tug or barge? What details are there atop the barge? Is it there now?
July 30, 2016 at 2:23 pm
firstlight10
The unidentified cargo in the first photo appears to be road deck sections headed for the new Tappan Zee Bridge.
July 30, 2016 at 2:52 pm
tugster
firstlight10 . . thanks.