ooops, new pigs, there must have been an incident.
A little background . . . . A conductor of the The Timbuctoo, Khartoum & Western Railway Marching Band & Chowder Society emailed me yesterday about what they said was “strange small boat activity” just north of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Since I was in the area, I thought I’d check it out, and what I saw would be
considered at very least unorthodox nets on small boats, now that we are in harbor “fishing” season. Pannaway is dredging for critters, I believe, although I’m puzzled by her New Hampshire registration, if I’m not mistaken.
See the rig with “sock” skimming the surface?
These rigs are designed to soak up stuff that should not be in the water, as opposed to critters that find it acceptable habitat.
Ken’s Marine does a lot of types of work, and
responding to spills is one of them.
The news had nothing I could find, but I’m guessing
there was something under-reported here. By the way, a flat oil absorbent product is often called a diaper.
Again, thanks to the good conductor for the tip.
All photos and speculation by Will Van Dorp, whose already taken but too few rides on the Timbuctoo, Khartoum & Western Railway.
An added plus of my trip here was to have another look at Soldiers and Sailors Monument, which I’ll feature in an upcoming post.
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January 6, 2017 at 1:40 pm
tugster
Well, thx to Mitch Waxman of https://newtownpentacle.com, I have this explanation for the skimming: “Yes, I know about what they’re doing out there. At the end of November, a subaqueous electrical feeder cable underneath the Hudson River that comes across from New Jersey and connects up to Con Ed’s W. 49th St. substation (the cable is owned by Hudson Transmission Partnership) developed a leak of dielectric fluid, the synthetic mineral oil used by electrical utilities to cool their transformers
and larger feeder cables (it’s new oil, so no PCBs involved). They
have determined that the leak is approximately off W. 90th St. The
leak rate itself is low, but the challenge is dredging down to the
cable (located about 15 feet below the sediment surface) to do the
repair. The winter weather hasn’t helped, but they will hopefully
start the excavation and repair this month. Ken’s Marine is working
the area to capture any sheens that come up from this leak. They are
using sorbent booms to sweep the area and capture anything that pops
up. Right now I’m working with DEC’s dredge team experts, the NYS
Dept. of Public Service (they regulate this cable), and the USCG on
getting this done ASAP. If you have any other questions on this,
please contact me – Randy”
Randall W. Austin
Chief, Spill Response Programs, Region 2 New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
Might this be the cable laid down in 2011 by Giulio Verne? https://tugster.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/whatzit-11/
January 6, 2017 at 11:49 pm
George Schneider
I don’t know if anybody cares, but the two similar workboats are a MonArk Boats design (MonArk got their name by being located in Monticello, Arkansas) but are very likely ex-Navy vessels. The Navy originally contracted for 72 of these boats as 24-foot workboats (with all their appendages they measured 27 ft), but then when the Navy needed some of their first port security boats in the late 1980’s, MonArk (later SeaArk) allowed Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay WI duplicated the design for the Navy 24HS, of which 85 more were built. Very few are still in Navy service, so the bulk of them have been sold to private owners. I see one of the boats in the photos is named BRADON (NJ0840GW). I can’t make out the name/license number of the other.
January 7, 2017 at 6:17 am
tugster
well, George– I, for one, appreciate knowing the history of this design. Thx.
January 7, 2017 at 12:54 pm
George Schneider
When it comes to meaningless information, I’ve been told I’m full of it.
January 7, 2017 at 3:36 pm
tugster
Great,george, that makes at least two of us then . . .
January 9, 2017 at 11:39 am
ws
It’s funny how the Bought, and Sold MSM missed this leakage into the North River! Funny, Like a Hotel Fire: Too many full page advertisements, and 60 second commercial spots are at risk here.
We’re lucky to have: Blogs, RT, and DW..
February 17, 2017 at 10:41 am
ws
They’re working on this cable now: Delaware Bay, and Thomas D Witte.
February 17, 2017 at 10:44 am
tugster
Thx, WS.
February 22, 2017 at 5:18 pm
ws
Today, Mission Accomplished:
Gone are: Delaware Bay, Witte’s tugs, and Ken’s Marine Service Skimmers. Therefore, One can assume the Dialectic oil leak has been located, and repaired…
February 22, 2017 at 5:22 pm
tugster
WS– thx for the update.
June 15, 2017 at 4:39 pm
ws
The Trans Hudson HVDC cable is no more:
In response to your inquiry, the cable is being removed because it will be replaced with a new cable later this summer. In 2016, the cable experienced three faults that took it out of service for most of the year. It was decided that a full replacement of the submarine portion of the cable was a better long-term solution than making more conventional repairs and risking additional faults. All work has been authorized by the relevant regulatory agencies.