Because the name and focus of this blog is tugster, you’d expect to see a lot of tugboats, both within the confines of New York harbor, aka the REAL sixth boro, and I hope you are satisfied that you find a plethora of tugboats in installments of this blog. So here’s Random Tugs #337, post 4877, and the tugboat is Foxy 3 moving an aggregate scow.
In the foreground, it’s Crystal Cutler; off in the distance it’s Normandy.
Diane B here heads east with a cargo in John Blanche. I did an article on this unit some years back.
Joyce D. Brown pushes an empty scow east. Notice anything on the scow that identifies it? See the end of this post.
James E. Brown passed sister Joyce D. that morning in the Kills.
Franklin Reinauer that morning may or may not have been under control of the author of a tugboat captain who shared his tales a few years back. I will stay mum. Off to the left, that’s Capt. Brian A. McAllister.
HMS Liberty muscled a barge full of bunkers to deliver to a thirsty ship over in New Jersey.
Centerline operates both Liberty above and HMS Justice below.
Susan Miller moves some material and equipment over to the project just west of the St. George ferry terminal.
Brendan Turecamo heads over to the next and the next and the next job.
Bruce A. McAllister assists a container ship into port.
Bergen Point came off the ways at Blount Shipbuilding way back in 1958.
So that scow Joyce was pushing above is called Maria and
this logo says it was once in the Disch fleet, now sold off in many directions.
All photos, WVD.
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May 18, 2021 at 11:19 am
ws
There’s Another barge Maria, sewage sludge, same name & color
May 18, 2021 at 2:23 pm
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tell me more. maybe this is used to transport sewage sludge. if so, where to? they used to sell the “cake” aka processed sludge aka “biosolids”: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/10/sewage-sludge-as-fertilizer-safe/ In fact, here’s an NYC DEP specific article: https://www.wateronline.com/doc/biosolids-in-the-urban-metropolis-long-term-planning-for-new-york-city-0001
May 18, 2021 at 6:28 pm
ws
Prior to 2016 Bergen country utilities authority BCUA, used to ship sludge from their little ferry treatment plant to the Passaic valley sewage commission PVSC, water treatment plant in Newark..
All sludge has been trucked since 2016, Portal bridge issues, and the
deregulated trucking industry offers a lot more real competition..
The 35,000 barrel barge Maria was owned by Spectraserv Kearney, NJ..
James Turecamo, and Turecamo Girls furnished barge delivery and return..
May 20, 2021 at 10:40 am
ws
https://www.spectraserv.com/barging