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Years ago when Odin departed the sixth boro, someone said there’d likely never be another tug here of that sort. Well, there is. Every time I see either CMT Otter or Pike, I recall the unique Odin.
In CMT colors, Otter looks quite sharp.
Also in these sharp colors, it’s Daisy Mae westbound in the KVK a few days ago, pushing CMT Y NOT 2 with a good 8000 tons of southern Jersey sand.
I have an article about the sand run that will be published later this year.
Eastbound at the same point on another day is Mister Jim pushing
a barge deeply laden with aggregates.
And still fresh from a rehab, it’s Helen Laraway, ISO
a barge to load up with aggregates as well. Here was probably the first photo of Helen Laraway on this blog.
CMT . . . the company had no tugs, actually was no company, just a half decade ago.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Stephen B heads light westbound about to pass under the Bayonne Bridge, as
Mary H, especially busy during the cold times of the year, pushes some petroleum product in the opposite direction. Soon leaves will decorate Shooters out beyond her. There’s a pool hall in Queens by the name Shooters, so to clarify, here are some Shooters history posts from way back.
Mr Jim moves some aggregates, also eastbound out of Newark Bay.
James D. nudges Dublin Express as needed into Howland Hook.
Eric and Capt. Brian A. assist a CMA CGM box ship.
Evelyn Cutler moves some petroleum along the supply chain.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who’s burning high octane himself these days.
Related: Let me reiterate Lee Rust’s question of a day or so ago: What is the current working estimate of operating tugs in NY’s sixth boro? For starters, I think it’s hard to count because of the dynamic, transient nature of traffic. Just ballparking it without breaking it down by company and enumerating, I’d say 75 at least. For consistency, let’s say we can count a tugboat as present if it shows up on AIS/VHF/traffic control at least once a month. I’d love to hear you estimates.
Quick post today . . .
Bert,
Bridgeport,
Helen
Rhea, Mist, and Tide. I’m eager to see the new Breeze.
And closing the post out, it’s Ava with raked spuds!
All photos by Will Van dorp, who has irons in the fire today.
It might as well be spring already. Well, maybe my wish is that spring were here. I heard a spurious claim on a TV I visited the other day that March 20 is the planetary beginning of spring in the north but March 1 is the meteorological start of spring. But it must be true since I heard it on TV!??
But pairs, not Paris. Capt. Brian and Charles D. . . . interesting pair showing evolution of design 50 over the half century between the launch of each.
Fells Point landed Doubleskin 302 with Stephen B doing assist. That’s the first I seen Stephen B in the assist role.
Miss Julia could be Dylan Cooper‘s workboat.
CF Campbell heads east passing Scott Turecamo/New Hampshire and then
makes for the Upper Bay, where JRT is assisting Orange Blossom 2, herself a bloom in the dawn light. The photo above and the one below I took less than a minute apart, yet you’d think the light was saying hours separated the two.
Kimberly passes Eric.
Marie J Turecamo and Mister Jim run side by side under the Bayonne Bridge. Does anyone know when the pedestrian walkway on the bridge will open?
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Kristin Poling 2006
5000 hp.
Severn 2008
4200 hp
CMT Otter 1980
1200 hp
Gulf Coast 1982
2400 hp
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who has more to say . . . just not today.
I missed Josephine Reinauer (actually I saw her but couldn’t get a clear shot) when she visited town recently, but I did catch Jacksonville, the latest Vane machine in the harbor.
For some reason I expected her to look different, but it’s an Elizabeth Anne class tug, which’ll look a lot like most of the rest of the Vane fleet.
Eric and the other McAllister escort tugs have been quite busy recently.
Ernest Campbell has been here about a half year doing bunkering, I believe.
Trevor usually works as a dredge tender, focusing on the Jersey shore this fall.
Brooklyn was called Brooklyn Service when I first discovered the sixth born.
Daisy Mae is just over a year old.
Normandy came to the sixth born from Colombia a few years ago.
Rowan has been working in the sixth boro of late.
In fact, almost seven years ago, it was Rowan that brought Patrice McAllister into the boro after the tragic fire during her delivery from the Great Lakes to this salt water. These days, Patrice is looking great.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who has heard about but not yet seen Hunter D.
Kirby Moran and James D Moran wait, like a team of horses, actually a team of 12,000 horses.
Here’s a different perspective on Kirby as she returns from a job.
CMT Otter and a salt barge lies alongside Nord Summit while along the other side, the venerable Twin Tube reprovisions from stern starboard.
Atlantic Salvor (or Enterprise??) . . . I’ll never catch up as she heads for one of the many skylines of Brooklyn. By the way, has anyone caught a photo of Hunter D in the sixth boro?
With Shooters Island and beyond that the cranes of Howland Hook in the background, it’s Discovery Coast, these days somewhat rare in the sixth boro.
Mister Jim is looking sharp these days, much better than her earlier livery.
Kodi is quite far away here, but she is a mere 42.6 footer.
Bering Dawn . . . she’s been on the East Coast some time now,
but all told, she’s spent more time on the West Coast.
The elusive Thomas stopped by the salt pile the other morning to retrieve a crane.
Margaret Moran . . . as always assisting ships into and out of the sixth boro. More Margaret soon.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Seeing a tugboat on a mooring in the sixth boro is unusual, in my experience, and I took many shots. This is my favorite.
Neptune the other morning headed for sea along the sylvan banks of Staten Island.
James E. Brown moves a scow, likely to be filled with scrap metals.
Brian Nicholas travels to a job . . . that’s New Jersey off her starboard.
JRT Moran crosses the Upper Bay enroute to an assist.
Genesis Eagle travels along Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head.
One almost has the illusion here that Emily Ann is on assist with that tanker. Almost.
Mister Jim lighters salt
from SBI Phoebe.
Sea Lion heads out of her base to grab . . . a recycling barge perhaps.
And Atlantic Salvor continues shuttling dredge spoils from somewhere off the bottom of the North River.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
By the numbers today, Daisy Mae, launched in late 2017 and generating 3200 hp.
Joyce D. Brown, built 2002 and 2600 hp.
Matthew Tibbetts, 1969 and 2000.
James E. Brown, 2015 and 1000.
Dean Reinauer, 2013 and 4260.
Andrea, 1999 and 3000.
Elizabeth McAllister, 1967 and 4000.
Ellen McAllister, also 1967 and 4000.
Kimberley Turecamo, 1980 and 3000.
Joan Turecamo, 1980 and 4300.
Joan Moran, 1975 and 4300.
Miss Ila, 1962 and 2400.
All photos by Will Van Dorp; all numbers from tugboat information.
I’ll explain this photo and the title at the end of this post.
The big move began yesterday on schedule, timed with the tides, I was told, to fit the cargo under some of the Hudson River bridges . . .
The cargo was gussied up with sponsors much like you’d see on a NASCAR racer.
Three tugs accompany the Mormac 400 barge.
On the stern were Daisy Mae and Mister Jim.
Underneath the entire cargo were tires; I counted about 32 “axles,” each with with duals, and I’m not sure how many sets of duals across there are. Maybe someone has the correct number.
After getting photos in New Baltimore, I crossed the river and got the rest of these in Hudson NY.
On the bow, CMT Pike (1979) guides the load.
Mister Jim (1982) and Daisy Mae (2017) power the tow from the stern.
Here, unfortunately backlit, the tow passes the Hudson-Athens Light.
Hudson has quite the interesting history, and a spectator I talked with said the port missed becoming the state capital by three votes. The architecture of the town is visit-worthy.
So you might still be wondering about the title and the top photo. Here’s the story: as I focused on taking the photos in Hudson, on the shore with a dozen other folks, I heard a chant. “USA USA USA” from a group of kids who were in the park enjoying the beautiful spring weather. I can’t say how the chanting started, but they were certainly looking at this large cargo and noticing the “union made in the USA” sign, and pumping their arms, dancing, and chanting loud enough to get a reaction from some folks on the tugs. My guess is that it was spontaneous. As a friend of mine would say: “Neat!!”
And the cargo, here’s an informative article from Workboat. It’s a heat-recovery steam generator bound for Bridgeport CT; as of this writing (0515 Tuesday), the tow is approaching Newburgh. The schedule has it at the GW at 1700 this afternoon and anchored at the Statue by 2000 (8 pm), departing for the East River at 0300 Wednesday.
The photo below offers a view from the stern of Mister Jim, thanks to Ashley Hutto.
For some previous interesting cargoes moved by CMT tugs, click here (for beer) and here (for a previous HRSG).
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