New York City Police Department (NYPD) personnel and the crews of some passenger ferries operating on New York’s Hudson River have responded to an incident wherein ..
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Alabama boat builder Silver Ships has delivered a new centre console boat to the Quaker Springs Fire Department of New York. The 26-foot (7.92-metre) newbuild will be ope ..
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) may have found the remains of a British warship dating back to the American Revolutionary War. Some cannon, an anchor, and other ..
NY Waterway founder and president Arthur E. Imperatore, Sr., an entrepreneur who built a complete New York City commuter ferry system, died Nov. 18 at the age of 95.
Imperatore’s career spanned more than seven decades and included various ventures from mining to real estate, from sports teams to transportation. He founded NY Waterway in 1986 in Weehawken, New Jersey and built it into a mass transit system which has transported almost 300 million people to date.
NY Waterway ferries became a vital...
Soft drink giant Pepsi kicked off its summer marketing campaign by floating a giant inflated pink flamingo around New York City Monday.
The stunt was a reference to the soda maker’s “Always Pool Ready” advertising slogan, tied into a social media marketing campaign, followed in the evening by a party at Manhattan’s...
A NY Waterway ferry crew picked up a pilot after a helicopter crash in the Hudson River Wednesday, the latest in a long line of rescues for the cross-river commuter service
NY Waterway deckhand Edwin Montoya prepares to pick up the helicopter pilot. NY Waterway photo
Capt. Adam Schiano pointed his ferry...
Heavy ice and a rising Hudson River broke tugboats and other vessels away from their moorings near Troy, N.Y. early Friday morning, leaving the 156’ cruise boat Capt JP III wedged under a railroad bridge, Coast Guard and state police reported.
The breakaways started around 1 a.m., likely triggered by heavy rain, rising temperatures and snowmelt Thursday, the Albany, N.Y., Times Union reported. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York got an initial report of vessels adrift from Rensselar...
https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/vessels-adrift-in-hudson-river-ice/
The U.S. Coast Guard and other state and local agencies responded Friday to reports of several barges and vessels breaking away from their moorings on the Hudson River near Troy, New York due to ice flows. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York received the initial report of the situation...
The eastern anchor span of New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge dropped into the Hudson River Tuesday with an explosive demolition, soon to clear the way for mariners to navigate without restrictions.
The controlled drop was executed at 10:52 a.m., when charges blew out the supports and the 672’ bridge deck and superstructure fell to the river bed, on the eastern side of the navigation channel.
Steel netting set out on the bottom beforehand will enable a complete cleanup, as remains of the bridge in...
https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/tappan-zee-bridge-goes-out-with-a-bang/
The main channel in New York’s Hudson River will be closed to traffic Saturday morning while the remaining eastern span of the old Tappan Zee Bridge is demolished with explosive charges, Coast Guard and state transportation officials say.
Tappan Zee Constructors has been dismantling the 63-year-old bridge since completing the 3.1-mile, $4 billion Mario M. Cuomo bridge last year, shipping out the old steel and concrete for recycling or emplacement on artificial fishing reefs off Long Island.
https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/explosive-end-for-old-tappan-zee-bridge/