New York City

New York officials sue over billboard boat

Ballyhoo Media's billboard boat cruises past Battery Park in lower Manhattan. New York City Mayor's Office photo

New York City officials went to court this week to stop an electronic billboard boat from cruising past the city’s parks and affluent residential neighborhoods.

Ballyhoo Media’s 79’x23’aluminum catamaran carries a 64’x20’ LED billboard similar to those adorning Times Square, and the boat has drawn complaints from New Yorkers who already have consumer advertising thrust in their faces all over the city.

The Miami-based startup has developed a lucrative, high-profile operation off south Florida...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/new-york-officials-sue-over-billboard-boat/

NYC Ferry will expand through 2021

The Ocean Queen Rockstar, first of six 350-passenger vessels built for NYC Ferry by Metal Shark, in New York's East River. Kirk Moore photo.

The NYC Ferry public system will expand to all five New York City boroughs in 2020, including a new cross-harbor route from Staten Island, service to Coney Island and additional stops on existing routes.

The Staten Island route will be a 35-minute run from St. George on the island’s northeast to Manhattan’s Battery Park City/Vesey Street landing, and then ending at the Midtown 39th Street landing. Despite the city’s iconic Staten Island Ferry, the distant borough has few public transit options.

“S...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/nyc-ferry-will-expand-through-2021/

Coast Guard marks start of Northeast icebreaking season

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Shackle, a 65’ small harbor tug, breaks ice Jan. 10, 2018 near Logan International Airport in Boston Harbor. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Andrew Barresi.

Coast Guard crews are ready this week to start the Northeast icebreaking season, as a cold shot of lower temperatures and wind swept the region.

Freezing conditions are anticipated to affect every Northeast port and waterway, according to officials at the Coast Guard First District headquarters in Boston, who said Monday they were starting up the annual Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters (OpRENEW).

With the New England states and New York heavily reliant on home heating oil – more...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/coast-guard-marks-start-of-northeast-icebreaking-season/

NY Waterway gets Corps dock permit, but city officials still fighting

NY Waterway ferries at the company's Port Imperial terminal at Weehawken, N.J. Kirk Moore photo.

NY Waterway has obtained a Corps of Engineers permit to operate a repair and maintenance facility at the Union Dry Dock site, but city officials in Hoboken, N.J. are continuing to resist the plan.

“Union Dry Dock has operated continuously for more than 100 years as a marine repair and maintenance facility.  We will continue that great tradition, using this site to keep our ferries in top condition, operating safely, cleanly and comfortably,” said Arthur E. Imperatore, NY Waterway president and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/ny-waterway-gets-corps-dock-permit-but-city-officials-still-fighting/

Stranded by snow, New York City commuters escaped by ferries

NY Waterway ferries at the company's Port Imperial terminal at Weehawken, N.J. Kirk Moore photo.

Commuters fell back on the ferries when an early onslaught of snow and ice locked out commuter bus service from New York City Nov. 15.

Forecasters had warned the region could receive 4” of snow from the storm, but colder than expected temperatures also brought more sleet and freezing rain. That brought on severe road conditions that gridlocked much of the highway network around the city.

Conditions became so serious that buses could not reach the midtown Manhattan Port Authority Bus Terminal,...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/stranded-by-snow-new-york-city-commuters-escaped-by-ferries/

New York Media Boat a front-row seat to the city

This Ribcraft 9-meter rigid hull inflatable is the workhorse of New York Media Boat. Kirk Moore photo.

It’s autumn in New York, but winter feels close as captain Eric Rosen takes the New York Media Boat 10 a.m. tour at 24 knots up a breezy Hudson River.

Bundled in anti-exposure suits, a dozen customers on saddle seats get a 90-minute closeup of New York City, riding a 30’rigid hull inflatable that Ribcraft, Marblehead, Mass., built for New York Media Boat’s diverse missions.

Started as a media support business in 2012, the company today runs a thriving adventure sightseeing and private charter...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/new-york-media-boat-a-front-row-seat-to-the-city/

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