The New York Power Authority (NYPA) recently took delivery of a new tug ordered from Rhode Island builder Blount Boats. The Bristol Harbor Group-designed Breaker II has a ..
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Blount Boats delivers tug to New York Power Company
On Friday, Aug. 28, the new tug Breaker II completed its delivery voyage to the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, operated by the New York Power Authority, the nation’s largest state power organization.
The 56’x18’5″x6’9″, twin-screw tug with a 4’6″ draft, was designed by Bristol Harbor Group, Bristol, R.I. and was constructed at the Blount Boats facility, Warren, R.I.
The tug, which carries a crew of four to eight, was designed with a reinforced hull for breaking ice efficiently. It will operate...
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Blount Boats delivers icebreaking tug
Warren, R.I., shipbuilder Blount Boats reports that, on Friday, August 28, the 56-foot, twin-screw tug Breaker II completed its delivery voyage to the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, operated by New York Power Authority.
The 56 foot by 18.5 foot shallow draft tug was designed by the Bristol Harbor Group of Bristol, R.I., and has a reinforced hull for breaking ice efficiently. It will operate in seasonal ice near the entrance to and within the upper Niagara River.
The dual-purpose vessel will...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/tugs-barges/blount-boats-delivers-icebreaking-tug/
Bristol Harbor Group completes buoy design for NYPA
Bristol Harbor Group Inc. (BHGI), Bristol, R.I., was contracted by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to provide naval architecture and marine engineering services to review and analyze a Canadian coast guard buoy for required internal ballast and mooring in order to secure the buoy moorings in tailrace waters. NYPA’s fast water warning buoys had reached the end of their life cycle.
BHGI conducted a site visit at the Moses-Saunders Power Dam in Massena, NY. The purpose of the visit was to...