Rich Naruszewicz was interviewed by PortSide NewYork's Jenny Kane in 2014. Captain Rich Naruszewicz: audio element. Synopsis of Interview (times are approximate, text is not word-for-word but provides a gist of the audio recording) I work in NY...

Greater New York Marine Transportation is a small tug and barge company that is a tenant of the Erie Basin Bargeport. Greater New York Marine has one oil barge and two tugs (EASTERN DAWN, THE DORY) which deliver fuel products with the barges and...

Ralph Packer is a Martha's Vineyard old-timer who coyly won't reveal his age because he doesn't want to retire!  Interviewed while taking a break on the Vineyard Haven pier of his Packer Fuel company, Ralph offers a historical perspective on...

The tanker MARY A. Whalen, homeship of PortSide NewYork was built for Ira S. Bushey. Ira S. Bushey started his work life driving mules on the Erie Canal in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. After trying various jobs he returned to the...