And the Tug of the Year is.....

 The J. Arnold Witte!

Historic tugs dominate the list of past Tug of the Year honorees. This year is a little different. The J. Arnold Witte was built in 2020 and will hold this year’s Tug of the Year title. The 78-by-26-foot, 2,400 horsepower tugboat is the newest tug in Donjon Marine’s fleet. 

The J. Arnold Witte was designed by Boksa Marine Design (BMD), a Florida based naval architecture and marine design firm. The triple-screw boat's dimensions, telescoping wheelhouse, and nine-foot-draft are all reflective of what BMD and Donjon Marie see as continuing - and renewing - opportunities to move cargo through the nearly two-centuries-old, 524-mile New York State Canal System and connected waterways such as the Hudson River, New York Harbor, and the Great Lakes.

The 2022 Tugboat Roundup won’t be the J. Arnold Witte’s first pass through Waterford. Donjon Shipbuilding & Repair (DSR) built the vessel at its Erie, PA facility and transited the Canal eastbound in 2021, passing through the Port of Waterford, enroute her homeport of Newark, N.J. 

Check her out in person at the Roundup and to learn more, come to the Tug Talk at 4:30PM on saturday, presented by Bill Sullivan of Donjon Marine, “J. Arnold Witte: A New Tugboat for a Storied Waterway”

Full schedule of Tug Talks and descriptions at https://www.tugboatroundup.com/.../2022/8/3/2022-tug-talks