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New Offering! We now have two different Hidden Harbor Tours!
Tour 1 - The Working Harbor of New York and New Jersey
Featuring the giant container ports in Newark Bay
Tour 2 - Brooklyn’s Maritime Past, Present & Future
Featuring the birthplace of intermodal shipping and plans for the future
Narrated by Capt John Doswell, with special guests from shipping companies, terminal operators, the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey and NYC EDC and others
The Working Harbor of New York and New Jersey
Featuring the giant container ports in Newark Bay
Our special narrated Hidden Harbor Tours® will provide an insiders look
at the largest and busiest maritime port on the East Coast of the USA,
topped off at sunset with a close-up view of the Statue of Liberty.
Where we go: Brooklyn Piers, Buttermilk Channel, Erie Basin, Upper New York Harbor, Kill Van Kull, Port Newark/Elizabeth, Military Ocean Terminal, The 9/11 Teardrop Memorial, Global Marine Terminal and ending at the Statue of Liberty.
What we see: Giant container ship ports, tugboat yards, ship repair facilities, large ship, tug and barge traffic mixing it up with water taxis, excursion boats, historic vessels, coast guard, police and fire boats, giant floating cranes and even tiny kayaks.
What we learn: How the working harbor really works and what all those ships and tugs do, why shipping is the most green way to get goods into the region, how your Toyota, TV or pair of sneakers got here, what we export, and more.
Brooklyn’s Maritime Past, Present & Future
Featuring the birthplace of intermodal shipping and plans for the future
Where we go: Newtown Creek, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Piers, Buttermilk Channel and Governors Island, Atlantic & Erie Basins, Gowanus Bay, South Brooklyn, Upper New York Harbor, Military Ocean Terminal, Global Marine Terminal and ending at the Statue of Liberty.
What we see: Container & cruise ship ports, a RR car-float terminal, tug and barge traffic mixing it up with water taxis, excursion boats, and historic vessels, Bush Terminal and Brooklyn Army Terminal and the proposed location of New York’s next giant container terminal and Cross Harbor RR Tunnel.
What we learn: How the working harbor really works and what’s coming in the near future, why shipping is the most green way to get goods into the region, how your Toyota, TV or pair of sneakers got here, what we export, and more.
Enjoy the Hidden Harbor Tours on board the magnificent ZEPHYR!
- ZEPHYR is a large,grand, 3-level excursion vessel.
- ZEPHYR is wheelchair accessible on the first deck including heads.
- Ticket price includes 1 free domestic beer, wine or softdrink.
- Hot dogs, pretzels, chips and nachos are available on board for purchase.
- Available parking at the South Street Seaport.
Book your tickets for the Hidden Harbor Tours Today!
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