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Wet Tech Installs 19 Buoy Sites at Liberty & Ellis Island

June 30, 2026

NEW YORK HARBOR — Wet Tech Energy, a Gulf Coast marine services company, was contracted by the National Park Service and the U.S. Park Police to deliver and install new buoys and moorings for 19 buoy sites all around the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, ahead of the Sail250 celebration and Fourth of July festivities in New York Harbor.

The work covered 19 buoy sites in the waters surrounding both islands and was completed on a very short window of deliverables, with all systems installed safely and successfully.

"Our mooring crew worked tirelessly to get all the systems installed safely and successfully to see this project through to completion."

— Dale Dees, Wet Tech Energy Superintendent

Working within the short delivery window, the company credited the seamless completion to the entire Wet Tech team, which saw the project through from delivery of the new equipment to final installation on the water.

White restricted-area buoy installed in New York Harbor with the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in the background — One of the new installations in the water off Liberty Island, with Lady Liberty looking on.

At a glance

Client: National Park Service & U.S. Park Police
Scope: New buoys and moorings at 19 sites
Location: Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, New York Harbor
Purpose: Sail250 celebration & Fourth of July
Delivery: Completed June 2026 on a short window of deliverables

The timing of the contract placed the project in the middle of a national maritime celebration. Sail250 brought an international fleet of tall ships and naval vessels to five U.S. port cities between May and July 2026 for the United States Semiquincentennial, with New York as the centerpiece — a Parade of Sail of roughly 60 tall ships and 40 naval vessels from more than 30 nations sailed past the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River over the July 4 weekend, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Wet Tech Energy mooring crew on deck among buoy components with the Lower Manhattan skyline behind them — Wet Tech Energy's crew works among buoy components on deck, with the Lower Manhattan skyline behind. The team delivered and installed all 19 sites within a very short window of deliverables.

White buoy in New York Harbor off Ellis Island with the historic buildings and Lower Manhattan skyline beyond — Ellis Island's seawall and the Lower Manhattan skyline behind one of the harbor's new buoy sites.

Wet Tech Energy provides buoy, mooring, and marine services from the Gulf Coast, along with compliance support for private aids to navigation. Call 337-893-9992.

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