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Collecting metal
The bulk ship Seastar Valiant came up the North River last week bound for the Port of Coeymans. The 590-foot vessel was in ballast on the way up and reported draft increased while at the pier so she likely loaded scrap metal for export up there. By Saturday she was on her way to the Delaware River where she is currently tied up at the scrap dock in Camden, NJ, probably loading more metal. The scrap will ultimately head overseas, probably to Turkey, and may come back to us here as rebar or other metal products.
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Dredge we must
Maintenance dredging got underway last week in Haverstraw Bay and on Friday Haugland Group’s Everly Mist passed down the North River with a scow on the wire loaded with spoils heading for the dump site off Atlantic Highlands. Meanwhile, Dann Ocean’s Comet came north returning after making the same trip.
According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the dredging will remove silt and clay to restore channel depth to 32 feet at mean low water and this is the first dredging that has been done here since 2022. This is the first time I have seen Comet. I believe she has been based on the Delaware River most recently.
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Three Forty Three
FDNY Fireboat Three Forty Three was one of the leaders of the Sail4th 250 tall ship parade on Independence Day this year. The Marine 1 vessel, which returned from a period in dry dock at Brooklyn Navy Yard just in time to participate in the festivities, is named for the number of FDNY firefighters who died on 9/11, though many more than that have subsequently succumbed to related illnesses. The 343 spent September 11 morning this year on ceremonial duty off lower Manhattan. But her sister ship, Marine 9’s Firefighter II based on State Island, had an active 24 hours, responding on Thursday to an explosion and fire at the Clean Water of NY barge cleaning facility in Mariner’s Harbor.
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Another new cutter
The Coast Guard’s newest Fast Response Cutter, the Jeffrey Palazzo, arrived at North River Pier 86 (the Intrepid pier) on Wednesday ahead of a commissioning ceremony scheduled for Saturday. FRC 1163 is named for an FDNY firefighter and Coast Guard reservist who perished on September 11, one of 10 members of Staten Island-based Rescue 5 who died that day.
After commissioning, the Palazzo will head for Guam where she will be home-ported alongside the FRC Danz, named after an NYPD officer and Coast Guard reservist who lost his life on 9/11 and which we saw commissioned at Pier 86 in May. The Palazzo is available for tours Friday and Sunday 10 to 5pm and Saturday 2pm to 5pm.
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On the Thames
NOT THE NORTH RIVER: A trip through New London, CT found the Stasinos tug Meaghan Marie heading out of the harbor with a hopper barge. I believe she was going back and forth lightering salt off a bulk ship in from Egypt and anchored just offshore. I saw Meaghan working on the North River a few times back in 2023 but not since.
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Erin and Mackenzie
Carver Marine towboat Erin Elizabeth was southbound on the North River on Sunday, New York Harbor-bound with a pair of hopper barges in tow and accompanied by the tug Mackenzie Rose. Mackenzie made no wake and may not have been under power for the trip.
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Reposting: Working on the River
Not all the photos in yesterday’s post came through on the site. I am republishing in a different format. Apologies for the duplicative email.
NorthRiverBlog is mostly about machines and cargo. Of course it takes people to run these machines, but humans can be hard to capture from the vantage points I tend to shoot from, and I know that not everyone is crazy about seeing a camera pointed at them while they are trying to work. But I do capture men and woman working on the North River from time to time, and for Labor Day I’ve gone back over the past two years and selected 25 such shots, with appreciation and admiration for the work they do. Happy Labor Day!
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Working on the North River
Labor Day Special: NorthRiverBlog is mostly about machines and cargo. Of course it takes people to run these machines, but humans can be hard to capture from the vantage points I tend to shoot from, and I know that not everyone is crazy about seeing a camera pointed at them while they are trying to work. But I do capture men and woman working on the North River from time to time, and for Labor Day I’ve gone back over the past two years and selected 25 such shots, with appreciation and admiration for the work they do. Happy Labor Day!
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Diaspora
Equipment from the old ex-Bouchard, ex Rose Cay Maritime fleet continues to find its way back to the North River. Over recent weeks we have seen the Jordan Rose, Susan Rose and Anna Rose ATBs operating here, as well as the non-ATB barge RCM 260. Saturday brought another barge, the RCM 262 which we used to see paired with Patrice McAllister during the Rose Cay years and now in tow with the Vane tug Pocamoke. The pair was heading for anchorage on the North River after a products delivery to Boston. The 262 seems likely to have been acquired by Vane though, unlike RCM 260, it has not been repainted with Vane livery.
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Logistics
Haugland Logistics tug Lily Anne was back on the North River again on Friday, passing Port Imperial with a pair of deck barges. Lily was heading for the company’s Tomkins Cove logistics terminal north of Haverstraw.
Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.
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