Daily 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 by Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. Twitter @dannykatman
Wednesday brought another day of blazing hot temperatures, though a southerly wind built throughout the day providing some relief on the water. Commercial traffic was rather heavy mid-week, with a number of tanker barges, hoppers and a bulk carrier moving through
The former Bouchard tug Evening Mist came through with hoppers loaded with stone or gravel, arriving from the pier of a former cement plant up in Catskill, New York. We saw this tug, which is owned by Haugland Group, making the same run a few weeks back, and presumably they are using that pier to load stone. Later in the morning, after spending some time off Red Hook, the Evening Mist passed in the other direction, heading back north with empty barges.
Evening Mist brining gravel south early in the dayAnd returning with empties laterThe bulker Bay Pearl came through, arriving from Veracruz and heading for Albany or CoeymansPinuccia, owned by a Boston towing company, headed north with a loaded barge from Kinder Morgan in Perth AmboyPort Richmond was servicing the North River plant in the morning……and was overtaken by a NY Naval Militia 44’ boat, the same boat we saw coming up the river exactly a week agoLater in the morning, the Red Hook, back in service after apparent mechanical problems last week, was doing the honors, passing Pier 66A Poling-Cutler tug based Red hook with a light bargeSome time after one its fleet mates brought a loaded barge northThe Coast Guard’s Sturgeon Bay icebreaking tug returned from an overnight visit to PoughkeepsieThe Army Corps’ Gelberman was on patrolAn airship advertised Shark Week
North River Notes 
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