Saturday morning with a barge fire

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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

Saturday morning with a barge fire

Beautiful cool fall conditions persisted Saturday, with light winds out of the west punctuated by occasional gusts. Commercial traffic was heavy and a small fire on a paper recycling barge at Pier 99 brought FDNY Marine units to the scene. The fire was quickly extinguished, but five DSNY employees reported minor injuries (see article in West Side Rag for more details).

FDNY marine units at Pier 99

Ladder 35 and Engine 40 responded by land

Marine units monitor the barge after the fire was extinguished

Cape Henry remained anchored off West 86th Street for another day

Ellen Bouchard also remained anchored

Vinik 6 left its Yonkers anchorage and headed for Raritan Bay

Kimberly Poling brought a light barge south from Albany

Buchanan12 was on its daily dolomite run, but turned mid river and stemmed off Pier 90 to kill some time mid-morning before continuing to Jersey City

Cutter Sturgeon Bay left its North River anchorage, briefly anchored by the Statue, and then headed for its Bayonne base, joining Penobscot Bay there, with UN Week now behind us