Rule, Britannia!

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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

Rule, Britannia!

The Royal Navy arrived in New York Harbor Sunday, with the flagship aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth steaming in to host an Atlantic Future Forum on board. The carrier was accompanied by the frigate HMS Richmond, which came up the North River to dock at Pier 88 as the carrier anchored in the Upper Bay. A carrier based Merlin HM2 helicopter flew up the North River ahead of the Queen’s arrival and made several loops up the River during the day. Meanwhile, tanker traffic on the River was heavy.

A Royal Navy Merlin helicopter looping up the North River ahead of the arrival of the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in NY Harbor

Frigate HMS Richmond arriving at Pier 88

A Poling-Cutler tug with a light barge heading south

Buchanan12 with its daily load of crushed dolomite approaching the bridge

Pinuccia with a light barge coming down from Newburgh, passing a Metro North Hudson Line train just north of Spuyten Duyvil Station

Stasinos’s Brinn Courtney bringing hoppers down from Tomkins Cove, passing Spuyten Duyvil en route to the Newark Bay side of Bayonne

Haggerty Grils came down from Albany with a light barge Sunday late afternoon, passing Alpine NJ with the Mario Cuomo Bridge towers in the distant haze