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 precipitation and even some snow flurries, but we remain without significant accumulation of snow this winter, rapidly closing in on a record. Winds remained brisk, and gale warnings went into effect for the Harbor Wednesday afternoon. Deteriorating conditions saw Norwegian Gem postpone her scheduled 4pm departure from Pier 88 until 3am Thursday, according to Cruisehive. Tanker traffic was heavy on the River for the first time in a while.
Dann’s uniquely designed Discovery Coast kicked things off, coming through in the morning with a tanker barge loaded at Buckeye Port Reading. Discovery is only occasionally seen pushing tank barges on the River.Another Dann tug, Calusa Coast came through at the other end of the day, pushing north with a cargo from Bayway. Calusa arrived from Chesapeake Bay late last year and has been seen working River runs periodically since them.Kristin Poling returned from New Haven with an empty barge, killed some time on the River, and then headed for Carteret for new cargoBalco’s small tug Navigator had a small loaded barge heading to Albany from CarteretStasinos’s Charles James brought back an empty tank barge on the hip from Newburgh. As noted Tuesday, we more often see Stasinos tugs pushing construction equipment or stone, but Charles seemed to be filling in for Pinuccia of Boston Marine for unknown reasons.Reinauer’s Josephine brought a light barge back from New Haven and parked off 72nd StreetJordan Rose’s barge was also light. They proceeded up to Yonkers to anchorCurtis Reinauer had a loaded barge heading north for AlbanyJanice Ann Reinauer also had a cargo and was heading north to NewburghHopper activity was much less in evidence Wednesday, but Everly Mist did come through heading for Tomkins CoveNew Jersey State Police were patrolling the length of the River with their launch based in Jersey City’s Liberty MarinaA kayaker and paddle boarder got some morning time in on the River before conditions deteriorated
North River Notes 
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