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
The dip down to freezing on Saturday was short-lived, with temperatures climbing back to just shy of 50 again on Sunday. River traffic remained moderately heavy, with the third bulker of the weekend coming through Sunday. The Reinauer Twins remained anchored off 110th Street for a third day.
The Genco Auvergne, a 625-foot long bulk ship was heading for Albany, arriving from Morocco after a stop in Maine. Auvergne looked high in the water, and a pick-up of scrap at Sims Metal seems a good guess, though we will see where she docks up north. Fort Schuyler came through early Sunday, returning from Kingston and heading for the Arthur KillThe Reinauer Twins remained anchored off Edgewater for a third dayNicole Reinauer returned from Newburgh with a light barge and was overtaken by a Coast Guard 45’ response boatSaint Emilion passed us Friday on the way south with the Edwin Poling barge. That barge then went north Saturday with the Kimberly Poling. Sunday, Saint Emilion was heading north again with its usual A87 barge. The Evelyn Cutler tug remains offline, or at least off AIS.Haugland Group’s Emma Rose, acquired by the company last year, came south from Haugland’s Tompkins Cove port with a deck barge, heading for the former Kinder Morgan terminal on the West Shore of Staten Island. The site is a brownfield being remediated and there have been reports that it is being considered for wind turbine assembly operations.The DEP tanker Port Richmond was heavily loaded, carry sludge from the North River plant to the Passaic Valley treatment facility in Newark for dewatering A Red-breasted merganser couple were hanging out off Pier iA fiery sunset ended the weekend
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