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 copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.
After the weird air quality conditions of the work week, the weekend was refreshingly normal. Familiar tugs and barges went about their usual business, with oil products moving north and stone coming south, and empties moving in the opposite direction.
Janice Ann Reinauer had a cargo on RTC 103 heading for Newburgh on SaturdayThe much older Stephen Reinauer with RTC 61 was heading for the same place a few minutes behind Janice AnnStephen came back first, returning to the Harbor Sunday morningThe even older Dace Reinauer seems unlikely to be on the North River again soon. Dace is on the hard, laid up at Bayonne Dry Dock and Repair for nowReinauer’s Dylan Cooper was also not on the North River Saturday, seemingly instead lightering a cargo of European refined products later delivered to a terminal on the Arthur KillReinauer’s Kristy Ann/RTC 80 combination was anchored on the North River early Saturday, but departed in the afternoon and headed for the Arthur Kill as well.Kimberly Poling returned from Albany with the Edwin A Poling barge light. By Sunday morning they were already heading back north again.Kristin Poling spent Sunday anchored in the North RiverDann Marine’s Shannon Dann brought loaded hoppers up to Coeymans Saturday, perhaps filling in for CMT tugs currently working out of town.Buchanan12 headed back to the Clinton Point quarry with empty hoppersLoaded hoppers were left behind on moorings in the flats off Jersey CityOn Sunday, there was more crushed dolomite heading southThe DEP Red Hook tanker has been working the North River treatment plant.Pier i fisherman Luis had a good looking stripped bass hooked up on Saturday, holding him in the water pending an ice deliveryVane Brothers delivered a bunkering barge to refuel Norwegian Joy Sunday morningBy later afternoon Joy was heading back for another Bermuda runA Huey with the markings of the Air Force’s DC-based VIP transport squadron flew up the North River SaturdayThe outrigger canoes are back on the North River for summer. New York Outrigger has relocated from Pier 66 to Pier 96, making it more likely to see them in the uptown reaches of the River
North River Notes 
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