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.
Cement usually moves south on the North River, coming down by specially designed barge from the Lafarge plant in Ravenna, New York for delivery to terminals in Bayonne, Queens and out in New England. Occasionally, though, imported cement comes north on foreign flagged bulk ships heading for Catskill, NY. The old Lehigh Cement plant there has been closed for years, but current owner Heidelberg Cement appears to be using it as an import terminal for cement from Turkey. River traffic has been fairly typical otherwise, though Port of Albany reports in their social media feed that a bulker carrying Polish wheat has arrived unobserved by NRN, the first ever wheat import received at the port.
On Sunday, the SSI magnificent passed the Pier 66 moorings, heading to sea after discharging their cement cargo in Catskill, NY.A cargo of cement was brought south by the Sapphire Coast on Monday, passing the anchored Noelle Cutler barge and accompanying tugThings got busy as Saint Emilion prepared to overtake the slow-moving Sapphire on two whistles while passing the Army Corp’s Gelberman on one.Shannon Dann had interesting deck cargo on the wire headed for the Port of Albany on Monday.Patrice McCalister arrived on the North River Tuesday with her barge heads-to-tails on the hip and went on to anchor off YonkersThis pair of light tugs came down the River Monday, seemingly involved in the work happening at the Spuyten Duyvil Amtrak swing bridge.CMT Pike had a crane seemingly coming from that work site Saturday.A survey ship headed upriver MondayA stand-up paddle boarder came down river against the flood.And took a dip to fight the heatNorwegian Joy received a fuel deliver from Vane’s Fort SchuylerFort Schuyler later headed for the Upper BayDean Reinauer and RTC 106 returned from a Newburgh run and headed for the Bay after spending some time anchored on the North River off Edgewater.
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