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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.

Newark tragedy

Thursday brought another morning of sad maritime news as two Newark firefighters were confirmed to have died in a fire on a ConRo ship in Port Newark loading used cars for export to West Africa. Smoke was not visible from the North River in the morning haze, but the North River based FDNY fireboat 343 did respond to the scene in the morning, relieving Staten Island-based Firefighter II, the FDNY’s other large fireboat, which had been on the scene all night. Meanwhile, the hot day saw typical traffic on the River.

FDNY’s 343 boat arrived on the scene at 9:23 am. Source: MarineTraffic
Relieving Firefighter II which had been there since 1:15 am. Source: MarineTraffic
Evelyn Cutler returned with the Edwin A Poling barge after a delivery to Albany
Nathan G brought a stone cargo south, heading for an asphalt plant in Cederhust on Jamaica Bay
Carolina Coast arrived from Florida with a sugar barge heading for the Domino refinery in Yonkers
Timothy L Reinauer, with classic 1979 lines topped by a rebuilt tower and augmented with ATB fittings, pushed a loaded RTC 84 towards Albany
Vane’s Philadelphia returned from her eponymous city with a light barge and headed for North River anchorages.
Philadelphia passed Pinuccia on one as the latter was returning from Newburgh
A Navy E-2D Hawkey made a loop up the North River at 1000 feet, flying from the VAW 121 Squadron base in Norfolk.

Daniel Katzive

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