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.
New York Harbor and the North River escaped the worst of yesterday’s heavy rains, but the Hudson Valley was hard hit to the north on Sunday, with severe flooding. The water will flow south this week, extending ebbs, shortening floods, brining all types of debris with it, and, possibly, turning the water brown. There was no obvious sign of this yet on Monday though. The day saw some fairly typical traffic, with the most notable vessel a foreign flagged tanker heading for sea after likely unloading a European products cargo in Albany. T
The Saint Emilion, B. Franklin Reinauer, and Philadelphia remained anchored in the North River, but the Lincoln Sea pulled up their hook and relocated to the Upper Bay. Something brought multiple police agencies to the River south of the Bridge in the late morning, with Coast Guard, NYPD, NYS DEC and Westchester County PD all gathering there.
NJ State Police’s Jersey City boat headed for the Bridge Monday morningNYS DEC police also headed that wayAs did a Coast Guard 29’ response boatAnd the NYPD’s launch 9 (seen here heading back to base later).A smaller NYPD launch headed north later, probably for unrelated reasons.Marylin George had the Eva Leigh Cutler barge loaded and heading for Albany in the morning.Portuguese flagged tanker Harbour Fashion headed for Quebec after probably unloading a Dutch cargo of refined products or possibly loading an ethanol cargo for export to Canada.The Dean Reinauer/RTC 106 ATB returned from Newburgh light, passing the Lincoln Sea/DBL 140 combo at anchor.Lincoln Sea later muscled DBL 140 into the ebb and headed for the Upper Bay.Sapphire Coast headed back to Ravenna with a light cement barge.Saint Emilion and A87 continued to swing at anchor with the tide off 72nd StreetThe Army Corp’s Gelberman was looking for debris on the North River, with flood waters likely to reach the Harbor soon.
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