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 a run of days with foreign flagged vessels heading upriver, the final week of July has brought mainly local vessels on familiar routes. The North River anchorages remained busy. While Lincoln Sea returned to the Upper Bay, Dylan Cooper remained in place and was joined by B. Franklin Reinauer and Kimberly Poling.
Buchanan12 is about as frequent a traveler on the North River as you are likely to find. Vessel made their daily run down from the Clinton Point quarry as usual on Sunday, passing the monastery at Englewood Cliffs.Dylan Cooper and RTC 108 remained anchored of 72nd Street.They were joined by the smaller B. Franklin Reinauer/RTC 81Marylin George headed north with a loaded Noelle Cutler barge on Sunday, passing the Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge.Kimberly Poling traveled down to the Upper Bay from Yonkers anchorage with the Edwin A. Poling barge, then turned around in a squall and came back to anchor on the North River.Saint Emilion returned from Albany Monday with A87 lightFort Schuyler was heading for Rensselaer with a loaded tanker barge.A Dann tug brought a cement transporter barge down from Ravenna and headed for a distribution terminal Monday.A pair of Dann tugs arrived from Palm Beach Tuesday with the Knot Refined sugar barge, heading for the Yonkers Domino plantDonJon Marine had a load of scrap from Albany heading for the Harbor Tuesday The Coast Guard cutter Katherine Walker, which maintains navigation aids in NY Harbor and up the Hudson, headed for the Coast Guard mooring south of the Bridge Tuesday.A Coast Guard 29’ response boat was checking on boaters Sunday after an unidentified vessel was heard requesting help over VHF channel 16.The NYPD was also keeping an eye out.And had an airship up earlier in the day, perhaps for unrelated reasons.A Chinook flew up Monday, with two pairs of boots hanging out the rear door.Stasinos’s Charles James returned to the harbor after dropping a deck barge off in Verplanck.Patrice McAllister was heading back to the Delaware River again on Sunday with RCM 262 on the wire after spending some time anchored on the North River. They passed the anchored Lincoln Sea/DBL 140 ATB on the way out. Patrice seems to be making runs to Albany from the Delaware City refinery of late.A ring billed gull enjoyed breakfast on Pier i Monday morning.
North River Notes 
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