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.
Weekend traffic was light but a handful of tug/barge combinations remained anchored in the North River, with the Dylan Cooper ATB off Edgewater and Centerline’s Adeline Marie a bit further south Sunday, and the B. Franklin in between before heading for the Upper Bay Saturday. Centerline’s William J Fallon also anchored south of Adeline on Sunday with what looked like a loaded tanker barge Long Island.
Light tugs were moving on the North River, with Justine McAllister, rarely seen on the River, traveling up to Yonkers Saturday to meet the bulker Baltic Scorpion which anchored there after earlier departing the Buchanan wallboard factory. Bunkers don’t normally anchor off Yonkers and the Scorpion may have experienced some mechanical issue which required her to stop and brought the tug up just in case. In any event, Justine departed later in the day and Scorpion sailed for Canada, with any mechanical concerns apparently resolved. On Sunday, Centerline’s HMS Liberty arrived light to pay a brief visit to the anchored Adeline Marie, perhaps delivering equipment or crew.
Justine McAllister ran light up to Yonkers where they met the bulker Baltic Scorpion anchored there, perhaps addressing some mechanical issue.On Sunday HMS Justice paid a brief visit to the anchored Adeline Marie and Marc II ATBDann’s Ruby Coast ran light returning to their sugar barge in Yonkers after visiting the facilities on the Kill van Kull.Dann’s Coral Coast came down from Ravenna with a cement transporter barge, heading for a local terminal.Centerline’s William F Fallon passed Pier 99 en route to anchorage off 72nd with the loaded tanker Long Island, perhaps awaiting a bunkering assignment at the cruise terminal.Vane’s Fort McHenry had earlier handled the bunkering assignment for Norwegian Joy docked at Pier 88Ahead of Joy’s early evening departure for BermudaJanice Ann Reinauer and RTC 103 had cargo heading for Newburgh, passing the North River Lobster Company’s Discovery on one and the anchored William F Fallon.Dylan Cooper was visible south of the bridge in the morning haze SundayOn Saturday, Adeline Marie and B. Franklin Reinauer were at anchor.The DEP’s veteran North River sludge tanker was servicing its eponymous treatment plant.The restored fire boat John J. Harvey took a turn on the River from its Pier 66 home.One of the Pier I regulars caught a dusky smooth hound fish Saturday morning. He threw it back in.A Hoboken Sailing Club J80 used its spinnaker to head upriver Saturday as winds blew from the south.A large NYPD launch overtook a sailing vessel.This odd converted landing craft work boat headed north without AIS signal.A great blue heron presided over the old New York Central piers off 69th Street, almost exactly a year after we saw a heron in this spot previously.
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