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.
The North River has been seeing fairly heavy commercial traffic as we head into August, with sugar, cement, oil products, gypsum, stone, waste paper and scrap all on the move. Weather has been surprisingly cool with great wind for sailors and minimal rain after a wet July.
A pair of Moran harbor tugs, Doris Moran and Marie J Turecamo, headed upriver Friday morning, usually a sign that a gypsum bulkier needs assist docking or departing at the Buchanan wallboard factory.Sure enough, the Nord Sunda arrived on their heals, with a cargo of Spanish gypsum from Garrucha, Spain headed for Buchanan.Kimberly Poling had the Edwin A Poling barge returning light from a run to Albany Wednesday.Friday morning saw Poling-Cutler colleagues on Marilyn George with the loaded Noelle Cutler barge heading in the other direction.Vane’s Philadelphia spent time anchored off Edgewater this week before returning to the Harbor Thursday night.Kirby’s Cape Lookout and Nicole Reinauer ATBs were anchored south of the Philadelphia mid-weekThe Nicole Leigh Reinauer and the 460’ RTC 135 combination is one of the biggest Reinauer ATBs, and the biggest seen regularly on the North River. They headed for a new cargo Wednesday.The much smaller B. Franklin/RTC 81 ATB had a cargo heading for Newburgh Thursday.Janice Ann and RTC 103, between the B. Franklin and Nicole in size, was returning from Newburgh Friday morningKristy Ann was overtaken by a pilot boat.The Knot Refined sugar barge was on the wire heading back to sea and returning to Palm Beach Thursday evening, passing Buchanan12 on oneCoral Coast has been busy moving a cement transporter barge back and forth between New York area cement terminals and the Ravenna Lafarge plant. They passed by heading north Friday.Layla Renee is a small tug based in the Gulf of Mexico and rarely seen on the North Rive. On Friday she was passing through, coming down from Kingston and heading for Cape May.The US Army Corps of Engineers survey boat Dobrin is normally based in Philly and not seen on the North River, but they also came through Thursday afternoon, overtaking the Boston Marine Transport tug Quenames running light returning to the Harbor.DonJon’s Emily Ann passed a moored J80 sailboat at Pier 66 heading back with an empty scow to the DSNY transfer station at Pier 99.Emily waited while the scow was loaded with paper for recycling.Carnival Venezia left its summer home port Wednesday afternoon, heading back to the Eastern Caribbean with the remains of old NY Central 69th Street Transfer Bridge in the foreground and Pier 99 on the left.A Palisades Interstate Parkway Police RHIB passed Riverside Park on their way back to their jurisdiction.A NY State Police helicopter was standing by at the 30th Street Heliport. The State Police don’t routinely patrol New York Harbor, leaving that job usually to the NYPD.Buchanan’s Mister T headed north light on Thursday evening, apparently rendezvousing with Buchanan12 north of the GWB for unknown reasons.Buchanan12 was operating solo as usual on Friday, heading north with empties.
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