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.
It has been a relatively quiet start to heating season as traffic on the North River has been light and temperatures have begun to climb again. The week passed with the typical ebb and flow of tugs and barges.
Timothy L Reinauer and RTC 84 were heading north as the sun set SundayMonday found Kirby’s Cape Canaveral and DBL 101 anchored off Riverside Park. Later in the week, Canaveral had loaded cargo and headed for New Haven.Evelyn Cutler brought the Edwin A Poling barge back from a delivery up northBoston Marine’s Pinuccia and the New York 30 barge had cargo heading the other way.Nicole Reinauer/RTC 102 are the biggest Reinauer ATB we see on the river. As usual, they were heading north only as far as Newburgh.The smaller B. Franklin/RTC 81 were heading all the way for Albany.Saint Emilion muscled A87 into the ebb and anchored off 72nd Street.CMT’s newest tug, Caroline, made possibly her first trip up river to the home port of CoeymansAn unknown and atypical fishing vessel, Woody I, was overtaken by the NJ State Police’s Jersey City patrol boat.Dann’s Pearl Coast had a cement barge heading back to the Ravenna NY plantBruce A. McAllister returned from a docking assist job at the Yonkers sugar refinery.It’s rare to see two different DEP tankers working the North River plant on the same day, let alone at the same time, but on Thursday the dean of the fleet, North River, passed the 2008 vintage Red Hook. Red Hook had a load of sludge and was making a run to the Passaic Valley Water Authority plant in Newark, which receives occasional sludge shipments from the DEP on contract.A Coast Guard MH60 Dolphin made a lap around Manhattan flying from their Atlantic City base after a stop in LindenA Marine Sea King heavy lift helicopter returned south after a visit to the Connecticut Sikorsky plant.
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