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 was busy on Wednesday, with Tuesday’s snow storm perhaps having deferred some activity. The Marines were also moving up the Hudson River flight corridor, with a number of helicopters heading north. Skies were clear but temperatures dropped below freezing and winds remained elevated.
Vane Brother’s tug Charleston with the tank barge Double Skin 506 anchored on the North River after returning from Port Jefferson overnight but then headed for the Upper Bay by 0900.Kimberly Poling also spent the early hours anchored off 79th Street with the barge Noelle Cutler on their way back from Albany but then headed for Tremley Point on the Arthur Kill for new cargo.Hays’s Linda Sue came down from anchorage north of the bridge with a Vane barge, passing Kimberly en route to the Upper BayBut then came back up a few hours later and reanchored in their original spot.Sapphire Coast also passed Kimberly at slack tide, pushing a loaded cement barge down from Ravenna and heading for the Bayonne Lafarge terminal.Coral Coast was running light, returning to a sugar barge docked in Yonkers after visiting the facilities on the Kill van Kull.CMT’s Daisy Mae was on the way home to Coeymans after working Newtown Creek and the Bay Ridge Flats over the past 24 hours.Haggerty Girls, not seen on NRN since September, was back anchoring off 72nd with RTC 81. The Girls are normally paired with the larger RTC 107 barge, and RTC 81 is normally seen paired with B. Franklin, which is currently docked on the Kill van Kull.The U.S. Marines were heading north, likely flying from Lakehurst. A single viper flew up very low.A Huey and a second viper followed behind.Later a heavy lift chopper came through as well.
North River Notes 
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