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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.

Thursday Feb 15–safety patrol

Observed traffic was light and feature a heavy law enforcement component for no obvious reason.

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flew north up the river. These choppers are based at Atlantic City Airport, about 100 miles away from the North River meaning a round trip here would take up about half of the chopper’s listed range of around 400 miles. USCG has larger longer-range MH-60 Jay Hawk choppers (a variant of the Blackhawk) based in Falmouth nearly 200 miles away, but most air/sea rescue operations in New York Harbor are covered by the NYPD.
An NYPD 35’ boat, possibly the one based at the cruise terminal, patrolled north on the North River.
The 140’ icebreaker Sturgeon Bay made a trip up to the Mario Cuomo Bridge and then returned back to their Bayonne base. The other local Bay Class cutter, Penobscot Bay, also returned to base after spending the night anchored off Newburgh.
CMT’s Erin Elizabeth brought loads of small and large stone south from Coeymans to the Greenville flats off Jersey City.
The Kristy Ann/RTC 80 ATB returned from Bridgeport and headed for North River anchorage
Haggerty Girls headed north with cargo, seen for the second day in a row paired with RTC 81, a barge we usually see paired with B. Franklin who remains at a Staten Island boatyard.

Daniel Katzive

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