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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.

Friday Feb 16–uncommon visitors

The weekend arrived with some vessels less frequently seen on the North River passing by.

Lucy Reinauer has not been seen on NRN before and she was only reactivated last year after a period of being payed up according to Tugboatinformation.com, but on Friday she came under the bridge and headed for anchorage off Yonkers. She was paired with RTC 61 which we normally see with Stephen Reinauer. Stephen is currently anchored off New Haven, perhaps with another barge.
Norfolk Towing’s Pathfinder is rarely seen on the North River and usually moves barges loaded with containerized municipal waste between DSNY transfer stations in Brooklyn, Queens and the Upper East Side and the Howland Hook container terminal on Staten Island or the Waste Management dock in Elizabeth. But on Friday they were running light heading up to the Yonkers sugar refinery, seemingly to help sail a dry bulk barge docked there.
Ruth M. Reinauer is a North River regular, and on Friday night they passed the Englewood Cliffs with RTC 103, returning from Newburgh and heading for the Upper Bay.
Marilyn George had one of Poling-Cutler’s mid-sized barges fully loaded and heading for Albany.
Classic Harbor Line’s Manhattan II emerged from Spuyten Duyvil with Buchanan12 and the Alpine tower in the background.
Stasinos’s James Charles pushed a hopper barge down from the Sims Metal scrap dock in Albany heading for the Bay Ridge flats.

Daniel Katzive

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