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.
Activity on the North River tends to pick up ahead of big storm systems as tugs with tanker barges head for anchorages on the estuary to escape the weather and vessels come in from offshore work. With a line of thunderstorms moving into the area and the after effects of hurricane Debby moving up the coast, Tuesday afternoon found four tug/barge combinations at anchor and more arriving.
The Beatrice with the 400’ long barge Patsy Paulie have been anchored off the Boat Basin since Monday morning.They were joined by another Centerline tug, the William F Fallon, Jr. and the barge Long Island which appeared to be laden with a cargo loaded at Bayway overnight and presumably waiting for better conditions to head for their destination.A third Centerline ATB, Adeline Marie arrived with the Marc N barge as rain began to come down.The big Reinauer Dylan Cooper/RTC 108 ATB came up from the Upper Bay and anchored off Grants Tomb.Janice Ann Reinauer/RTC 102 returned from a probable ethanol run to Providence and Boston…but rather than anchor, Janice Ann swapped barges with Morgan Reinauer waiting off Edgewater with a loaded RTC 103 barge brought down from Albany, and probably carrying more ethanol.Janice Ann took the RTC 103 barge and headed straight back for New England, taking the inside route on Long Island Sound to avoid the weather and was through the Gate and signaling Boston as the weather moved in.Morgan brought the light RTC 102 down to the Arthur Kill for a new cargo, passing The Beatrice on the way.Dusk came early and it was already dark as Susan Rose brought an RCM barge north. Susan was followed by Kirby’s Mt. Saint Elias, after it was too dark for photography. Patrice McAllister had a different plan. She returned from Albany with RCM 262 heads/tails on the hip and brought the barge to the Brooklyn waterfront and then headed for Bayonne.A U.S. flagged offshore supply vessel, the Northstar Navigator came in from wind turbine work offshore…And was heading for Albany, perhaps taking advantage of the weather disruption to take care of some service or load equipment there.A Sea Tow boat had unknown reasons for hanging around the shuttered Boat Basin.A Coast Guard MH-65 from Atlantic City flew a patrol up the river before the weather hit.Followed closely by a marine helicopter from Lakeland AFB on unknown business
North River Notes 
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