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.
Tuesday September 10–unexpected appearance of the barge Udalls Cove
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s barge Udalls Cove dates back to a time in the 1980s when treated sewage sludge was still hauled 100 miles out to sea for dumping. Nowadays, sludge is ferried between D.E.P. plants by small tankers and converted to a fertilizer product, and the Udalls Cove barge usually sits tied up at Wards Island as a backup. But this week, the barge was back in service, brought to the North River wastewater plant by a pair of McAllister tugs. Perhaps the barge’s is needed due to the usual tankers being out of service. Two of the DEP’s five tankers are currently not pinging AIS and a third has been tied up at Wards Island for the past day at least.
A pair of McAllister tugs brought the DEP’s Udalls Cove barge up the North River on MondayAnd left it at the North River plantDann Marine’s Discovery Coast, not often seen working the cruise terminal, brought a bunkering barge alongside the Seven Seas Grandeur.Later, a Moran tractor tug helped Grandeur leave for the Canadian Maritimes.Keeper of New York Harbor Katherine Walker passed Pier 66 mornings headed upriver to replace an extinguished navigation buoy north of the Cuomo BridgeBoston Marine’s Quenames had a Newburgh bound cargo on Tuesday, passing the anchoring Pocomoke.Pocomoke was seen Sunday as well, heading for a products terminal south of Albany with cargo.A 590’ bulk ship Patagonia passed through heading for Albany and arriving from Northern Europe, with wheat for the grain facility a possible cargo.Kristy Ann/RTC 80 left anchorage near Edgewater Monday and headed for the Upper Bay.Erin Elizabeth came down from Coeymans on Monday with piping on deck barges which she appeared to deliver to the Weeks yard in BayonneErin headed back north the next day with the barges light.A foreign flagged products tanker came down from Albany, low in the water, Quebec bound and possibly loaded with ethanol.A Coast Guard MH-65 dolphin came up the North River Tuesday, probably on a patrol from their Atlantic City base.Dace Reinauer and RTC 83 came through with an Albany bound cargo.
[…] old Udalls Cove barge was called out of reserve last week to service the North River sewage plant (see September 10 update), the plant was back to being serviced by tanker again Monday, with the Red Hook doing the honors […]
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