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.
Cement has been moving on the North River this week. Just after sunrise Tuesday, Coral Coast brought a loaded cement transporter barge down from the Holcim plant in Ravenna (formerly known as the Lafarge plant in Ravenna). They were heading for the terminal on Flushing Bay.Just 12 hours earlier at sunset Monday, Pearl Coast came the other direction with an empty cement transporter barge heading back up to the plant.Carver Marine Towing’s Mackenzie Rose came down from the company’s Coeymans port facility Monday with a high-sided hopper loaded with stone. They headed for the Greenville flats off Jersey City.After the DEP’s 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 though three of the agency’s five tankers appear to remain off line.The Army Corps Of Engineers patrol boat Moritz made the rounds Monday.The Reinauer Twins/RTC 104 ATB, one of the the larger Reinauer combinations based in New York, returned to the harbor after delivering product in Albany and Newburgh.On Tuesday, the similarly sized Janice Ann/RTC 103 was heading north with a cargo, passing DonJon’s Mary Alice with a mud scow.Harley Marine’s Robert IV returned to the harbor Monday after a trip upriver.DonJon Marine’s Paul Andrew was standing by at the DSNY’s Pier 99 transfer facility for waste paper on Tuesday.A bit further south by Pier 90, another DonJon crew on the tug Mary Alice and the dredge Delaware Bay were commencing seasonal dredging operations for the cruise terminal.Further south again on Pier 88, DonJon’s Atlantic Enterprise waited with an empty mud scow in reserve for the dredgers with Norwegian Joy looming on the north side of the pier.Joy was being refueled with help from Vane’s Cape Fear as passengers disembarked. Joy is making cruises up to Quebec City through September before resuming Bermuda runs in October.
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