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.
On Wednesday afternoon at slack tide, Genesis Energy’s Spirit brought barge GM 11105 up the North River as far as Guttenberg. They were shadowed by Genesis Glory, which is the tug we normally see paired with this barge. Spirit maneuvered the barge around and headed back for the harbor, still shadowed by Glory. Don’t know why they did this, perhaps testing out a new tug/barge pairing (just a guess). According to tugboatinformation.com, Genesis acquired Spirit last year.
North River Notes 
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