A Panama-flagged bulk ship passed the Dyckman Street Marina on Wednesday evening, heading for sea after discharging a cargo of Dominican sugar in Yonkers. This week brought sad news that the 100-year old plant would shut down by the end of this year, ending the tenure of one of the few remaining marine highway users in Westchester (the wallboard plant in Buchanan and a small oil products terminal in Peekskill are the others). The plant employs more than 300 people and receives about 40 deliveries per year, mostly barges from Florida but also some foreign-flagged bulk ships like this one.

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