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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.

A little more sugar please

The small Panama flagged bulk ship Century Royal came up the North River Thursday afternoon with a cargo of Mexican sugar loaded in Veracruz and heading for the Domino refinery in Yonkers. On the way up, the ship passed the anchored Vane tug Pocomoke with a loaded looking barge, seemingly killing some time before heading for a destination out on the Sound.

Passing the anchored tug Pocomoke with a heavy barge

Ellen McAllister came up from her usual territory in the harbor and preceded the 450-foot bulker upriver to provide assistance with docking (4th photo).

Ellen McAllister heading up for docking assistance

The Yonkers sugar plant more often receives domestic sugar cargos by barge, but also takes periodic imported shipments from by foreign flag ship. The 100+ year-old refinery is set to close before the end of the is year which means this could be one of the last such ships we see heading for Yonkers.

Daniel Katzive

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