The cargo ship BBC Sebastopol headed up the North River Thursday morning heading for the Port of Albany. These BBC ships are often heading north to load heavy equipment manufactured upstate for export, including products made by GE/GE Vernova in Schenectady but these also sometimes deliver heavy materials for projects being staged up north like the Champlain Hudson Power Express.

While Sebastopol was heading upriver, her fleet mate BBC Manila was at the dock in Albany loading a heavy export cargo. Sebastopol proceeded to Hyde Park anchorage where she is still waiting Saturday morning while Manila dropped lines at midday Friday and is currently en route to Charleston, her next port of call, after passing Manhattan well after dark on Friday night.