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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.

Tough morning

Temperatures were hovering around 5 Fahrenheit and winds were gusting above 30 knots just after sunrise on Sunday February 8 as Franklin Reinauer left the relative shelter of the North River anchorage with the RTC 42 barge and headed for the harbor, passing the much larger Reinauer Twins/RTC 104 ATB still at anchor.

Franklin, rated at 2,100 HP, is Reinauer’s smallest tug and one of the company’s few non ATB units, while RTC 42 is 300 feet long and can carry over 40,000 barrels of oil product. In contrast, the Twins has nearly twice the horsepower and the RTC 104 is over 400 feet long and has a more than 100,000 barrel capacity.

Eleven days later, conditions in New York Harbor are much more moderate. Franklin is docked at the Buckeye terminal in Sewaren on the Arthur Kill while the Twins are discharging cargo in Providence after first calling on Bridgeport yesterday.

Daniel Katzive

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