New York State exports, both foreign and domestic, were moving down the North River this weekend after leaving the Port of Ablany. The Antigua-flagged superstructure-forward cargo ship BBC Bremen passed through after sundown Saturday, I believe loaded with components for onshore wind installations manufactured by GE Vernova in Schenectady and headed for Australia via the Panama Canal. It was too dark for my usual SLR but iPhone magic and some Lightroom editing allowed me to get a shot.

The next morning we saw the tug Mr. Goldie heading back to the Gulf of Mexico in better light with a GE generator lashed to the deck of the CBC 4508 barge. The Hudson River marine highway continues to link upstate New York to interstate and international trade just as it has since the Industrial Revolution and, for farm products and fur, since well before that.