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Going out like a lamb
A clear and windy Thursday saw Morgan Reinauer with RTC 103 and Saint Emilion with tank barge A87 anchored in the North River about 1/2 mile apart from each other and about 4 miles south of the GW Bridge. They both stopped here on the way back to the harbor from products deliveries in Albany. Morgan is a 3900 HP tug launched in 1981, while the Saint is 4800 HP and launched in 2008.
Earlier in the week, the Barney Turecamo/Georgia ATB, a big one with 5,100 HP on the tug and 427-foot barge, left anchorage off Yonkers on Monday and passed Port Imperial en route to the Upper Bay.
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On the hip in heavy winds
Dann’s Coral Coast had a light cement barge on the hip in heavy winds on the North River on Saturday. Coral was bringing the barge back to the Holcim plant in Ravenna NY for more product after unloading at terminals in NY Harbor. The Ravenna plant is the only cement plant still operating on the Hudson, though a former plant in Cementon NY has been converted into an import terminal served by foreign flag bulk ships.
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Passing by
Poling-Cutler tug Marilyn George spent some time anchored on the North River last week with the barge Edwin A. Poling. On Sunday they were passed by colleagues on Kimberly Poling returning to the harbor with barge Noelle Cutler.
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See a tug, think ship
Moran tugs running light up the North River usually singnal there is some action coming at the wallboard plant in Buchanan NY. Sure enough, a few hours after Mary Turecamo passed by Sunday, the 656-foot bulk ship Eastern Venture came through, Buchanan-bound with a cargo of Spanish gypsum, the principal raw material in wallboard. The plant gets about 12 ships a year and, together with the sugar refinery in Yonkers and a small oil products terminal in Peekskill, is one of the only remaining users of Westchester’s deep water shoreline for maritime transportation. In addition to Mary, Kimberly Turecamo also helped dock the ship.
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Punching the clock
The Army Corps of Engineers driftwood collection vessel Gelberman exited the North River after a patrol on Wednesday. Gelberman was passing the office towers and Colgate Clock of Paulus Hook in Jersey City, the former site of Colgate-Palmolive’s HQ and factory complex until the 1980s. Container cranes in Bayonne are visible in the distance.
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New and old, big and small, heavy and light
The first day of spring brought warm moist air and fog to the North River. The B. Franklin Reinauer/ RTC 81 ATB (4000 HP tug launched in 2012, 347 foot barge) was heading for Albany with a products cargo and passed Stephen Reinauer with RTC 61 who had anchored off West New York on the way back from Newburgh (2900 HP 1970 vintage tug, 311 foot barge).
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Brant season
It’s a sign of spring when Brant geese arrive on the North River, which they do every year around this time. These were spotted on Thursday near Pier 51.
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Unusual tow
Stasinos tug John Joseph had an interesting tow as they visited the mouth of the North River Wednesday. They were bringing the 87-foot Coast Guard cutter Finback down to Baltimore from points north and made a loop as far up as Pier 25 after coming down the Sound, through the Gate, and around the Battery and before heading out through the Narrows, perhaps waiting for congestion to clear under the bridge. Finback is normally based in Maine and must need some repair at the Coast Guard yard in Baltimore. By Thursday morning, they are rounding Cape May and heading for the C&D Canal.
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Deck barge heading north
Haugland Group towboat Emma Rose came up the North River early Tuesday, passing Weehawken with a Weeks Company deck barge, heading for Port of Coeymans.
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Off to load
Vane Brothers tug Patuxent left anchorage north of the GW Bridge with the DS-508 tank barge Monday afternoon and headed down the North River, en route to Perth Amboy to load a new cargo. They are passing the cliffs of North Bergen NJ in the photos.
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.
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