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Uncle Dace and the Twins
Dace Reinauer / RTC 62 came up the North River Sunday evening with a cargo heading for the Global Terminal in Newburgh as storms moved in. They passed the much newer and bigger Reinauer Twins / RTC 104 ATB at anchor off Guttenberg after a visit to the Sprague Terminal in Port Morris, the Bronx. Dace is vintage 1968 with 2,820 HP and a 311 foot barge. The Twins is a 4,000 HP 2011 built tug with a 413 foot barge.
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Monochrome
Rose Cay Maritime’s Susan Rose moved under the GW Bridge, passing the Little Red Lighthous northbound with a cargo for Rensselaer Thursday. By Sunday morning, she is back in New York Harbor.
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Ag products
The Greek-flagged tanker Irini came up the North River Thursday, headed for the Port of Albany where she tied up by the feed terminal there. AIS shows port of origin as Novorossiysk Russia and an intermediate stop in Fairless Hills on the Delaware. The routing suggests fertilizer or another agricultural product like molasses as possible cargos. At 50,000 deadweight tons and 600 feet in length, Irini is big by Hudson River standards though she seemed lightly loaded.
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Below the cliffs
Dann Marine’s Chesapeake Coast and the Chesapeake tank barge are anchored off Spuyten Duyvil this week, below the Englewood Cliffs section of the Palisades.
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Morning prospect
Monday morning saw the Army Corps driftwood collector tug Gelberman southbound on the North River. A Reinauer ATB was anchored south of the bridge on the right and the Edgewater ferry was also visible southbound on the left. Inbound truck traffic was heavy on the upper level of the bridge, and the old convent is visible on top of the Englewood Cliffs beyond the bridge.
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Moving equipment
The tug William Brewster brought an equipment barge from the mid-channel coffer dam site off North River Pier 66 back to the Weeks yard in Jersey City on Tuesday. Weeks teams continue to work on the riverbed stabilization project in preparation for boring the Gateway rail tunnel under the river.
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Born in the 60s
Ellen McAllister, launched in 1967, came down the North River Monday running light and passing the Palisades Hospital in North Bergen. Ellen was returning to the harbor after helping to dock a bulk ship which had arrived at the Yonkers sugar house with a cargo of raw sugar from the Dominican Republic just before sunrise.
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Two-way traffic
The Poling-Cutler line had cargo moving both directions on the North River last Monday (March 3). Evelyn Cutler was northbound for Albany with the loaded Noelle Cutler barge, and Kimberly Poling was southbound with Edward A. Poling with what appeared to be a rare cargo loaded in Newburgh heading for the harbor.
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What’s in that water?
The NYC DEP’s survey vessel HSV Osprey was on the North River this past week. The Osprey travels around the city’s 500 miles of waterways taking samples to regularly assess water quality and pollution.
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Salt delivery
Carver’s Helen came up the North River Thursday with a hopper barge loaded with, I believe, salt lightered off a bulk ship in from Egypt that was anchored in the Upper Bay. Road salt supplies up north have been much depleted by the harsh winter. They passed the anchored Reinauer Twins/ RTC 104 ATB, a good-sized unit with 413 feet on the barge which had returned from a New England run.
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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