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Below the cliffs, amidst the ice
The Vane Brothers tug Philadelphia and barge DS 601 have spent the past few days anchored amid the ice flows on the North River. In the photo, they are sitting below the cliffs of the Bergen Hill in North Bergen on Wednesday.
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Passing the clock
The Chios Sunrise, a 625-foot Marshall Islands-flagged bulk ship, entered the icy North River Thursday afternoon, passing Jersey City. She was bound for the wallboard plant in Buchanan, NY with a cargo of gypsum loaded in Garrucha, Spain three weeks ago. The CertainTeed plant in Buchanan is one of two factories on the Westchester shoreline dependent upon marine transportation for their primary raw material, the other being the sugar refinery in Yonkers. The landmark 100-year old Colgate clock is visible in the first photo. The clock once topped the Colgate-Palmolive plant nearby before the factory was razed to make way for office towers.
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Moving through ice
NY State Marine Highway’s Nathan G moved up the North River through ice flows with a hopper barge Wednesday. This week has seen the most significant ice accumulation on the lower Hudson in years.
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Bulk from North Africa
The 655’ Hong Kong-flagged bulk ship Feng Shou Hai arrived on the North River Saturday from Algeria, heading for the Port of Coeymans with an unknown bulk cargo. The passed the Army Corp’s Gelberman on patrol for hazards to navigation.
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Ice, Ice Baby
There is ice on the Hudson this morning along the West Side of Manhattan, the first time in a few years we have seen this much. There has been plenty of ice up north for the past few weeks and the Coast Guard has been busy up there but it’s only now reaching us down here. This ice will have mainly formed up north and is getting brought south gradually with the ebb and flow of the river. Meanwhile, the ice breaker cutter Sturgeon Bay came by on Monday heading back north where its ice breaking services are needed after a visit to the Bayonne base.
Ice south of the Boat Basin 
The Englewood cliffs Monday morning after Sunday’s snow storm 
USCGC Sturgeon Bay passes Spuyten Duyvil heading back north ©2024 Daniel Katzive Uncategorized -
Working weekend
A new floating drydock constructed at the Feeney Shipyard in Kingston NY was brought down the North River Saturday evening by Stasinos Marine and delivered to its owners, Hughes Marine, at their base in Erie Basin. According to Hughes, this is possibly the first new drydock installed in Brooklyn in over 100 years. My nighttime photo is not great, but daytime shots can be seen on the Facebook feeds of Kevin Oldenburg, Glenn Raymo, and Hughes Marine.
The new drydock passes down the North River Saturday evening, heading for Erie Basin Stasinos tug Charles James, one of two tugs bringing the dock south, had a busy weekend. Shortly after arriving in Brooklyn from Kingston, Charles headed back north to Tarrytown where they collected a crane barge and brought it back through New York Harbor Sunday morning. They continued up through Hell Gate and stopped in at Bridgeport before continuing on to Fall River, arriving there early Monday.
Charles James with a crane barge collected in Tarrytown on Sunday after delivering the drydock on Saturday night. ©2024 Daniel Katzive Uncategorized -
Time on the river
Poling-Cutler’s Kristin Poling spent some time this week anchored off West New York with the barge Eva Leigh Cutler. Seen in the photo early Thursday with the Galaxy Apartments of Guttenberg in the background.
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Waiting for paper
Paul Andrew was standing by with a waste paper scow at DSNY’s Pier 99 transfer station on Tuesday morning. Waste paper collected in Manhattan is brought from here to a recycling mill on Staten Island along the Arthur Kill.
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Just visiting
Centerline’s Andrea paid a visit to the Con Ed fuel dock at North River Pier 98 on Tuesday morning. Possibly they were dropping off crew or equipment for the HMS 2605 barge which remains tied up there adjacent to the GCS 230 barge, holding back-up fuel for the 59th Street steam plant nearby.
HMS 2605 and GCS 230 at the Con Ed fuel dock after Andrea had departed. -
Staying local
The Centerline tank barge Long Island appeared loaded as it spent some time anchored with tug Hawsepiper on the North River earlier this week. The units came up from Bayway on the Arthur Kill and next headed for Bayonne’s IMTT.
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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