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Lucy
The Lucy Reinauer/RTC 60 ATB unit, a 53-year old but significantly upgraded 4,300 HP tug paired with a 60,000 barrel barge, came up the North River in the rain on Sunday afternoon, passing the Gateway Tunnel worksite with a New York Harbor products cargo. They were headed for a terminal in Newburgh or Albany.
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New salt, old salt
Haugland Group tug Lily Anne and other Haugland tugs have been on the North River this past week ferrying what I believe is road salt lightered off a bulk ship in from Turkey anchored in the Upper Bay to the company’s small port in Tomkins Cove on Haverstraw Bay. Most of the salt we see…
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Another Rose by another name
The ATB formerly known as Susan Rose/RCM 252 was among the units sheltering in North River anchorages with cargos during at least part of the nor’ easter this past weekend. The former Bouchard, ex Rose Cay Maritime unit was acquired by Vane Brothers this year along with the Jordan Rose ATB and I believe two…
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Collect them all!
September brought a rare visitor to the North River, the Coast Guard 65-foot small harbor tug Cleat, who passed through on the way upstate on September 13 and coming the other direction on the way back to her base in New Haven on Monday this week. Cleat spent the intervening 2 weeks up around Saugerties…
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Cargo contrast
Two tankers were Albany-bound on the North River this week, both managed by the same shipping company and wearing the same livery but with very different cargos. The first, the 16,000 deadweight ton Bonita, was arriving from Honduras after first partially discharging cargo in Baltimore. Based on the port of origin and where she tied…
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Clean up, clean up
The Army Corps of Engineers drift collection vessel Hayward is hard at work on the North River in the lingering rain Monday morning. Heavy rains and tidal surge from the full moon nor’easter has brought lots of debris and hazards to navigation into the river. At the morning high tide, Hayward came cautiously inside the…
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Nor’easter coming
A trio of ATBs were at anchor on the North River at high tide slack Thursday morning as winds began to build ahead of the weekend nor’easter. From left to right in the photo, the Janice Ann Reinauer was off West 100th Street, Vane’s Charleston about a mile north, and Kirby’s Cape Canaveral about another…
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Moving a crane takes two
Marine Highway’s Maddie K and Henry Marine’s Pelham were working together on the North River Tuesday to move the big Weeks Marine 526 crane. The tugs brought the crane back from the Gateway Tunnel North River cofferdam work site to the Weeks yard on Jersey City’s Greenville shoreline.
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Cutters on the North River
Coast Guard ice breaker Penobscot Bay, a 140-foot Bay class cutter, came up the North River last week, passing West New York, the first time I have seen her since ice season. Cutter 107 traveled as far north as Irvington before heading back to her Bayonne base. This may have been a shakedown cruise ahead…
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Survey says!
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s survey vessel HSV Piping Plover was on the North River last week, the first time I have seen her this year. The Plover, which is equipped with water sampling and laboratory equipment, replaced an older vessel the HSV Osprey and facilitates the agency’s Harbor Survey program, regularly…
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North River Pelican
The R/V Pelican, a converted navy LCM-8/Mike Boat landing craft owned by Madeline Marine of Verplanck joined work on the North River West 69th Street Transfer Bridge restoration project this week. I have seen this boat a few times on the river over the years coming to and from job sites but not up close…
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Sail freight
The French sail freighter Grain de Sail II spent some time anchored on the North River upon arriving from her home port of Saint-Malo this week. This is the first time I have seen her since she came up here to shelter from a Nor’easter in December 2024. The 170-foot schooner makes five trips per…
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Moving on up
Haugland Group towboat Emma Rose, 20 years old and 1,700 HP, was northbound on the North River with hopper barges Tuesday, passing Riverside Park and the pre-war apartment buildings of Riverside Drive. Emma was heading for Haugland’s materials port in Tomkins Cove on Haverstraw Bay.
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More salt
The bulk ship Rangaku, 650 feet long and Liberia flagged, was northbound on the North River Monday morning headed for the Port of Coeymans. Rangaku was laden and arriving from Egypt, making salt a likely cargo.
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Moving mud
Maintenance dredging continues in Haverstraw Bay and tugs continue to come down the North River with barges on the wire loaded with spoils headed for the dumping grounds off Atlantic Highlands. In addition to the Everly Mist and Comet which I shared photos of Sunday, the tugs Kimberly C and Justine McAllister have also been…
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Collecting metal
The bulk ship Seastar Valiant came up the North River last week bound for the Port of Coeymans. The 590-foot vessel was in ballast on the way up and reported draft increased while at the pier so she likely loaded scrap metal for export up there. By Saturday she was on her way to the…
