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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…
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Dredge we must
Maintenance dredging got underway last week in Haverstraw Bay and on Friday Haugland Group’s Everly Mist passed down the North River with a scow on the wire loaded with spoils heading for the dump site off Atlantic Highlands. Meanwhile, Dann Ocean’s Comet came north returning after making the same trip. According to the Army Corps…
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Three Forty Three
FDNY Fireboat Three Forty Three was one of the leaders of the Sail4th 250 tall ship parade on Independence Day this year. The Marine 1 vessel, which returned from a period in dry dock at Brooklyn Navy Yard just in time to participate in the festivities, is named for the number of FDNY firefighters who…
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Another new cutter
The Coast Guard’s newest Fast Response Cutter, the Jeffrey Palazzo, arrived at North River Pier 86 (the Intrepid pier) on Wednesday ahead of a commissioning ceremony scheduled for Saturday. FRC 1163 is named for an FDNY firefighter and Coast Guard reservist who perished on September 11, one of 10 members of Staten Island-based Rescue 5…
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On the Thames
NOT THE NORTH RIVER: A trip through New London, CT found the Stasinos tug Meaghan Marie heading out of the harbor with a hopper barge. I believe she was going back and forth lightering salt off a bulk ship in from Egypt and anchored just offshore. I saw Meaghan working on the North River a…
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Erin and Mackenzie
Carver Marine towboat Erin Elizabeth was southbound on the North River on Sunday, New York Harbor-bound with a pair of hopper barges in tow and accompanied by the tug Mackenzie Rose. Mackenzie made no wake and may not have been under power for the trip.
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Reposting: Working on the River
Not all the photos in yesterday’s post came through on the site. I am republishing in a different format. Apologies for the duplicative email. NorthRiverBlog is mostly about machines and cargo. Of course it takes people to run these machines, but humans can be hard to capture from the vantage points I tend to shoot…
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Working on the North River
Labor Day Special: NorthRiverBlog is mostly about machines and cargo. Of course it takes people to run these machines, but humans can be hard to capture from the vantage points I tend to shoot from, and I know that not everyone is crazy about seeing a camera pointed at them while they are trying to…
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Logistics
Haugland Logistics tug Lily Anne was back on the North River again on Friday, passing Port Imperial with a pair of deck barges. Lily was heading for the company’s Tomkins Cove logistics terminal north of Haverstraw.
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Another Rose
The Anna Rose/RCM 225 ATB came up the North River on Friday with a products cargo headed for Albany. Based on AIS track, I believe the cargo may have been lightered off the tanker Solar Katherine anchored in the Upper Bay, which in turn appears to have arrived from Norway’s refinery at Morgstad. Anna/RCM 225…
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Back from Boston
The Dean Reinauer/RTC 106 ATB, one of the bigger Reinauer units in the 100,000 barrel capacity range, came up the North River on Monday upon returning to New York Harbor from a run up to Boston. Dean took anchorage off the Boat Basin and remains there Wednesday morning.
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The Udalls Cove rides again
Today brought a rare visitor to the North River: the DEP sludge barge Udalls Cove, which I last saw on the North River in September 2024. The high capacity barge dates back to the days when residual solids were dumped offshore and is now rarely used, generally sitting moored in reserve at the Wards Island…
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Summer cement
Dann Marine tugs were moving cement barges in both directions on the North River on the final Saturday of August. The 4,860 HP Sapphire Coast came south from the Ravenna, NY plant with a loaded barge en route to Providence via the offshore route. A bit later, the 3,000 HP Coral Coast was heading north…
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Staying in focus
Corrected typo: draft decreasedThe bulk ship Orient Focus, 620 feet long and Portugal flagged, came down the North River in ballast Saturday morning heading for sea after departing the Sims Metal dock in Albany. The bulker’s reported draft increased decreased while in port and, having arrived there from northern Chile, she may have discharged a…
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Back on local waters
Haugland Group’s 1,800 HP tug Lily Anne is northbound on the North River Saturday morning, running light and perhaps heading for the company’s materials handling port on Tompkins Cove near Haverstraw. The tug has been far ranging over the past week, having been at Rhode Island’s Davisville Port as recently as Monday and come up…
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State of Maine
NOT THE NORTH RIVER: A visit to coastal Maine found some vessels similar to occasional visitors to the North River. The Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship State of Maine was in residence at the school’s dock in Castine. The ship is a sister to our local SUNY Maritime vessel the Empire State and was in…
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