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Hatches open
The Hong Kong flagged bulk ship Silhouette Island headed for sea and her next port of call Norfolk at sunset on Tuesday after departing Coeymans the day before. She had several hatch covers partly open for venting or cleaning holds. Don’t know what cargo she discharged up there.
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Clearwater revival
The Hudson River sloop Clearwater has been spending some time tied up at the 79th Street Boat Basin’s A Dock in between some public sails the group has been running out of Dyckman Street Marina further north. The relatively recently rebuilt A Dock remains accessible even as the rest of the Boat Basin Marina is…
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The fleet is back, but no flat top
The Fleet Week parade of ships was a somewhat more subdued affair this year relative to the recent past, perhaps a reflection of a navy that has been very busy offshore. There was no flattop LHD this year, but we did get Amphibious Transport Dock USS New York and Landing Ship Dock USS Oak Hill.…
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Get ready for the fleet
Stasinos tug Charles James came up the North River against a ripping ebb near the Gateway coffer dam worksite on Tuesday morning. Charles was heading for the cruise terminal where work is underway ahead of the arrival of Fleet Week ships Wednesday. After a few hours, Charles headed back to the harbor.
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Morning fishing
An osprey, not often seen on this section of the estuary, was fishing on the North River near the Boat Basin Marina on Friday morning with the apartment buildings of North Bergen in backdrop.
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Moving metal
Carver towboat Erin Elizabeth cut through Friday morning fog with a load of scrap metal from up north. Erin was heading for the scrap dock in Newark where a Turkish-flagged bulk ship was loading metal for export probably back to Turkey. Perhaps the molecules will return to us one day as rebar or some other…
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More cement
Spring is a busy time in the cement transportation business. On Tuesday, Coral Coast was back on the North River, moving a cargo of cement manufactured in Ravenna NY to a distribution terminal on Flushing Bay in Queens. By Thursday morning, Coral was already back in Ravenna, picking up a new cargo.
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Along for the ride
Stasinos tug Charles James came up the North River early Tuesday with a CMT hopper barge and the CMT tug Helen, I think not under power, lashed alongside the tow. I believe they were heading back to the Port of Coeymans.
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Visit from Mexico
The Mexican navy training ship ARM Cuauhtémoc arrived in New York Harbor on Tuesday. Visiting tall ships sometimes come up to dock on the end of North River Pier 86 but Cuauhtémoc stayed right at buoy 1 and headed up the East River to dock at South Street Seaport.
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Arriving from Sweden
The 387-foot Dutch-flagged cargo ship Trade Navigator moved up the North River in Monday morning rain bound for the Port of Albany. Previous port was Vallvik, Sweden which makes wood pulp or another lumber product a probable cargo. In the photo, the ship is passing an inbound Edgewater ferry off North Bergen.
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Visit from the French navy
The French navy dropped in for a visit to NYC Wednesday, with the amphibious assault ship Mistral, one of three in the French fleet, and the frigate Surcouf tieing up on the south side of Pier 88. The ships are about half way through a five month training mission making a clockwise circuit around the…
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