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Meanwhile, at the dam
Stasinos Marine tug Toula C, was back on the North River this week working at the Gateway Tunnel cofferdam off Pier 66. Toula C was first seen on the North River delivering a barge at the 69th Street Transfer bridge restoration project a few weeks ago and then a week later working on the Pier…
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Survey says!
The Army Corps of Engineers survey vessel Dobrin was on the North River quite a bit in late July. As the screen shot from MarineTraffic shows, they were doing survey work north of the GW Bridge. Dobrin was also spotted retrieving a hazard from the North River off Hudson Yards during that period.
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Moving cement
A lot of cement was moving down the North River last week from the Amrize plant (formerly Lafarge) in the Town of Coeymans near Ravenna, some of it heading for out-of-town terminals. Dann Marine tug Sapphire Coast made two runs at least and we saw Pearl Coast as well. As of Monday morning, Sapphire appears…
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Welcome back
The Greek-flagged cable laying vessel Ariadne is back on the North River for the first time in a while, after I believe spending most of this year working in the North Sea or Baltic. She is returning for the final construction stages of the Champlain Hudson Power Express, a cable which will bring much-needed hydro-generated…
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Back for more?
Thomas Dann came up the North River Friday afternoon, returning from Rhode Island with the wide deck barge CBC Savannah. Thomas was heading for Albany, perhaps to load the barge with more wind turbine parts similar to what this pair brought down river earlier this week.
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Pier Pressure
Stasinos tug Toula C, last seen two weeks ago delivering a barge to the 69th Street Transfer Bridge restoration project, was back on the North River Thursday, maneuvering barges with Patricia Jean at Pier 94. Workers were putting the final touches on the facade of the rebuilt pier which was once part of the ship…
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Heading for harbor
Miriam Moran passed Pier A and Wagner Park and exited the North River Wednesday evening after assisting the Bermuda-bound cruise ship Insignia leaving the dock at Pier 90 at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. Pier A, built on masonry footings rather than wood pilings, dates back to the 1880s and is the oldest remaining pier on…
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Working Westchester
Waterfronts in Westchester were working Wednesday. A pair of Moran tugs returned to the harbor in the morning after assisting a bulk ship loaded with Spanish gypsum docking at the wallboard plant in Buchanan, NY. In the first photo, Topaz Coast is also visible with a dry bulk barge, holding position off Edgewater and waiting…
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Off station
Sandy Hook Pilots station boat number 2, the New Jersey, made an unusual trip up the North River and continued up as far as Haverstraw Bay on Monday. In summer months, this boat is usually stationed offshore around Ambrose Light as a base for pilots joining arriving ships and leaving departing ships. There is no…
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Paper chase
Trito Navigator was inbound on the North River Thursday evening, heading for the Port of Albany. The small 8,137 deadweight ton bulk ship was arriving from Vallvik, Sweden with a cargo of wood pulp for paper mills up north.
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Entering canal service
The brand new New York State Canal Corp tug Thomas X Grasso arrived on the North River last week from her birthplace at Blount Boatworks in Rhode Island. According to Tugster’s Will Van Dorp, this is the first new build tug to enter service on the canals since the 1930s. Thomas wears New York State’s…
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Pick up
The Antigua flagged heavy lift ship BBC Eagle came up the North River Friday morning, passing the Lincoln Tunnel vents and heading for the Port of Albany. I believe they will load some heavy GE equipment for export overseas.
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Farewell to Florida?
A small Air Force jet flew a series of loops up the Hudson to Tappen Zee and back to the Battery while en route from Clarksburg WV to Stewart Airport in Newburgh on Monday. I believe this is a T-1a training jet based in Pensacola, though I read that these jets are no longer going…
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Blue crab blues
Blue crabs live in the mud at the bottom of the North River. Fisherpeople on Pier i bring them up using traps baited with raw chicken, as was the case with this one caught last week. NYS DEC’s minimum size for a keeper is 4.5 inches and this one was thrown back. The NYS Dept…
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Have that removed
Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker, the Keeper of NY Harbor, came down the North River Thursday, returning to her Bayonne base with Hudson River lighted buoys 3, 11, and 13 on deck. A Coast Guard notice says the three buoys, one of which normally marks the west side of the main channel off Riverdale and…
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Coming and going
Activity continues in stops and starts at the 69th Street Transfer Bridge restoration project. On Monday, Jessica Francis, a small 25-foot tug came down from Verplanck to remove a small spud barge. Three days later, the much bigger Toula C arrived with the Hughes 280 barge loaded with a crane and other equipment. The construction…
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A little more sugar
Dann Marine’s Topaz Coast had the dry bulk barge Montville on the wire heading for sea Tuesday evening after discharging sugar at the Yonkers refinery. This cargo appears to have come up from the Gulf coast rather than Florida and the tow was heading back there now. Dann Ocean’s Captain Dann ran light up to…
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