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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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Business trip
Mary Turecamo passed down the North River in Sunday afternoon rain, running light on her way back to the harbor. Mary was coming from assist work up north, helping the bulk ship Amis Wisdom VI which had called on Port of Coeymans last week navigate from Catskill NY to Hyde Park. See Glenn Raymo post…
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Summer activities
A 35-foot NYPD Harbor Patrol launch assisted a jet skier on the North River off 69th Street as temperatures topped 80 degrees on Saturday afternoon. In the background, a J80 sailboat headed downriver close hauled with a reefed mainsail.
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Sugar express
The last day of April found Dann Marine’s East Coast arriving from Florida with the Sugar Express barge on the wire. The barge was loaded with a cargo of domestic raw crystals headed for the refinery in Yonkers. Coming soon to a table near you.
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Late goslings
I always like to record the first goslings I see every spring on the North River. April 30 is later than I have seen them begin to appear in the past and this is the only family I’ve seen so far—perhaps the harsh winter or the bird flu took a toll or the windy spring…
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