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Farewell Domino
A Panama-flagged bulk ship passed the Dyckman Street Marina on Wednesday evening, heading for sea after discharging a cargo of Dominican sugar in Yonkers. This week brought sad news that the 100-year old plant would shut down by the end of this year, ending the tenure of one of the few remaining marine highway users…
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Transfer bridge restoration underway
Work is finally getting underway on the project to restore the old New York Central transfer bridge at West 69th Street. A pair of barges were delivered Wednesday and workers were setting up on Thursday morning. For more on the project, see my article in West Side Rag from October 2024 (see article).
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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…
North River Notes 