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Sugar Express running local
A cargo of Florida sugar moved up the North River towards Yonkers Wednesday on the Sugar Express barge with the East Coast tug pushing. The Express was moving slowly against a ripping ebb tide bolstered by melting ice up north. But there was probably no rush, as the bulk ship which arrived at the plant…
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Exploration
Rowan M. McAllister, vintage 1981 and not generally seen heading upriver, ran light past the bridge Thursday. Rowan went only as far as around Dobbs Ferry before heading back to the harbor, but the next day came back up, I believe with a tanker barge.
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Five for twelve
Buchanan 5 appears to be filling in for Buchanan 12 on the daily Clinton Point quarry run. Five was towing her empty hoppers astern as she headed back north Tuesday morning, which is not a configuration we see very often for tows heading upriver. Meanwhile, 12 appears to be at Caddell’s Dry Dock currently. Hoppers…
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Returning to the front
Coast Guard Cutter Hawser was heading back to ice breaking operations up north after some time at her Bayonne base. Both Hawser and the other 65-foot harbor tug based in Bayonne have been busy keeping the channel and terminal piers clear of ice for barges this winter, along with the larger 140-foot ice breakers. Albany…
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Ice protection
The ice breaking dolphins protecting the North River water treatment plant were working as designed Friday as Vane Brothers tug Fort Schuyler headed north with the loaded DS-53 barge en route to a pier by a power plant north of Newburgh.
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Add salt
The Panama-flagged bulk ship Bulk Valor moved up the North River Tuesday en route to the Port of Coeymans. The 625-foot bulker was arriving from the Mediterranean carrying much needed road salt as local press up north has reported tight supplies amid persistent icy cold conditions.
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Pilot on board
A Sandy Hook pilot boarded the transatlantic sail freighter Gran de Sail 2 at anchor in the North River Tuesday. The Coast Guard sometimes requires pilots aboard foreign flag ships anchored in the harbor during high wind conditions, and with gusts over 30 knots all day, that may have been the case Tuesday. The 167-foot…
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Big unit
Early Friday, the Meredith Reinauer/RTC 150 ATB came part way up the North River as far as the cruise terminal on the way back from Providence. The unit executed an impressively tight u-turn mid-river and headed for the company’s Kill van Kull yard. The Meredith Reinauer/RTC 150 combination is, I believe, one of the biggest…
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At work in the fog
Fog moved over the North River Thursday as temperatures warmed up. A pair of Army Corps of Engineers boats worked to corral a piece of lumber in the afternoon, helping keep the river clear of hazards to navigation in poor visibility.
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Cement in the snow
Dann tug Treasure Coast had a snow-crusted barge with a cargo of cement manufactured at the Holcim plant in Ravena, NY. Treasure came down the North River early Wednesday heading for the distribution terminal in Flushing Bay.
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Back to Yonkers
Ruby Coast ran light up the North River on Saturday afternoon. Ruby was returning from visiting the facilities on the Kill van Kull, rejoining a sugar barge left tied up at the refinery in Yonkers. She passed the Kirby Cape Hatterals/DBL 81 ATB anchored off North Bergen.
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Pushing and pulling
Dann Marine’s Chesapeake Coast came up the North River with the Chesapeake barge loaded on Wednesday and anchored north of the bridge. Friday afternoon, the crew configured for towing astern and headed for the Narrows and out of town, heading south. By Saturday morning they are clearing Cape May.
North River Notes 