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Spuyten Duyvil
The Reinauer Twins/RTC 104 ATB (4,000 HP tug with a 413’ barge) passed the Henry Hudson Bridge and the Amtrak swing bridge over Spuyten Duyvil on a hazy Sunday aftteroon, leaving what I consider the upper limits North River (though the name is applied by some to the entire length of the Hudson to Albany…
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Chilean Salt with Chinese flag
The 620-foot bulk ship Sheng Ping Hai was headed for sea Friday afternoon after discharging a cargo of Chilean road salt at the Port of Coeymans earlier in the week. The administration has a proposal under consideration to levy significant port fees on Chinese flagged and operated vessels like this one which could change logistics…
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On the hip in heavy winds
Dann’s Coral Coast had a light cement barge on the hip in heavy winds on the North River on Saturday. Coral was bringing the barge back to the Holcim plant in Ravenna NY for more product after unloading at terminals in NY Harbor. The Ravenna plant is the only cement plant still operating on the…
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See a tug, think ship
Moran tugs running light up the North River usually singnal there is some action coming at the wallboard plant in Buchanan NY. Sure enough, a few hours after Mary Turecamo passed by Sunday, the 656-foot bulk ship Eastern Venture came through, Buchanan-bound with a cargo of Spanish gypsum, the principal raw material in wallboard. The…
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Punching the clock
The Army Corps of Engineers driftwood collection vessel Gelberman exited the North River after a patrol on Wednesday. Gelberman was passing the office towers and Colgate Clock of Paulus Hook in Jersey City, the former site of Colgate-Palmolive’s HQ and factory complex until the 1980s. Container cranes in Bayonne are visible in the distance.
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Brant season
It’s a sign of spring when Brant geese arrive on the North River, which they do every year around this time. These were spotted on Thursday near Pier 51.
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Unusual tow
Stasinos tug John Joseph had an interesting tow as they visited the mouth of the North River Wednesday. They were bringing the 87-foot Coast Guard cutter Finback down to Baltimore from points north and made a loop as far up as Pier 25 after coming down the Sound, through the Gate, and around the Battery…
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Ag products
The Greek-flagged tanker Irini came up the North River Thursday, headed for the Port of Albany where she tied up by the feed terminal there. AIS shows port of origin as Novorossiysk Russia and an intermediate stop in Fairless Hills on the Delaware. The routing suggests fertilizer or another agricultural product like molasses as possible…
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Morning prospect
Monday morning saw the Army Corps driftwood collector tug Gelberman southbound on the North River. A Reinauer ATB was anchored south of the bridge on the right and the Edgewater ferry was also visible southbound on the left. Inbound truck traffic was heavy on the upper level of the bridge, and the old convent is…
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Moving equipment
The tug William Brewster brought an equipment barge from the mid-channel coffer dam site off North River Pier 66 back to the Weeks yard in Jersey City on Tuesday. Weeks teams continue to work on the riverbed stabilization project in preparation for boring the Gateway rail tunnel under the river.
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Born in the 60s
Ellen McAllister, launched in 1967, came down the North River Monday running light and passing the Palisades Hospital in North Bergen. Ellen was returning to the harbor after helping to dock a bulk ship which had arrived at the Yonkers sugar house with a cargo of raw sugar from the Dominican Republic just before sunrise.
North River Notes 