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A dean of the fleet
Liz Vinik came up the North River early Tuesday without a tow, heading for Newburgh. This is the first time I’ve seen this tug, which was built in Oyster Bay in 1962, making her one of the oldest tugs working in NY Harbor. According to tugboatinformation.com, her original name was Esso Maryland. On this trip,…
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Wind against tide
A 20-knot southwest wind was blowing straight up the North River on Thursday morning, creating some chop as it ran against the ebb tide. Cape Canaveral / DBL 101 left anchorage and headed for the Upper Bay.
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Coast Guard Friday
The Coast Guard was visiting the North River on Friday, with the 154-foot cutter Rollin Fritch, one of two based in Cape May, docked at the end of Pier 86 by the Intrepid for the weekend. Capturing the mast, the 25mm deck gun and the bow in one shot required my iPhone’s wide-angle lens. Meanwhile,…
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Extra help
Dann Ocean’s Thomas Dann has joined the DonJon Yonkers dredging work Friday morning, ferrying mud scows to the dump site off Highlands NJ.
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Visit from a dredge
Hardly a week has gone by this winter without a gale warning in NY Harbor and, as a result, we are seeing more variety of vessels visiting the sheltered North River than usual, albeit in less than ideal conditions for photography. Wednesday morning has brought the hopper dredge Ellis Island and her tug Douglas B…
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Stone beats scrap
Erin Elizabeth with a stone cargo overtook their Carver colleagues aboard Mister Jim pushing scrap on the North River en route to the harbor on Friday afternoon.
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Wine and chocalate
You never know what an offshore breeze will bring up the North River. The sail freighter Grain de Sail II is anchored off 72nd Street this morning ahead of gales expected later in the day, first time I have seen her. The ship makes two trips a year brining wine and chocolate from France to…
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Night moves
It was only 6 p.m. but DonJon’s J. Arnold Witte and Paul Andrew were in full December darkness Monday as they waited at the DSNY Pier 99 transfer station. Waste paper collected in Manhattan is brought from here to a recycling mill on the east shore of the Arthur Kill on Staten Island.
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Harbor Patrol on patrol
One of the Harbor Patrol’s 85’ scuba boats was on the North River Monday. The 10-year old, Detective Dillon Stewart 628 launch was passing the big flag on the Edgewater waterfront, heading north of the bridge.
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Dredging time
Seasonal maintenance dredging seems to be underway on the Yonkers waterfront. DonJon’s powerful Atlantic Salvor was towing a scow loaded with spoils out to the dump site off Highlands, NJ on Monday.
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Pre-Thanksgiving bulk
A second bulk ship in a week came up the North River heading for Coeymans on Monday before Thanksgiving. Eva Istanbul was arriving from the Mediterranean with unknown cargo.
North River Notes 