Category: Uncategorized
-
Winter takes another bite
Winter returned with vengeance on Sunday and Monday, and daytime activity on the river has been light. A Vane Brothers tug made an early run up to Yonkers on Monday without a barge. Seagulls foraged for crabs at low tide in the lee of the 59th Street Sanitation pier.
-
Baltimore chop
The Timothy Reinauer came through this morning, heading up the Hudson with a loaded barge, and AIS trackers indicate this trip originated in Baltimore. This is relatively unusual flow as most fuel cargos that head up the Hudson are loaded at the pipeline and refinery terminals located on the Jersey side of the Arthur Kill.…
-
The trend is your friend
Temperatures continue to trend warmer, giving us hope that the worst of winter is behind us. The photo below shows the sun setting behind the Galaxy Apartments in Guttenberg New Jersey. The three Galaxy buildings went up in 1976, among the earliest towers built on that side of the river. The main entrances to the…
-
Warmer Wednesday
Weather related backlogs seem to be clearing and traffic was quieter Wednesday. Reinauer Transportation kept its Articulated Tug/Barge (ATB) crews busy. ATBs are a married pair of a tug and a barge with a mechanical connection which means they do not have to be lashed together with lines as in more traditional setups. Reinauer’s Nicole…
-
Hauling sludge
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) operates a fleet of 5 small tankers that can frequently be seen in the waterways around the city. The tankers transport residual solids that remain after wastewater has been treated (called sludge) between city sewage treatment plants. The city operates 14 wastewater treatment plants but only…
-
A hint of spring
The sun came out for a bit on Tuesday, temperatures rose, and activity on the river picked up considerably. Dawn brought the arrival of the Norwegian Gem, returning from a Caribbean cruise. The Gem was joined shortly after arriving by a Vane Brothers tug and fuel barge for refueling or bunkering ahead of the next…
-
Monday fog
The fog is back on the river and traffic is light. A Vanes Brothers tug pushed a loaded oil products tanker up from the Arthur Kill heading for Albany around midday. The only tug at anchor remains the Unico Commodities Teresa, anchored up in the West 90s. With her unusual Liberian registration and empty asphalt…
-
Sugar, sugar
The Balsa 85 freighter sailed up the river on the flood tide this morning, heading for Yonkers with a load of sugar from the Dominican Republic. A sugar refinery has stood on the banks of the Hudson in Yonkers for over a 100 years, and currently processes sugar for the Domino brand, refining the raw…
-
Not all ducks are the same
These residents of the 79th Street Boat Basin are not Mallards. I’m told by Manhattan Bird Alert that they are hybrid domestic birds, not wild breeds at all, probably released into the wild some time ago. They have apparently made their home at the boat basin for years, but with all the boats now gone,…
-
Highway in the sky
Military aircraft use the Hudson as a kind of sky highway for moving north at low altitudes. On Sunday, this Marine King Stallion flew past NYC at 300 feet. The chopper originated at McGuire Airforce Base in Lakehurst NJ which hosts a Marine reserve aviation logistics unit, and flew up the river into Dutchess County,…
North River Notes 