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Cooking with gas
It has been busy month for foreign flag cargo vessels on the North River, as already noted in yesterday’s post. These tankers and bulk ships can bring imports from overseas or collect material in Coeymans or Albany for export, but can not move cargo between U.S. ports. On Tuesday, the small Swedish flag products tanker…
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Export/Import
Trade wars may be raging but it has been a busy two weeks for foreign-flagged cargo ships coming up the North River bringing imports or collecting exports up north. On Friday afternoon, Diamond Sky, a 625-foot Malta-flagged bulk ship passed the towers of Fort Lee and the Englewood Cliffs where leaves are just starting to…
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A glimpse into a possible future for the Manhattan Cruise Terminal
The piers of the Manhattan cruise terminal could extend significantly further into the Hudson River some day. Preliminary plans for an upgraded facility call for a 650-foot extension, adding about 60% to the length of the current 1,000 foot piers. The new preliminary proposal was presented by New York City’s Economic Development Corporation to Manhattan…
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The Cable Guy
Work continues off Spuyten Duyvil on the Champlain Hudson Power Express cable which will soon bring hydro generated power from Quebec down to New York City. The cable makes a turn off the Hudson at this spot, running down the Harlem River to its terminus in Astoria. Last week HOS Mystique was working at the…
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Ave Maria
The bulk ship Maria came up the North River Friday, heading for the Port of Coeymans though she would spend some time at Hyde Park anchorage before arriving there. Iskenderun, Turkey was her previous foreign port of call and this ship may be coming to load scrap metal for export back to Turkey or possibly…
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Navy above
A Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter made several loops up the North River last week on what was presumably a training flight originating somewhere in South Jersey. The MH-60S is a multi-mission navy helicopter based on the same platform as the Army’s Black Hawk. Monday is the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy.
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Lisa Lisa
The tug Vinik No. 6 came down the North River Friday afternoon with the sludge barge Lisa in tow, heading for Newark Bay. New York City’s DEP continues to employ the privately owned barge to make occasional pick ups at the North River water treatment plant as well as the Owl’s Head plant in Bay…
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To and from the old quarry
Norfolk Tug’s George Holland came up the North River Wednesday with a light hopper barge heading for the Clinton Point quarry near Poughkeepsie. George passed Buchanan12 on one whistle off North Bergen, coming down from the same quarry with her daily float of loaded stone hoppers. B12 leaves her loaded hoppers at moorings off Jersey…
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At the watering hole
The Gateway Tunnel cofferdam work site off Hoboken is for marine photography a bit like what I imagine the watering hole is on a wildlife safari. An…er…diverse assortment of tugs are out there on any given day, representing most of the local and locally active towing lines, other than those dedicated to moving petroleum or…
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Back again
The Thomas Dann was back on the North River on Friday morning, returning from Rhode Island with the deck barge CBC Savannah on the wire and heading for the Port of Coeymans. Thomas has been making periodic trips upriver, picking up equipment for wind turbines, perhaps manufactured by GE Vernova in Syracuse, and bringing it…
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At the cofferdam
New York State Marine Highway Transportation’s tug Nathan G was among several vessels working at the Gateway Tunnel cofferdam site on Tuesday morning. A day later, the Federal government announced it was withholding billions of dollars in funding for this project as well as the Second Avenue Subway tunnel. The news create uncertainty for the…
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Fill ‘er up
The Vane Brothers tug Fells Point arrived on the North River on Tuesday with a fuel barge for delivery alongside the cruise ship Allura. Space on the water is compressed by the camera lens, so the sail boat and barge in the third photo are much further apart than they appear in the third photo,…
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Horse of a different color
The cargo ship BBC Rhine came up the North River Sunday at midday, heading for the Port of Albany. The ship’s hull does not have the usual blue coat of paint we normally see on the BBC Chartering fleet, but the stern is more familiar looking blue. This ship also has a large structure built…
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