Tag: ATB
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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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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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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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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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Picking up scrap
Strategic Spirit, a 610–foot Singapore flagged bulk ship came up the North River Wednesday morning. They were heading for the Sims Metal dock in Albany where they arrived Thursday afternoon and will presumably load scrap for export overseas. In the photo, they pass the Curtis Reinauer/RTC 82 ATB anchored off North Bergen.
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Janice Ann makes a quick visit
The Janice Ann Reinauer/RTC 103 combination caught the morning light as they made a wide turn with the ebb tide off North Bergen Monday morning. The ATB had made a brief detour up the North River on the way back from New Haven before turning and heading for the Kills and, probably, a new cargo…
North River Notes 