Tag: bulkers
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Sweet Monday
A cargo of sugar arrived on the North River from the Dominican Republic just after sunrise on Monday morning aboard the Panama-flagged bulker Century Melody. They were heading for the refinery in Yonkers. The plant there has been operating for over 100 years and also receives domestic sugar deliveries via U.S. flagged barges.
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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.
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Heading for Coeymans
The 590-foot Panama-flagged bulk ship Tac Suzuka was on the North River heading for the Port of Coeymans in the rain Thursday morning. I don’t know the cargo or whether they were perhaps heading up to load scrap. The towers of Journal Square are visible in the fog in the background.
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Gypsum delivery
A cargo of Spanish gypsum moved up the North River Wednesday aboard the Swiss-flagged 650-foot bulk ship Lausanne. They were heading for the wallboard plant in Buchanan, NY. As usual, a pair of Moran tugs came up the river ahead of time to help with docking at the factory. Lausanne is one of only about…
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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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March 4–in like a lamb
Warm air moved over the area as we came into March, bringing heavy rain Saturday and then warmth. Traffic has been fairly busy.
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Saturday Jan 27—A gap in the weather
Saturday brought typical traffic to the north river and moderate temperatures with a break in the precipitation, bringing some paddle boarders out.
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What’s in your tank?
As the fall foliage line moves down the River, heating oil stockpiles are building up north. The Poling-Cutler line has seemed particularly busy moving product this week.
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Fog then sun
Warm air moved over the cool North River Wednesday morning, producing a layer of fog which quickly burned off. The city got hot, and winds picked up in the afternoon, making for great October sailing. Midweek traffic was light.
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Rain, rain go away
The region has moved from storm to storm, with long periods of rain interrupted by occasional sunny days. This past weekend was particularly torrential, causing severe flooding on land and leading to combined sewer overflows in the area’s waterways. With water quality taking a hit, the swim portion of the New York City Triathlon was…
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A good soaking
Stormy conditions and gale warnings put a damper on the weekend as the tail of Tropical Storm Ophelia swept over the region. As usual, the North River anchorages filled up with tug/barge combinations as crews looked to get out of the weather. By Sunday afternoon, Patrice McAllister, Jill Reinsure, Vane’s Wicomico, Lincoln Sea and Saint…
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September slips by
A busy September onshore schedule has left limited time for observations and posting. Bulk ship traffic has been heavy on the North River but mostly eluding NRN photography. Harbor tugs were moving on the North River last week to assist with docking at plants up in Westchester, while tanker barges and cement transporters have dominated…
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Summer visitors
The North River has been seeing fairly heavy commercial traffic as we head into August, with sugar, cement, oil products, gypsum, stone, waste paper and scrap all on the move. Weather has been surprisingly cool with great wind for sailors and minimal rain after a wet July.
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Traveling light
Weekend traffic was light but a handful of tug/barge combinations remained anchored in the North River, with the Dylan Cooper ATB off Edgewater and Centerline’s Adeline Marie a bit further south Sunday, and the B. Franklin in between before heading for the Upper Bay Saturday. Centerline’s William J Fallon also anchored south of Adeline on…
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Gypsum delivery
The wallboard plant in Buchanan is one of two receivers of bulk freight on the Hudson in Westchester, the other being the Yonkers Domino refinery. On Friday, a 655’ bulk ship, about as long as any vessel likely to be seen heading up the North River beyond the cruise terminal, arrived with a shipment of…
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Summer traffic
Tuesday saw the North River anchorages empty out, with all but the Saint Emilion moving on. Reinauer ATBs and CMT tugs were moving product and a bulker headed upriver. There was not yet much sign of impact from flooding up north, though the DEP’s water monitoring vessel was seen on the River, perhaps also checking…
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Cement dynamics
Cement usually moves south on the North River, coming down by specially designed barge from the Lafarge plant in Ravenna, New York for delivery to terminals in Bayonne, Queens and out in New England. Occasionally, though, imported cement comes north on foreign flagged bulk ships heading for Catskill, NY. The old Lehigh Cement plant there…
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Working and resting
North River anchorages remain relatively crowded Sunday, but cargos were also on the move. Kimberly Poling remained anchored off Englewood Cliffs but colleagues on Evelyn Cutler and Marilyn George were moving north with cargos. Similarly, Timothy L. Reinauer and Kristy Ann were anchored south of the Bridge, while Haggerty Girls and Nicole Reinauer headed north.…
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