Tag: cargo ships
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Pulp fact
The cargo ship Timber Navigator, Dutch-flagged and 387 feet long, was Albany-bound on the North River on the last day of March. Arriving from Sweden, she is likely carrying wood pulp headed for northeast paper mills. By Wednesday morning she was approaching her destination having anchored off Hyde Park overnight.
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Heavy lift
Heavy lift cargo ship Gwen, Antigua-flagged, was heading for sea in the late afternoon haze as temperatures warmed Wednesday afternoon. Gwen had called at Port of Albany and was showing Palm Beach as her next port of call.
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New York Makes, the World Takes
New York State exports, both foreign and domestic, were moving down the North River this weekend after leaving the Port of Ablany. The Antigua-flagged superstructure-forward cargo ship BBC Bremen passed through after sundown Saturday, I believe loaded with components for onshore wind installations manufactured by GE Vernova in Schenectady and headed for Australia via the…
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Rock Paper Scissors Ice
The Dutch flag cargo ship Trent Navigator came up the North River Tuesday, Albany-bound and arriving from Sweden with what is very likely a cargo of wood pulp destined for paper mills up north. Trent Navigator carries a Swedish-Finnish 1A ice class rating, designed for year-round operation in the Baltic Sea, and, with the Coast…
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This is BBC
The cargo ship BBC Helsinki came up the North River just before sundown on Friday and just after a storm moved through, heading for the Port of Albany with no deck cargo visible. This is the at least the sixth BBC Chartering ship I’ve managed to capture on camera on the river this year and…
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Paper route
The small 322-foot Dutch-flagged cargo ship Lady Hester came up the North River on Monday, bound for the Port of Albany and making a brisk 11 knots with the flood current. She was arriving from Sweden and likely carrying wood pulp for paper mills up north. We used to see only Royal Wagenborg ships on…
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Heavy machinery
The cargo ship BBC Sebastopol headed up the North River Thursday morning heading for the Port of Albany. These BBC ships are often heading north to load heavy equipment manufactured upstate for export, including products made by GE/GE Vernova in Schenectady but these also sometimes deliver heavy materials for projects being staged up north like…
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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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Load it up, move it out
Heavy lift cargo vessel BBC Rushmore came up the North River Thursday bound for the Port of Albany. She will either be delivering some project cargo there or possibly loading GE equipment for export.
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Paper chase
Trito Navigator was inbound on the North River Thursday evening, heading for the Port of Albany. The small 8,137 deadweight ton bulk ship was arriving from Vallvik, Sweden with a cargo of wood pulp for paper mills up north.
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Delivery or pickup
The cargo ship Bertha A. Desgagnes passed to the west of the Gateway coffer dam and to the east of Steven’s Institute of Technology Tuesday evening, heading for sea after calling in Albany. Bertha was likely delivering a project cargo or picking up some large cargo up there in Albany for export. As of Sunday…
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After delivery
The cargo ship BBC Ukraine was on the North River passing the Galaxy Apartments in Guttenberg, NJ on a very hot Monday evening. She was heading for sea and her next port of call Portsmouth, NH after unloading a pair of transformers which I believe originated in Asia at the Port of Albany. The big…
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Import or export
Dutch-flagged cargo ship Singelgracht was on the North River bound for Port of Albany on Sunday morning, arrivng from Finland. She’ll likely be either delivering some project cargo up there or loading some heavy machinery for export.
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Tuesday March 19–exit winter
The final days of winter felt like spring, but the first day of spring felt like winter, with winds gusting over 30 knots in the Upper Bay and temperatures in the 40s. North River anchorages filled up, with tanker barges perhaps escaping the wind.
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