Tag: Coeymans
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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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Adding salt
The Carver Companies tug Helen passed up the North River Friday afternoon, headed for her home port of Coeymans with a high-sided hopper barge loaded with prodigious amounts of what I believe was probably salt lightered off the bulk ship Astro Sanistra, in from Egypt and anchored in the Upper Bay off Bay Ridge. Erin…
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Apres le deluge
The North River was mirror flat in light northeast wind Tuesday morning and still flowing to sea just after low tide after Monday night’s massive thunderstorms and flooding. Alexandros P, a 656-foot Liberia-flagged bulk ship, came through heading for the Port of Coeymans. Alexandros originated in Garrucha, Spain, which makes gypsum a likely cargo, perhaps…
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Hatches open
The Hong Kong flagged bulk ship Silhouette Island headed for sea and her next port of call Norfolk at sunset on Tuesday after departing Coeymans the day before. She had several hatch covers partly open for venting or cleaning holds. Don’t know what cargo she discharged up there.
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More bulk
The Panama-flagged bulk ship Amis Wisdom VI passed up the North River early Tuesday, bound for the Port of Coeymans. The ship was arriving from ports in the Mediterranean with unknown cargo, though more salt is a possibility.
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Getting salty
A lot of salt has been moving up the North River this month, headed for the Port of Coeymans to restore municipal supplies depleted during the harsh winter. Some has come on bulk ships heading upriver, and some has come by barge, lightered off a series of bulk ships that have arrived from Egypt and…
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Last call for salt
On Friday, Carver’s Mackenzie Rose passed up the North River headed for Port of Coeymans. In tow were two hoppers loaded with what I think was probably salt lightered off a bulk ship that was in the Upper Bay and had arrived from Egypt. A bit later, the 650-foot bulk ship Port Nagasaki came by,…
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Chilean Salt with Chinese flag
The 620-foot bulk ship Sheng Ping Hai was headed for sea Friday afternoon after discharging a cargo of Chilean road salt at the Port of Coeymans earlier in the week. The administration has a proposal under consideration to levy significant port fees on Chinese flagged and operated vessels like this one which could change logistics…
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Add salt
The Panama-flagged bulk ship Bulk Valor moved up the North River Tuesday en route to the Port of Coeymans. The 625-foot bulker was arriving from the Mediterranean carrying much needed road salt as local press up north has reported tight supplies amid persistent icy cold conditions.
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Bulk from North Africa
The 655’ Hong Kong-flagged bulk ship Feng Shou Hai arrived on the North River Saturday from Algeria, heading for the Port of Coeymans with an unknown bulk cargo. The passed the Army Corp’s Gelberman on patrol for hazards to navigation.
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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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E-Crain on the move
Erin Elizabeth cam up the North River Sunday, heading back to Coeymans with one of the Carver Companies’ e-cranes. The crane has been working on the coastal resiliency project now underway near Battery Park I believe.
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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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Late June: heat and wind
Heat and wind were the dominating conditions as we headed into the final days of June.
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Fleet Week 2024
The annual parade of ships kicked off Fleet Week New York and the Memorial Day weekend commemorations.
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Thursday Feb 1–new and not new
Thursday brought limited traffic but observations included a very familiar vessel and one not seen before.
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Air and Sea
Skies cleared on Tuesday and temperatures dropped into the 30s, with a brisk 15knot wind blowing out of the west. Some interesting traffic passed on the River, but an occasional glance upward was also rewarding. Vessel traffic included a 650 foot bulker headed to Coeymans from Chile and likely carrying road salt, as well as…
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Fathers Day Fun
Stiff winds continued to blow out of the northwest but slowed enough for recreational boaters to enjoy Fathers Day on the water. Some dads remained hard at work though, as commercial activity remained steady. The Zelada Desgagnes made a quick turnaround in Albany, heading down river and signaling Thunder Bay, Canada less than 48 hours…
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Sand goes up, rocks come down
Winds whipped out of the northwest all day Sunday, with gusts above 20 knots keeping sailors and most other recreational activity off the river. Commercial activity was not deterred by the wind though, with a flood of northbound traffic coming through once the morning ebb tide ended. Coeymans Marine Towing’s Helen, the former Vane Brothers…
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