Tag: cruise ships
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The Dog Days of Summer
Scorching heat prevailed Tuesday, with Monday’s storms having done little if anything to cool things down. Fortunately, decent 10+ knot winds out of the southwest provided some relief by the water. River traffic was generally familiar and typical, with one notable exception seen in the skies. The highlight of the day was to see a…
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Summer squalls
Lines of thunderstorms moved through the area throughout the day, starting first thing and then recurring at midday and in the afternoon. The sun broke through periodically but humidity remained high. The Haggerty Girls was (were?) anchored in the River in the morning, but headed down to the Upper Bay in the afternoon and was…
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Capsized
Tuesday saw a terrible accident on the river as a small boat carrying twelve people capsized and partially sunk. Ten people were rescued by ferries according to reports, but FDNY and NYPD divers had to retrieve two. Apparently, two were brought to the hospital in serious or critical condition. There was no word on what…
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Moving cement
Tuesday brought sunny skies, pleasant summer temperatures and winds over 10 knots from the northeast. Dann Marine was busy moving cement barges for its client Lafarge while ATB traffic was typical. Carnival Magic was back in town, reloading at Pier 88 and then departing for another trip down to the Eastern Caribbean. Magic was built…
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Stay cool
Blazing heat prevailed on Sunday, with light winds out of the south. Recreational activity was most notable early, while things were still cool. Commercial activity was typical for a Sunday. Another escorted swimmer came through in the morning, with its accompanying powerboat flying an “I” flag. The tug Rhea Bouchard anchored off 72nd Street with…
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Magic Monday
Beautiful conditions prevailed to start the week, with winds settling down though still blowing steadily out of the northwest. The Carnival Magic cruise ship arrived early and then headed out by 4pm for a cruise to the Bahamas. Ben Franklin remained anchored off 72nd Street for the second day in a row. Coeymans Marine Towing…
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Thunder Thursday
Thursday opened with thunder and rain. Skies cleared but more rain is coming overnight. Commercial activity on the river picked up a bit after the recent lull. Ben Franklin Reinauer remained anchored off 72nd Street for a second day. Carnival Cruise Lines Magic arrived at Pier 88, the first visit of a Carnival ship so…
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Free parking and a seaplane
The run of great weather comes to an end Tuesday evening as storms move in, with winds gusting above 20 MPH by the end of the day. Commercial traffic was light, with just some of the usual locals observed. However, the approach of summer brought some seasonal activity, including an infrequent cruise ship visitor, a…
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A Pea Souper
Sunday opened with a thick layer of fog sitting over the river. The soup burned off, though, over the course of the morning, and afternoon brought sunny skies and warm temperatures, with plenty of recreational activity on the river.
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Then and now
Watching Margaret Moran assist the small Polar cruise ship Silver Cloud leave Pier 88 Tuesday evening reminded me of a photo I took in the mid-1980s of that same tug assisting the old QE2 leaving the same pier. I have posted this picture before in Back to the 80s but this is a good excuse…
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Perfect Monday
Terrific conditions arrived Monday though by the end of the day the wind was picking up again. Tanker and hopper traffic on the river remained heavy.
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Mothers’ Day Improvement
Conditions improved steadily over the course of Mothers’ Day after the drenching of the past few days. The morning saw three AT/Bs at anchor in the river: the Mako and Haggerty Girls remain for a second day, and the Jacksonville arrived in the early hours of the morning from Port Jefferson and anchored near Grant’s…
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Weekend update
The strong northwest winds slowly abated over the weekend and swung around to the south. Temperatures came up into the 60s, but there is rain coming tomorrow. Dredging activity continued but shifted to the south side of Pier 88.
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Switching horses
Another brutal northwest wind kept recreational boaters off the river and had sailors cancelling plans Thursday. A Dann Marine tug, the Pearl Coast, came down the river with a loaded cement barge from the Lafarge plant in Ravenna, swung around into the ebb tide and dropped anchor north of the boat basin. Shortly after, another…
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Lots of action at Pier 88
The passenger ship terminal remains busy, with Norwegian cruise lines accounting for the bulk of the business. After Getaway and Gem departed Sunday for Nova Scotia and Portugal, respectively, Norwegian Escape was here Monday and is now off to Bermuda, and Norwegian Joy arriving this morning and now also heading off to Bermuda. Perhaps things…
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April cruising
The dredging operations at the passenger ship terminal moved aside on Sunday and were replaced by two Norwegian ships and the smaller Ocean Explorer cruise ship. The Norwegian Gem and Getaway were both in port Sunday morning, and were heading out Sunday night for Portugal and Halifax, respectively, a break from the Bermuda and Caribbean…
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Windy Easter
Dropping temperatures, whipping winds, and the Easter holiday kept activity to a minimum on Sunday. Vane Brothers Wye River came through with an empty-looking barge arriving from Boston via the Cape Cod Canal and heading straight for Albany without picking up cargo in Jersey. This is a somewhat unusual movement, though perhaps the barge is…
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Still cold
It does not feel like spring yet, with temperatures below 50 and tough northwest wind. The anchorages looked strangely empty Sunday morning with the Teresa having left us, though Curtis Reinauer would arrive and anchor in the afternoon. The Vane Brothers’ Fort McHenry pushed a loaded barge from Linden NJ heading upriver in the morning.…
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Vale Teresa!
Teresa has left the building. The tug/barge combination that has been anchored in the North River for several months pulled up its hook at around midday and headed to sea, currently moving south down the Jersey Shore with no clear destination signaled on AIS. The reasons for the Teresa’s extended residence were never completely clear,…
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Heading back to work
Northeast winds brought periodic rain to the river on Sunday. The big Reinauer jamboree in the North River broke up, with Haggerty Girls making an early departure and heading for the company dock in Staten Island, Kristy Ann making a morning run down to the IMTT Terminal in Bayonne, and Dean also heading in that…
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