Tag: deck cargo
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Picking up
Miss Ila, a 1962-vintage 2,400 HP tug belonging to Sterling Equipment Company of Quincy, Mass and Staten Island and not seen before by me, came up the North River on July 30 with a deck barge. Photos of her return voyage taken the next day by Hudson River photographer Glenn Raymo suggest she picked up…
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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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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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Happy Fathers’ Day
Fathers’ Day weekend saw mostly typical traffic, with a heavy recreational component as dads took to the water Sunday in force. A large Dutch-flagged cargo ship heading north Sunday was the most notable traffic observed.
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Power move
Thursday afternoon saw the Dutch flagged cargo ship Floretgracht come down the North River from Albany on the way out to sea. The vessel had arrived earlier in the week from Northern Europe carrying steel cable spools according to the Port of Albany’s Twitter feed. The spools are for the Champlain Hudson Power Express, a…
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Bulk Sunday
Temperatures barely broke 40 on Sunday, and with a stiff wind blowing from the north, it felt much colder on the River. Commercial traffic was heavy, with three large foreign flagged ships moving through. A pair of 600’ long bulkers came through, heading for Albany. One was arriving from Northern Europe and the other from…
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Shipping boats
The extraordinarily warm January continued Friday, with temperatures in the 50s and rain falling periodically. Traffic was typical with the exception of a Dutch registered cargo ship heading for Albany from Genoa with a deck cargo comprised of luxury yachts. These will presumably be transferred to trucks in Albany, brought to dealers and many will…
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