Tag: ethanol
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Leaving so soon?
After a quick turn at the Buckeye Terminal in Albany, MH Future was back on the North River Thursday evening, passing the Spuyten Duyvil rail bridge and heading for sea less than sixty hours after she passed in the other direction Tuesday morning. She was heading for Halifax and looked to be drawing a bit…
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Back in fashion
Harbour Fashion, a compact 475-foot 17,000 deadweight ton products tanker came up the North River Wednesday afternoon, arriving from Montreal and heading for the Buckeye terminal in Albany. We have seen this vessel on this route moving between Canada and Albany before and she may be collecting ethanol for export back to Canada or else…
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Arriving light
Easterly As Omaria, a small 20k deadweight ton foreign-flagged tanker came up the North River early Wednesday en route to a terminal in Albany from Canada. She was very high in the water and one possibility is that she will be loading an ethanol cargo for export back to Canada.
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Just visiting
A trip to the East River and Hell Gate with the help of ticket on NYC Ferry on Tuesday provided a different perspective on the archipelago and a look at some vessels less often seen on the North River.
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Back to work
The first week of September following Labor Day marks the traditional and meteorological start of autumn. Tug and barge combinations crowded the North River anchorages over Labor Day but quickly dispersed Tuesday, heading for new cargos, while through traffic was also fairly heavy after the holiday weekend. Later Tuesday, the Timothy Reinauer/RTC 84 ATB picked…
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Summer doldrums
The heat wave continued in the Northeast, though moderate 7 knot breezes provided some relief. North River traffic saw mostly familiar vessels as we moved through the middle of the week.
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Helping hands
The work week has passed with typical North River traffic as we move into the final days of astronomical spring. The Poling-Cutler and Reinauer lines continue to move oil products north as usual, while Boston Marine seems like it might perhaps be in the ethanol delivery business as we head into summer driving season based…
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What’s in that tanker?
The MTM Kobe headed back to sea before sunset on Sunday, three days after passing us heading north to the Buckeye Terminal in Albany where she was docked until Saturday. Foreign flagged tankers like Kobe can carry foreign cargos to Albany or pickup export cargos there for shipment overseas. Moving product between U.S. ports restricted…
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