Tag: Fireboats
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Out for spin
FDNY Marine Company 1 took the North River fireboat, the Three Forty Three, out for a spin on Friday morning, passing the anchored Josephine/RTC 80 Reinauer ATB unit at anchor at slack tide. The fireboat travelled just north of the GW Bridge before returning to their Pier 53 base in the old meat market district.…
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Fireboats big and small
The North River fire company, FDNY’s Marine 1, had both their big Three Forty Three boat and their small alpha boat on the water Saturday afternoon. We don’t normally see both of these boats on the water together, I believe because they are crewed by the same company, with the nature of the emergency determining…
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Fireboat salute
The North River fireboat, Marine One’s Three Forty Three, headed for the lower end of the Upper Bay last week for a hose salute, perhaps for an arriving ship coming through the Narrows. Three Forty Three and her sister ship Staten Island-based Firefighter II are among the largest and most advanced fireboats in the world.…
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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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Tuesday 23 April—Reverse Angle
Traffic Tuesday included a foreign sugar cargo heading for Yonkers, plus a typical mix of oil and stone products. A trip to the Jersey side provides some good reverse angle opportunities.
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Thursday March 14–return of the Concord
There were lots of photographers on the North River Thursday, on hand to catch the return of the retired British Airways Concord to the Intrepid Museum on Pier 86. The plane had spent a few months at GMD shipyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard being repainted and restored. Other than the plane, traffic on the…
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Wednesday March 13–midweek
Balmy spring weather arrived, bringing cherry blossoms out along the North River, though water temperatures remain cold. Traffic was light.
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Friday January 5–non-petroleum products
Tanker barge traffic slowed on Friday but other types of barges were observed, including mud scows, sugar barges, and cement transporters coming down with product. Skies cleared and winds and seas were calm but a gale warning is in effect from 5pm Saturday.
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September slips by
A busy September onshore schedule has left limited time for observations and posting. Bulk ship traffic has been heavy on the North River but mostly eluding NRN photography. Harbor tugs were moving on the North River last week to assist with docking at plants up in Westchester, while tanker barges and cement transporters have dominated…
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Long may you run.
Observed weekend traffic was mainly local boats, particularly on Sunday, with most of the through traffic coming by on Saturday. Winds picked up during the day Sunday making for another great day of sailing. The John J. Harvey restored fireboat was back on the North River, always good to see.
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Traveling light
Weekend traffic was light but a handful of tug/barge combinations remained anchored in the North River, with the Dylan Cooper ATB off Edgewater and Centerline’s Adeline Marie a bit further south Sunday, and the B. Franklin in between before heading for the Upper Bay Saturday. Centerline’s William J Fallon also anchored south of Adeline on…
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Newark tragedy
Thursday brought another morning of sad maritime news as two Newark firefighters were confirmed to have died in a fire on a ConRo ship in Port Newark loading used cars for export to West Africa. Smoke was not visible from the North River in the morning haze, but the North River based FDNY fireboat 343…
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The Fleet is In
Fleet Week kicked off Wednesday with the traditional parade of ships. The surprise this year was the participation of the destroyer USS Cole, famous for surviving a deadly al-Qaeda attack in Yemen back in October 2000. For more on Fleet Week, see my write up in the West side Rag. Meanwhile, the marine highway remained…
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Spring training
Summer-like temperatures and longer days are drawing more and more recreational traffic back to the North River. The water remains cold and provides a bit of air conditioning for those on shore, but first responders also seem to be getting more active as they prepare for a busy summer. Thursday saw an FDNY and Newark…
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Windy Wednesday with a visitor from afar
Mid-week traffic on the River seemed light and entirely unremarkable after a more interesting start to the week, with the exception of a visiting fast ferry heading to Nyack for service. However, whipping northwest winds limited NRN observation opportunities. A bald eagle was sighted off 73rd Street but, sadly, not photographed.
