Tag: quarry
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Mellow Monday
Summer conditions prevailed and traffic was light on Monday. The ARC Gloria, which arrived Saturday at Pier 86, set sail for Mexico in the afternoon (no photo unfortunately).
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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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Bienvenue a New York
CORRECTION: This post has been updated to reflect that the Fulmar is now a French Navy vessel rather than Gendarmerie Maritime. A low pressure system moved in from the south on Thursday, generating a southerly wind and a thick bank of fog which rolled up from the harbor, gradually obscuring the Narrows and allowing the…
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Sun breaking through again
It started as a chilly and rainy morning, but by afternoon the rain had stopped, ball fields were reopening and the sun was trying to break through. Dann Marine’s Neptune came up the river light, heading the Yonkers Domino Sugar plant where she likely assisted Margery in docking a sugar barge which the latter had…
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Look up!
Temperatures crept back above freezing on Tuesday but the biting northwest wind continued to blow keeping recreational activity on the river to a minimum and even commercial traffic was rather light. Most of the action Tuesday was in the air. A pair of Air Force C130 transports made two loops up the river. They were…
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Landing craft find new purpose
Two repurposed landing craft passed through the North River today, apparently having found new missions in the marine construction industry. The first was under its own power and had no visible markings on the bow and was not reporting information on AIS so we cannot identify it. It appeared to be an old landing craft…
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Busy and breezy
The bulker Peristil came down the river just before sundown on Sunday evening, riding high with her rudder visible after having unloaded a cargo in Albany. Before Albany, Peristil had loaded in northern Chile, making it likely that road salt was what she brought with her. The Peristil anchored in the harbor overnight and was…
North River Notes 