Tag: sugar
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Return of the Knot Refined
Wednesday was another pleasant day with moderate temperatures and light winds out of the southeast. Knot Refined, the large sugar barge which we saw on its maiden voyage six weeks ago, was back on the river heading for Yonkers, propelled by the Ruby Coast. Dann Marine’s Charles A., who we saw Saturday coming south 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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Maiden voyage of the Knot Refined
Thursday began cool and rainy but ended hot and rather steamy. There was a lot of interesting traffic on the river for the first time in a while. Most notable was the arrival of Dann Marine’s Ruby Coast pushing American Sugar Refining’s (ASR) brand new 450-foot long barge cleverly named “Knot Refined”. The Knot was…
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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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A Saturday drencher
Drenching rain and high winds persisted for most of the day, keeping recreational boaters off the river. Walkers were in evidence through the morning though, as the annual Great Saunter, a 32-mile walk around the entire circumference of Manhattan went on as scheduled. You can read more about that in my article on it today…
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Perfect Thursday
Thursday brought beautiful conditions with light winds and sunny skies. The Port Richmond was servicing the North River sewage plant, and brought sludge to the Passaic Valley Water Authority plant in Newark, which receives a small portion of the DEP’s sludge for dewatering under contract.
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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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Sutphins happening on Pier 86
The newly commissioned Coast Guard 154’ Fast Response Cutter the Clarence Suthphin Jr. is tied up at the end of Pier 86, the pier which houses the Intrepid Museum. The Sutphin’s commissioning ceremony was apparently yesterday and it is soon heading for Bahrain, one of six such cutters which support the US Central Command in…
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Hello from the other side
The weekend has brought perfect spring temperatures, though with a steady wind coming in from the south keeping things choppy during ebb tides, especially on Friday. A trip to New Jersey can provide a Western perspective on the North River. Below, the Haggerty Girls pushes an empty tanker barge from Albany under the George Washington…
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Staying the weekend
The anchorages filled up ahead of the bad weather Thursday night and four Reinauer AT/Bs remained at anchor as the skies cleared Saturday, with the Curtis, Kristy Ann and Hagerty Girls South of the bridge and the Dean north of the bridge. The Dann Brothers’ Carolina Coast came through in the morning, towing an empty…
North River Notes 