Tag: tanker barges
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Wind against tide
A 20-knot southwest wind was blowing straight up the North River on Thursday morning, creating some chop as it ran against the ebb tide. Cape Canaveral / DBL 101 left anchorage and headed for the Upper Bay.
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Under the cliffs
Timothy Reinauer / RTC 84 had a nice spot to anchor heading into the weekend, seen Friday below the Palisades off Englewood Cliffs with Rockefeller Lookout visible above.
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Quick turns
Allie B moved a loaded Double Skin 43 barge up the North River just after sunrise on Monday, heading for the products terminal in New Hamburg, NY . They had loaded a cargo at a terminal in Carteret on the Arthur Kill Sunday night, making a quick turn after just returning from up north the…
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Avoiding wind
Vane’s Bohemia brought a light Double Skin barge up to anchor on the North River Thursday morning, joining a number of combinations getting out of the heavy winds forecast for that day.
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Road test?
On Wednesday afternoon at slack tide, Genesis Energy’s Spirit brought barge GM 11105 up the North River as far as Guttenberg. They were shadowed by Genesis Glory, which is the tug we normally see paired with this barge. Spirit maneuvered the barge around and headed back for the harbor, still shadowed by Glory. Don’t know…
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Fresh paint
The Kirby Cape Canaveral/DBL 101 ATB came up the North River on Wednesday to anchor. They were coming from the GMD Shipyard in the Brooklyn Navy Yard where they may have been having some work done.
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Glory Glory
Genesis Glory and GM 11105 spent Sunday evening on the North River after returning from a run up to New Haven before heading for the Kill van Kull Monday morning and then an Upper Bay anchorage.
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Braving the wind
The collection of tug/barges sheltering from the wind on the North River began to break up Saturday afternoon, with two loaded Vane barges brought to their product destinations. Meanwhile, Reinauer Transportation was busy moving product north on the Hudson.
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No room at the inn
After an overnight lull, winds were back above 30 knots Saturday morning and North River anchorages were full, with tanker barge/tug combinations stretched out about a half mile apart from the Boat Basin north, with another two pairs past the bridge and one off Yonkers.
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Whitecaps
Winds near 30 knots came straight up the North River from the southwest Friday morning, driving the rain and putting whitecaps on the water as the big Barney Turecamo/Georgia ATB showed her stern to Manhattan at the beginning of the flood tide. Barney/Georgia was one of several combinations which came up from the bay to…
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Parallel Parking
It has been a busy start to the week in the North River anchorages. Monday morning found three tugs and tanker barges anchored. Saint Emilion with Barge A87 and Genesis Glory with barge GM 11105 were parked about a half mile apart off Morningside Heights. The Saint was pausing for a few hours on the…
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Flaco passing through
Centerline Logistics tug Hawsepiper brought the barge Flaco down the North River Monday morning, coming back from a delivery at a products terminal near Newburgh. They passed the Port Imperial ferry terminal and, visible on the top the Bergen Hill, the historic Weehawken water tank built in 1883. Hawsepiper headed directly for the Bayway Terminal…
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Back to the harbor
Dann Ocean Towing’s Allie B returned to the harbor Tuesday after a run up to Albany with the Double Skin 43 barge, passing an anchored Reinauer ATB off 72nd Street.
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June 26–mid-week storm
A ripping thunderstorm came through Wednesday evening, breaking the heat wave. Traffic on the North River was heavy.
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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.
Daniel Katzive
North River Notes 