Tag: tanker barges
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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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Catching up on a weird month
North River Notes has been quiet for a few weeks due to other projects (see my article in lohud.com for example) but the first few weeks of April have seen plenty of news on the river. In addition to a theft of the Harvey fireboat, we have seen an apparently minor oil spill from Con…
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Thursday April 4–after the storm
Winds abated and skies cleared Thursday, though a few tug/barge combinations remained at anchor in the North River through the day.
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Wednesday April 3–crowded anchorages
Drenching rains and high winds saw the relative shelter of the North River anchorages in high demand. A marine storm warning is in effect through Wednesday night, and by 1600, Ambrose Light is seeing gusts approaching 50 knots and wave heights over 12 feet, while Robbin’s Reef in the Upper Bay reported gusts over 30…
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March 21–Tanker Thursday
It was a busy day on the North River, with a lot of tanker barge traffic and cement and sugar cargos also observed. Cold temperatures and winds blowing over 20 knots all day at Robbin’s Reef kept any potential early spring recreational boaters off the water.
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Wednesday March 20–March lion
Wednesday opened with three Reinauer ATBs sitting at anchorage, with B. Franklin, Josephine and Curtis arrayed south to north like the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. By evening, only Curtis remained but was joined by Kirby’s Cape Hatteras.
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Tuesday March 19–exit winter
The final days of winter felt like spring, but the first day of spring felt like winter, with winds gusting over 30 knots in the Upper Bay and temperatures in the 40s. North River anchorages filled up, with tanker barges perhaps escaping the wind.
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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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Wednesday Mar 6–flood watch
Soaking rains continued to limit photographic opportunity and traffic remained light.
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March 4–in like a lamb
Warm air moved over the area as we came into March, bringing heavy rain Saturday and then warmth. Traffic has been fairly busy.
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Leap Thursday—heavy equipment
Traffic was brisk Thursday after Wednesday’s lull and the overnight gale. A number of ATBs came up from the Upper Bay overnight during the storm and remained at anchored on the North River through the day. A large piece of GE equipment came through heading for a power plant in New Jersey.
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Monday February 26–traffic
Monday saw fairly brisk traffic in the North River as temperatures climbed into the 50s and the full moon augmented the tides.
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