Snapshot Day Recording Sheet IX - Shipping
10/6/04
RM 2 - PIER 26, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
10:47 blue&white tug&barge north light
11:25 Coast Guard cutter south
11:27 tug&barge The Maryland south light
11:45 tug&barge Katherine north light
12:44 tug south
12:59 tug&barge south loaded
1:44 tug& 3 Buchanan barges north loaded
4:05 tug&barge Peter F. Delancey north loaded
RM 6 - 79TH STREET BOAT BASIN, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
1:40 barges south light ?
1:42 sailboat (sloop) north light people
1:45 tanker south light ?
1:46 yacht south light people
1:56 motorboat north light
2:10 gaff-rigged schooner south light people
2:17 tug w/6 barges north light
RM 18 - BECZAK ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
9:45 cargo Gypsum Baron south light
[Note: Steve Stanne saw this ship putting down its anchor off 96th Street in Manhattan (RM 7) at 10:45; the Hudson River pilot station in Yonkers said that it anchored there to take on fuel. The Gypsum Baron carries gypsum to wallboard (sheetrock) factories up the Hudson at Haverstraw, Buchanan, and Rensselaer.]
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RM 46 - BEAR MOUNTAIN/STATE PARK, BEAR MOUNTAIN, ROCKLAND COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
2:05 tug south
3:05 tug w/barge south loaded ?
4:47 tug w/barge south loaded ?
RM 55 - LITTLE STONY POINT, COLD SPRING, PUTNAM COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
10:50 Alexandra north light
RM 59 - KOWAWESE PARK/PLUM POINT, NEW WINDSOR, ORANGE COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
10:30 large Northbound loaded
RM 61 - NEWBURGH LANDING, NEWBURGH, ORANGE COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
11:18 oil tanker? north loaded oil?
11:23 tug pushing oil tank [barge] north light oil?
12:20 tug pushing oil tank [barge] south light oil?
12:30 tug pushing oil tank [barge] north loaded oil?
RM 61 - LONG DOCK, BEACON, DUTCHESS COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
4:45 oil barge Bouchard B#35 south (light barge being pushed backwards)
w/tug on hip
[Bouchard B#35 was also reported from Nutten Hook, RM 124.]
RM 87 - ESOPUS MEADOWS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, TOWN OF ESOPUS, ULSTER COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
11:17 barge RTC 120 south light
[RTC 120 was also reported from Ulster Landing Park, RM 97, & Cohotate Preserve, RM 115.]
12:55 tour boat Rip Van Winkle north passengers
1:30 barge Adelaide light cement
RM 97 - ULSTER LANDING PARK, TOWN OF ULSTER, ULSTER COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
10:30 tug Morgan Newliner
barge RTC 120 south light
[RTC 120 was also reported from Cohotate Preserve, RM 115, and Esopus Meadows, RM 87.]
10:33 tug Stephen Newliner
barge George Morris north loaded oil?
? tug
barge Energy 9641 north loaded oil?
RM 115 COHOTATE PRESERVE, ATHENS, GREENE COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
9:00 barge RTC 120 south light petroleum
[RTC 120 was also reported from Ulster Landing Park, RM 97, and Esopus Meadows, RM 87.]
9:45 sailboat south
1:35 ship Alice Oldendorff south
[The Alice Oldendorff is registered in Monrovia - a city in Liberia, Africa - a so-called “flag of convenience” - a country with less stringent rules and regs for shipping. According to the Hudson River pilots, it carries gypsum and rock salt to the Port of Albany. This ship was also observed at Nutten Hook, RM 124.]
RM 124 - NUTTEN HOOK, STUYVESANT, COLUMBIA COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
10:34 sailboat w/pirate flag south
10:42 white sailboat south
11:23 speedboat south
11:29 tug&barge Bouchard barge #35 south light
[Bouchard #35 was also reported from Beacon, RM 61.]
11:40 houseboat south
12:43 houseboat south
12:54 houseboat south
1:02 ship Alice Oldendorff south light
[See note about this ship in report from Cohotate Preserve, RM115.]
1:07 speedboat south
1:20 yacht “Turmoil” north
RM 127 - STUYVESANT LANDING, STUYVESANT, COLUMBIA COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
3:45 barge & tug Crow south loaded dirt
RM 152 - HUDSON SHORES PARK, WATERVLIET, ALBANY COUNTY
Time Type of ship Name Going north/south loaded/light cargo
9:45 barge south loaded crane
11:14 cruise boat Captain JPII south
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