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On patrol: Existing anchorage at Hyde Park

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Hudson River off Hyde Park. (Photo: John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper)
Looking south just before sunrise Monday morning, as we pass the existing, authorized anchorage for commercial vessels at Hyde Park. No vessels were anchored here. None were here the evening before, when we arrived from Ossining. If this existing authorized anchorage is underutilized, what is the need for 43 additional berths? See Riverkeeper’s information hub on the proposed new Hudson River anchorage grounds, and read our fact check on industry’s claims.

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A 90-car oil train with Bakken crude oil derailed and caught fire in Aliceville, Ala., in November 2013. Photo: John Wathen, Hurricane Creekkeeper
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