Comments on: Around the Sixth Boro

By: tugster

tugster — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:05:31 +0000

nolwandle– nice to hear from you. i was excited to see cape town as port of registry there.

By: Nolwandle

Nolwandle — Thu, 13 May 2010 23:04:19 +0000

Safmarine Oranje is the only one, of all the ships owned by Safmarine, to be registered in South Africa. Safmarine itself is owned by Maersk for a number of years now, although they have kept the Safmarine name. Their head office is no longer in South Africa.

By: Jed

Jed — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:19:59 +0000

All those containers came here on trailers driven by employed people. I would imagine some spent some of their coin locally.

By: Mage Bailey

Mage Bailey — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:43:51 +0000

Absolutely fascinating history of McClean. Thanks.

By: sleepboot

sleepboot — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:01:22 +0000

I for sure remember all the piers around Manhattan, The HAL, Cunard, French Line and many more.
I was a guest in the ’50 at The Seaman’s Church Institute on South Street. Had a room on the 10′ floor.
That were the days that you could ride all the lines of the subway for 10 cents and the Bronx Zoo was free.

By: tugster

tugster — Sun, 09 May 2010 16:38:39 +0000

good sign . . but what do we export? according to this report . .http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop09014/appa.htm 20% of TEUs exported via NYC carry waste paper. then there’s machinery. but what else?

By: Jed

Jed — Sun, 09 May 2010 16:22:12 +0000

IGA loaded heavy AND outbound – GOOD sign

By: tugster

tugster — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:48:41 +0000

for a sample of meow-man’s handiwork, see the the second foto in this post . . . on the white wheel house front: http://tugster.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/circum-staten-island-2b/

By: bowsprite

bowsprite — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:23:35 +0000

for out-o-towners: ‘Meow Man’ is a harbor graffiti man who draws cat faces (and parts) and signs his tag. You will occasionally hear a ‘meow!’ on the radio, and sometimes a quick responding ‘meow’ from fellow associates and accomplices, with the occasional bark from someone who wants to join but was not initiated.

By: bowsprite

bowsprite — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:18:14 +0000

…or a graffitti’d ‘meow’ !