There are ports and bottlenecks, and the sixth boro is surely a port, not that within it bottlenecks do not exist. Yesterday afternoon I caught Charles Island headed for sea, and ultimately Ecuador . . . so it’ll pass through that bottleneck called Panama, which has so frequently preoccupied me these days.
Zim Luanda also departed yesterday, bound for Savannah.
Meanwhile, an equal number of vessels enter port, the sixth boro, our enormous honey pot. Like this one, huge but fairly empty. This foto of CSAV Rio de Janiero –and the two after that–come compliments of John Watson. CSAV Rio de Janiero leaves here (probably tomorrow) for the Mediterranean.
Also, new in town and caught by John’s eye, it’s USNS Grasp T-ARS-51. Possibly in town for maintenance? And while I’m on the subject of sharp eyes and unusual craft, check out Mage’s report from San Diego, featuring USS Peleliu LHA-5, Navy dolphins, and an unusual vessel that defies my ability to identify it. Any help? Ooops . . . here’s Mage’s link.
And finally, arriving this morning, Polish-built Ice Pearl, vintage 1980.
To a casual observer of the harbor, a lot of vessels come in, park, and then leave. They all do, but some areas of the sixth boro ARE designated anchorages. This explains vessels like Pacific Quartz (recently arrived here from the Arabian Sea) and Avonden. Tug Mary Gellatly (1978, ex-Capt. Jentry, North Star, North Service) leaves her dock and heads north.
Thanks to John Watson for the three fotos in the middle; all others by Will Van Dorp, who’s happy to find others too could while the time away doing the Otis Redding thing on a bay, any bay any day. Just think, what if Otis had started waterfotoblogging!!!
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February 20, 2012 at 3:09 pm
JED
If you can, try to see how loaded CSAV RIO DE JANEIRO is going out – with luck she takes more with her than she brought in
February 20, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Chris Williams
Hi Will
I can’t see Mage’s images – probably because I’m not a member of Facebook? I’m happy to take a crack at the unusual vessel, though. Is there a way to get me a pic outside of her page?
Chris
February 20, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Tom Turner
Hi Will. I am guessing USS Grasp is headed out. I had noticed it about a week or more ago on MarineTraffic.com over in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but wasn’t entirely certain if it was not a mistaken identity. Now I know…. 🙂
February 20, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Joe Herbert
Good pics for an ancient mariner, bet ya the Charles Island handles like an unpaid working lady, she’s riding down by the bow at least a meter.
And a did ya know the USNS Grasp took the lift without a murmur when that super priced barge-crane broke down on the Monitor Salvage Job. Don’t know what she was doing in the North River, there are no Navy contract yards up that creek. Great pics as usual!
February 20, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Joe Herbert
I stand corrected, she’s in the Buttermilk Channel, But where were you, is that Robin’s Reef in the foreground?
February 21, 2012 at 5:00 pm
tugster
richmond terrace . . .
February 21, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Ken
If you were referring to one of the craft in the other site…I think that might be a SEAL insertion vehicle or something along those lines. Unfortunately, the picture didn’t allow for too much detail.
February 21, 2012 at 4:59 pm
tugster
thanks, ken. you point me in the right direction here.
February 22, 2012 at 11:30 am
walt stevens
Ive seen The Grasp TARS-51 tied up behind building 92 at the NYNSY or BNSY as it’s know collocquially
It’s funny My mom’s doc uses a lab in the NYNSY, and when i buy stuff on the computer with free or cheap shipping: the consignor is 63 Flushing Ave
the NYNSY
Thanks for the great pics!
wss