I just hoped the weather forecast was wrong, that the sun would appear. Instead . . . a lot of overcast. But no matter, the sixth boro is a space of many moods, like a lot of people. And beauty or at least points of interest can be found even under brooding skies. Like Mississippi-built Brendan J. Bouchard . . .
or Maine-built Laura K. Moran . . . both less than an hour after sunrise.
Before 0800, Miriam Moran and Kimberly Turecamo, both built in Morgan City, LA, prepare to
prepare to shift Chang Hang Tan Suo, built in Huludao, China. Note the spare prop on deck.
Bering Sea moves DBL 27 out the east end of KVK, as
Brendan Turecamo (like Bering Sea . . . built in Houma, LA) moves west. Note the distortion of distant lights right above Brendan‘s exhaust gases.
By 0900, clouds have turned the harbor colors many hues of gloomy, and Kimberly has moved on to the next assist. By then, the local constabulary have asked me to move on . . . possibly wondering why I’d be taking fotos of of such a somber scene . . .
Chang Hang Tan Suo moves to an anchorage, and
Taurus (also out of Houma) moves into the Upper Bay. And for me, second breakfast and some really hot tea.
So is my restlessness showing? All fotos this morning by Will Van Dorp.
Chang Hang Tan Suo has appeared on this blog before.
Totally related: Here’s random traffic from December and August.
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March 4, 2012 at 10:16 pm
john
what was Chang Hang Tan Suo’s cargo and are spare props to vessels like spare tires to autos?
March 4, 2012 at 10:24 pm
tugster
yes to the latter. . . but to the former, she’s a tanker, what she transported in and what she’ll transport out . . . someone else has to answer.
March 4, 2012 at 11:20 pm
bowsprite
do you remember the last time we were on the KV, eager to hear how they would pronounce the chinese ship name on VHF 13 to arrange passing?
we waited for the ships to come close…we craned to listen…we held breath— and heard:
“Hey (name of pilot), see you on the one.”
“Yeah (name of other pilot), one agreed.”
March 5, 2012 at 9:05 am
Ken
Gah. A couple more weeks for me and boatwatching. Although, I think I am going up to the Soo Locks for opening day. Should be cool. You salties and your year around boatwatching…:P
March 5, 2012 at 9:23 am
tugster
when i opening day at the soo? does it tend to be busy?
March 5, 2012 at 10:17 am
Ken
Opening Day is 3/25 at 12:01 A.M. I’m honestly not sure how busy it gets because I’ve never gone before. I would imagine it’s fairly busy given all the pent up shipping.