Foto and alert thanks to John Watson, as are the first three fotos of this post. Genuine Ace arrived here this weekend after having been launched just six weeks ago. Given that it’s a PCTC, I’ll bet it really has that “new car” smell. To see where this design is headed, click here . . lower right.
I’d seen QM2 bunkering a few hours before, but John caught it headed out . . . currently on a flat Atlantic for Hamburg.
Short sea shipping continues in the sixth boro, here with Doris Moran barging containers. To see where this might be headed . . now that American Feeder Lines is changing their game, click here . . . Unrelated, look into the mid-distance and the long-necked tug at the end of the GMD Bayonne pier . . . a K-Sea tug repainted?
Well, here’s how I caught Taurus Friday afternoon!!!
It’ll take some getting used to, but that’s life . . . all getting used to . . .
which is precisely my challenge here . . . although if you go back to the link just above Doris Moran, the sketch of the tug looks just like Discovery Coast. By the way, anyone upriver know where Discovery is hauling the dredge spoils from?
Thanks much to John Watson for the top three fotos. All others by Will Van Dorp, who is on the cusp of having more free time. That’s the Newport lighthouse in Jersey City creating an additional “jar” to an already “jarristic” set of patterns.
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May 7, 2012 at 10:32 am
Ken
I like the looks of the Car one….looks almost like it could be a military vessel of some sort.
May 7, 2012 at 10:43 am
walt
Theyre dredging out the West side passenger ship terminal Pier 88 area. Probably for the Navy Fleet week, Heavy ships ie LHD-1 with deep drafts
May 7, 2012 at 11:10 am
tugster
that makes sense. i just haven’t been up that way lately. thanks, walt
May 7, 2012 at 11:13 am
J. G. Burdette
QM2 is a beautiful ship! I like the fact that Cunard still uses the colors of their old ships.
May 7, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Paul B.
I bunkered the Genuine Ace yesterday. Not enough places to secure a bunker barge, but she IS very pretty and rugged looking.
May 7, 2012 at 3:22 pm
tugster
i looked up her car capacity and found nothing. is she the standard 6400-vehicle size?