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Forecast for the morning after the Oscars was for some sun, which I sorely needed. And who’s out . . . William Oscar aka W. O. Decker, for starters.
CCNI Aquiles and Dallas Express at Global . . . and a Moose boat racing toward us.
I couldn’t quite figure out what Sorensen Miller‘s load was. In the background, that’s the Newark Bay Bridge, which doesn’t make it on my fotos much.
Virginia Sue was fishing off Clermont.
John P. Brown moved nine (?) railcars from Brooklyn to Jersey.
Clipper Legacy arrived here yesterday.
Shawn Miller‘s pushing trucks around again, this one all ready for the mid-March holiday.
Taurus light moves past Christine McAllister.
And . . . let’s conclude with another shot of William Oscar, wherever it may be heading.
All fotos this morning before the clouds moved in . . . by Will Van Dorp.
All manner of small vessels traverse the waters of the sixth boro. Twin Tube is truly one ageless fixture of the harbor. If I did photoshopping, I’d have the boom dangle something tantalizing over the Statue’s upstretched hand.
Annie G II . . . makes me wonder about Annie G I. Here she
stands by as crew perform some truck task over on the west side of Governor’s Island. I’ve enjoyed watching the derelict buildings on the Island disappear. A largely unseen harbor project farther south (sorry no pics from UNDER the sixth boro) has been the tunneling of a new deeper “water main” (p. 7 ff) between Brooklyn and Staten Island.
A small USCG boat stops for maintenance on the red 32. Unfortunately, I was on a vessel headed away from the buoy, and a few seconds after I took this, one crewman stepped aboard the buoy, on the other side.
A small USACE vessel speeds to the southeast past Robins Reef Light.
John P Brown pushes fewer than a dozen of the mere 1500 cars per year across the harbor, the miniscule fraction of merchandise that travels between NJ and parts of NYC on non-rubber wheels.
A small fishing boat crosses the bay under the cranes on hovering over Bayonne.
St Andrews runs light past some unidentified tugs obscured in the fog. I spent July 4 docked near St Andrews.
New England style fishing boat heads out of the Bronx while Fox Boys (I think) pushes some scrap probably toward Jersey City.
In fading light, HMS Liberty heads for the Kills. I’ve often wonder what the HMS stood for in this case. . . . Is the H his, her, or something else . . . .
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who wonders whether Sandy will be sandy or just windy, snowy, rainy, . . . tricky . . . .
This is the 98th installment of this title. If you’ve any ideas about what I might do with the 100th, let me know. Of course, I could just let it pass by . . . randomly.
All these boats have some things in common, like . .. they passed through the sixth boro although in all types of weather/light in the past week or so. I’l let you know what I’m thinking at the end of the post.
Miss Yvette, 1975 built in Houma, Louisiana (LA), here attending to Kraken.
Freddie K Miller, 1966 . . . Madisonville LA.
John P Brown 2002 Morgan City LA
Atlantic Salvor 1976 New Orleans.
James Turecamo 1969, Waterford NY.
Pegasus 2006 Tres Palacios TX
Pathfinder 1972 Houma LA
C. Angelo 1999 Lockport LA
Margaret Moran December 1979 Morgan City LA
Miriam Moran November 1979 Morgan City LA
And another thing they all have in common right now is that
they all work in trades other than directly pushing oil.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who’d love to hear ideas about the “Random Tugs 100″ post.
Unrelated: I read this line yesterday about a withdrawn lawsuit between the NY Port Authority and a Canadian steel company: ”The deal means the lawsuit will be dropped and the steel for the [World Trade Center] tower antenna can set sail before Canadian shipping channels freeze over in winter.” Here’s the rest of the article. But it made me wonder . . . by what vessel . . . barge or ship . . . will this steel arrive in the Upper Bay. Anyone know? Here’s info on the fabricator of the antenna.
And a Q . . . has anyone seen evidence of construction of the crane(s) to be involved in the Bayonne Bridge raising? I’ve heard rumors, but not read or heard anything authoritative.
Here’s my summertime post from almost a year ago; it’s still spring in the sixth boro, although spring 2012 has made for a mostly sultry season and a lush KVK. Thomas J. Brown tows
an irregular load.
And with a warm winter and sultry spring, bugs
are so big and hungry I fear to swat.
John P. Brown pushes along a many-wheeled barge, and if you want a scene for a Stephen King horror story by the name of Maximum Overboard or somesuch, you know this crane
could proceed to scoop this fish out of the water.
The start of summer is a holiday for the Dutch (even those who live in Brooklyn and dally with crocs), when they do this with herring, and elsewhere
in Brooklyn, it’s time for
who knows who to transform in mermaze!!
All fotos by will Van Dorp.
I did this post just over a year ago; note the prominent change happening in the Manhattan skyline, as seen from the north coast of Rockaway Queens. The last time you saw the tug shown here was December 2011. Any guesses what Patty was towing yesterday? Answer tomorrow.
Most of my views of the rising tower come from my “office” on the north coast of Staten Island. It looms there, beyond these McAllisters,
Na Hoku,
Caitlin Ann,
Magothy,
Penn No. 6,
Thomas J. Brown,
Norwegian Sea,
JoAnne Reinauer III,
Hayward,
Elk River,
and Resolute.
Unrelated: Following their own landmarks, a new crop of aeons-old silvery slime has reportedly returned to sixth boro waterways. What . . . you ask? Click here.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
UPDATE: If you want to see in real time developments from the waterfront in Giglio, click here and here for two webcams Giglio Porto Panoramica, each from a different perspective. Thanks to David Hindin for these links. David sent these fotos along last year from San Francisco.
Less than a half hour after waking up this morning, drinking coffee, reading the paper and wanting to find out who “James H. Thompson” and “Pridi Banomyong” were, I encountered this page. Countless times today I met it again. I support wikipedia’s opposition to SOPA and PIPA and urge you to tell your congressfolk too. Or at least find out about the issue.
But of course, I’m not darkening this blog. Especially when I can share such colorful fotos of Sand Master yesterday before the rain.
Sand Master looks a lot like Greenland Sea and Na’Hoku, but . . . surprise, each comes from a different shipyard although all at one time belong to Otto Candies.
Sand Master was built by Swift Ships in Pass Christian, MS in 1983.
Amboy Aggregates uses Sand Master in their sand mining activties, and as such, she spends most of its time off Sandy Hook, a presence on AIS but not so commonly seen.
John P. Brown is always a delight to see, as
is Thomas J. and yesterday
was no exception. It was worth my while to get my feet wet taking this foto.
As I said yeasterday, I got the sense that the flag raising on Mount Hope was a signal for all manner of activity to commence. Capt. Fred Bouchard moved into the notch of B. No. 275 and Barbara McAllister (ex-Bouchard Boys) (see the upper wheelhouse on the far side) added her 4000 hp to
Capt. Fred‘s 5750 . . . and the waters started to churn.
Meanwhile, what or who can make the slack waters of the KVK rise up like this?
Barbara E. . . . with her 6140 hp.
Some minutes later, Barbara E. and Capt. Fred Bouchard round the bend to exit the KVK. Interesting guy, the original Cap. Fred.
All fotos yesterday by Will Van Dorp during less than a one-hour party.
Please do something about SOPA and PIPA.
Unrelated: Click here for the “hugest” set of links to cruise vessels that I’ve ever soon. I’m lamenting the loss of life, but I’m not speculating about what transpired off Giglio. But for an eerie foto of the Costa Concordia appearing to ”float in clouds,” click here. Here’s a portentious video from the vessel’s launch.
Pushing onto this blog for the first time is Salvage Master,
1970, ex-Weatherbird.
Kimberly Poling 1994,
ex-Jaguar.
Jean Turecamo, 1975, raked and towering above the city. Ex-Dolphin and Star Tampa.
Captain Dann, 1973, pushing minerals carved from the harbor bed.
Bohemia, 2007.
Laura K. Moran, 2008.
Ellen McAllister, a very young and updated 1966.
John P. Brown, 2002, I think.
Solomon Sea 1964, ex-Brandon C. Roehrig and Diane E. Roehrig
Quenames,
1982.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Margaret Moran delivered December 1979. 99′ loa.
Miriam Moran, delivered November 1979. 99′ loa.
Amberjack, 1981, 106′ loa
Comet, build in the same shipyard as
Amberjack but 1977. 108′ loa. I’ve rarely seen her out of the notch.
Jean Turecamo, Matton (New York state) built in 1975 and 107′ loa, about to be eclipsed by Cosco Boston.
Thomas J. Brown, Gladding-Hearn 1962, 60′ loa
Maurania III, 2004, 101′ loa. Built in New England as well. Petrozavodsk, Japan built 2003. 790′ loa. Hess, called such only since 2006?
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
. . . not nearly so catchy a mnemonic as “right red returning,” but it means the same thing. Thomas J. Brown green left returning,
McCormack Boys green right going,
Kristy Ann Reinauer green port returning,
A nameless Caldwell truckable tug green starboard going,
Miss Gill with scow GPR (green port returning),
NJ State Police GSG,
scow GPR . . .
Miriam GSG,
Atlantic Salvor and scow,
That green 9 in the KVK is a great place to set up fotos, but IMHO, it’s best to stick with “right red returning” as a memory keeper.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Here was Random . . . August 2010.
Identify this?
And here, pushing barge John Blanche?
An unidentified sloop trails a self-assured looking Susan E. Witte.
Lots of coordination gets Mangarella into Bayonne GMD, with Amy C, Ellen, and Resolute; John P. Brown escorts the door.
Norasia Alya makes its way into Global with help from Resolute and Ellen.
Stolt Bobcat (ex-Golden Legend) heads for sea as
crew snap some fotos of the receding Manhattan skyline, wondering what they didn’t see and who they didn’t meet.
Miriam Moran, indefatigeable (and clearly “tireless”), sheet over the bow, travels to a paid asignation. Ventura sails northeast between Robbins Reef and the Lady.
Your caption here for the foto below: ________
Maersk Barry anchors in smooth waters off the construction site that is the Battery. Click here to see Barry in a turbulent Bay of Biscay.
Stena President transfers fluids at the dock in Bayonne.
Here’s more of that first shot: Orange Blossom, transporting my favorite drink. For another juice carrier post, click here.
Kraken?
Finally, about foto #2 above, it’s a first sign perhaps of the Kirby purchase of K-Sea; tug is push boat Irene Frazier built by Kirby. Irene will be replacing K-Sea’s Caspian Sea pushing John Blanche. Many thanks to silverbk for the heads up. Also thanks to John Watson for fotos of Mangarella and Norasia Alya . .. and their associate escorts.
All other fotos by Will Van Dorp.
In case you’re wondering, I hope to puzzle more through the ghost ships soon.
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