… and random thoughts. A ship with a name that recalls inauguration anchored in the sixth boro Wednesday. It seems that Faithful‘s sibling ships mostly end in -less. Imagine the possible confusion given that siblings are Timeless, Priceless, Endless, etc. “Yes, my dear, I just signed on to sail Faithless.”
All fotos taken by Will Van Dorp since January 20.
Snow’s not falling, but the temperature has
stayed wintry. Ice coats Caspian Sea passing Opal Express, whose name flustered me from a distance when I read the second letter as “r” instead of “p.” “Oral Express calling traffic.” Possible confusion of names there too, like the “Ham Berry” v. Hammurabi of some months back.
New tugs (to me at least)
have arrived. See her launch here!
TGI . . . getting toward spring. Fifty degrees when I left work today.
Photos, WVD.
tugster: a waterblog 
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January 23, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Allen Baker
That “Christiana” is the second of Vane Brothers (Baltimore) ATB’s. The other named “Brandywine”.
Vane Brothers has grown from a small, established Baltimore ship chandlery to a major player in the marine petroleum transportation industry.
A true American success story.
December 8, 2009 at 11:51 am
Anonymous
I hear KSea is losing a LOT of work to Vane Brothers in New York Harbor. Losing their lucrative bunkering contracts may very well be the death knell tolling for KSea. They are laying off en masse and the morale of the workers is the lowest ever. Everyone I hear from over there is about to jump ship.