Yup . . . close up of a stack; nope . . . this isn’t only about stacks although I do think Evening Tide has a classy one.
In the foreground here, barge Evening Breeze rides alongside Morton S Bouchard II. Serious question: what does Evening Breeze sometimes referred to a “vacuum vessel” transport, what services does it perform?
Barbara E. Bouchard, long, low, and sleek. For scale, notice the crewman alongside the house just forward of the winch.
Jane A. Bouchard with Amy C. McAllister background left and New Jersey Responder, background right. New Jersey Responder is MSRC equipment based in Perth Amboy.
Bouchard Girls . . . haven’t noticed it around in a bit.
Ralph E. Bouchard.
Frederick E.
And once again, different day, Evening Breeze this time escorted by Evening Mist.
Before you check the answers here, can you guess which Bouchard tug has lowest and highest horsepower rating of those depicted? The highest rating of the fleet goes to Danielle M. , depicted here last winter.
All fotos . . . Will Van Dorp.
For a reminder on the hazards of the trade, see this blogpost about the 2003 explosion.
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October 15, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Anonymous
Since I am on the great lakes, my guess about the Evening Breeze is that it collects sewage.
Bill Kelleher
March 29, 2011 at 12:11 pm
matthew gerenday
i actually know the exact purpose of the ” evening breeze” its a cleaning barge that comes alongside another bouchard barge and vacuums slops from the vessle being cleaned, so that vessel being serviced can go load a different cargo that wont contaminate the load.
i am positive of the function of the evening breeze, because i was a long time crew member on the said barge.
October 16, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Mage B
Boy, you have been handing out gifts of ships all week. I especially love those rivets. 🙂