See it there on AIS between Samuel Newhouse and Grave Grace Victoria? Pretty Scene . . . and I missed getting a foto of it!! I also recently missed getting fotos of potentially pretty scenes–or mediocre pics of vessels with interesting names like African Jaguar, Afrodite, and Great Reward.
Given that “pretty” is as subjective as the ocean is wide, you can judge whether you find these random scenes at all pretty. Can you guess the tug to the right?
Try this . . . the pair of Brown family boats with a couple of Weeks crane barges, or
G. B. Corrado by day at the salt pile where the Weeks crane barges transfer the cargo and
by darkness at the same location passing a large MSC Sindy,
a McAllister tug escorting out a RORO, or
a Dann Marine tug backing into a dock to pivot in place a bunker barge, or
a Moran tug putting power on the stern of a container ship?
I think they’re pretty scenes all. And that tug up on the drydock in the first foto . . . Marjorie B. McAllister.
Here’s another from Erie Shipping News . . . Yankee has arrived in Erie for her makeover. Here is the last time this same Yankee–the 1976 tugboat–has appeared in this blog.
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October 10, 2013 at 5:24 am
JED!
For me the DANN boat at the passenger piers is the winner hands down
October 10, 2013 at 6:44 am
tugster
thanks, jed. and actually there are two Dann boats there: the obvious Dann Marine Chesapeake Coast and the stealthy Dann Ocean Shannon . .. I think . . . in the background near the river bank.
October 10, 2013 at 8:35 am
Les Sonnenmark
I agree with Jed on that photo. Great irony, too–the carefully choreographed maneuvering of the bunker barge contrasts with the “Freestyle Cruising” slogan on the ship, just above the barge. And maybe, after the COSTA CONCORDIA disaster, “Freestyle Cruising” isn’t such a great slogan.
October 10, 2013 at 10:14 am
tugster
i remember seeing that “freestyle cruising” sign but failed to recognize the irony; certainly the bunker barge did not cruise in freestyle. and i wonder if that slogan might just disappear.
October 10, 2013 at 9:53 pm
tugpower
Free Style Cruising is Norwegian Cruise Line’s slogan which basically boils down to the flexibility of dining aboard. I sailed both, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Princess Cruises. Princess uses the slogan Personal Choice. Other cruise lines are experimenting with this concept, and I haven’t followed, but may have their own name chosen. Before Norwegian Cruise Line started this, it was traditional dining, which hasn’t been dropped. With traditional dining, there are just first and second seatings to the dining room. ( I just learned from the attached link that Royal Caribbean calls their option My Time Dining, and Carnival Anytime Dining) you can dine whenever you choose to, as long as the dining room is still open. This option, from traditional dining, allows passengers to have flexibility as to when they would like to dine. I, personally like Free Style after an experience that I had on a Norwegian Cruise Line cruise to Bermuda in 2004. http://blog.icruise.com/2013/07/cruise-ship-dining-what-is-the-difference-between-traditional-and-open-seating/, http://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=648
October 12, 2013 at 7:06 pm
newenglandwaterman
I love the shot with the brown tugs and crane barges. I’ve always like the brown’s paint scheme.