Here was the first, but back then I had no idea what was to come.
On yet another gray day in the sixth boro, the pink cherry blossom magenta pink containers spiced up the load. I saw my first pink containers on a truck heading through a small town in upstate New York already this spring, and it caught my eye, has continued to catch my eye.
ONE is the acronym for Ocean Network Express, a new consortium of Japan’s biggest container shipping companies.
I’ve alluded several times to ONE Stork, which I’ve missed twice because it arrived and departed in darkness. But one of these times . . . .
Read that lettering above? Check the hiragana.
To reiterate,
I like that new color in containers. And consortiums make sense for the shippers.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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October 14, 2018 at 5:19 pm
Robert J De Micheli
Wait until you see the Ship. Have your camera ready. Left San Francisco recently.
October 14, 2018 at 5:51 pm
Sean McQuilken
I keep missing One Stork in Charleston. On a side note I was lucky enough to board a sister ship of Meishan Bridge, it was beautiful!
October 15, 2018 at 9:02 am
ws
Meishan Bridge and One MInato:
Length x Breadth 365.94m × 51m
Too wide for the New Panama Canal..
Both container ships call on Global Container Terminal Bayonne, GCT Bayonne..
October 15, 2018 at 9:05 am
tugster
When a large pink c-ship comes into the sixth boro, I’ll be listening carefully. you know . . . music from big pink . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_from_Big_Pink
ok, know, that’s BAD….
October 17, 2018 at 2:55 pm
Rembert
I can´t help, but the colossus shows unexpected grace, like the 747.
Is it George – Washington –Bridge in the foreground? I try to imagine an encounter with this (these) more compact vehicle(s): https://twitter.com/Will_Brompton/status/1038121318485508103
October 17, 2018 at 3:05 pm
tugster
Rembert– Always good to hear from you. The bridge is the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, now embroiled in controversy about a misspelling . . . https://nypost.com/2018/06/07/verrazano-bridge-spelling-fix-could-cost-taxpayers-millions/
October 18, 2018 at 5:00 pm
ws
One: Ocean Network Express’s Meishan Bridge and One MInato, @ GCT..
Ten: Tsakos Energy Navigation’s Afrodite amused us for 2 years
then left us flat in 2015, a flat leaver..