Today’s post recognizes the variety of ships calling in the sixth boro. Like a bulker Medi Astoria,
cement self-unloader NACC New Yorker,
a very large but not quite VLCC crude carrier Sonangol Cabinda,
small bulker Century Dream,
crude tanker Bergitta,
[I wonder how coating damage like this happens.]
a 6500 teu Maersk Sembawang named for a district in Singapore,
a 9500 teu Ever Lyric,
a 14,000 teu CMA CGM A. Adams,
and another 14,000 teu ONE Apus. As to ONE Apus, she’s currently at Global terminals, but I took this photo back in May 2019. I believe this is her first return to the sixth boro after her loss of almost 2000 containers in the Pacific late last year.
All photos, WVD.
In whjat must be record time for a ULCV, J. Adams arrived Saturday midday and has already departed.
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August 17, 2021 at 11:38 am
George Schneider
That span of rust on the side of BERGITTA could be from rubbing her shoulder on a bit of concrete pier or such, but I think it’s more likely where her “fire wire” hangs. Many ports require a tanker to hang a tow wire along their outboard side when docked so, if they catch fire, they can be turned loose and a tug has the ability to grab that wire and tow them to a nice place to burn. There are chocks just forward of that, and the chocks aren’t rusty, but they’re easy to reach, so may have been maintained while the hull had to be allowed to rust. Any other ideas?
August 18, 2021 at 2:55 pm
tugster
Thx, George. That makes sense. I was thinking it was fire damage, but there would be no reason to have fire damage limited to that area. I’ll go with your explanation.
August 17, 2021 at 4:45 pm
ROBIN David Leslie DENNY
It is sad to see Maersk ships in such a poor state. It seems to be only those registered and operating under the Singapore management.
August 18, 2021 at 2:56 pm
tugster
Robin– I agree that only some Maersk ship show that amount of rust.