An MSC RORO
AIS said an MSC vessel was arriving, but when I saw it, I was surprised. I’d never seen an MSC RORO. MSC is the world’s second largest container line, and besides a cruise line, which I saw in Havana and which I believe does not call at US ports, container transport is all MSC does. […]
People on the Boro 34
A couple days ago in the 77 Days post (which I’ve since learned added up to 79 days) I saw a mariner I know on the boro on a Maersk container vessel. Most of the time though I don’t know the folks I see working on the water. The folks in yellow and orange coats […]
Random ROROs 2
ROROS of various sorts you can find here. But let’s take three that have called in the sixth boro during this month. These are three of many more. See if you can rank them by age and size. It should be fairly easy. The three are Polaris Highway, Paganella (which I erroneously thought was Pagan […]
Random Ships 99
It’s been months since I used this title, so let me play some catch-up. with a RORO and an ULCV. The RORO RCC Africa is the oldest vessel in this post, launched 2004. Its dimensions are 656′ x 105′ and at this moment it’s heading from the east to the west side of South American […]
Names 48
Call this a case of the common and the obscure. See the name on that tanker? Of course, and we know the name well for his fables despite his and their antiquity. The crude tanker was launched in 2012. But how about this one? I had to look it up. But if you know sci-fi […]
Eurocargo Bari
This sight might have confused some folks looking at vessels in the Stapleton anchorage yesterday. The brightly lit vessel arrived a bit before sunrise. Here’s a closer shot. That’s Discovery Coast with bunkers. She spun with the tide. Although, like me, you might not recognize the shape and colors of this vessel, Grimaldi is […]
Sixth Boro Sampler 4
Quick . . . what do you know about this white lionine tugboat? Answer follows. We’re still being quick here? What can you tell me about this model of Dianne E. in a display case on the lower level of a barge of Pier 66? I know nothing about the model, but I stopped by […]
Retro Sixth Boro 59 B
Since I’m currently riding the long rails, including this one, I’ve queued up a few posts. More on the rails soon. But let’s go back a decade and a month in this case, and see some happenings in the sixth boro in 2013. Diane B was already around, and here she was taking advantage of […]
Other Watersheds 17B
You know from the previous “other watersheds 17” that this is the Amazon, so look at the color of the water. If you want to read a scholarly article–albeit an old one–check this one out. If you want to see satellite photos of the mouth, where this silty freshwater mixes with the ocean, click […]
Random ROROs
One day in April, I noticed five ROROs in the sixth boro at the same time.I’m think the volume of ROROs in the port has increased. Anyone have substantiation of that hunch? Contemporary ROROs look quite similar one to the other, but a careful point by point comparison reveals differences. Look at them here. Hoegh […]
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