Retro Sixth Boro 58
February 2013 saw Patrick Sky still working in the boro. The walkway still flanked the west side of the Bayonne Bridge, which allowed images like the ones that follow. Sun Right and Suez Canal Bridge were regulars. Since then the 1993 Sun Right has been scrapped. The 2002 Suez Canal Bridge continues to work under […]
Rounding Bergen Point 6
Here are the previous posts in the series. The bow of the ship, the park, and Newark International tower could establish the location, as could the stern of the ship and the signage on the bridge lower right. How many tugboats do you spot? What do you now about them and the ship from colors […]
Retro Sixth Boro 60
A decade ago, the split-hulled trailing suction hopper dredger Atchafalaya was in the sixth boro. These days in 2023 the 1980 vessel in the St. Johns River of the Alligator and Sunshine State. I don’t believe it actually worked in the sixth boro. The west side walkway made for a lot of photography on my […]
Names 51
I caught her at the fuel dock the other day, and knew a bit of back story. Do you recall seeing her before on this blog? Since she was fueling and I was not waiting around for that process to end, I left. I wish I’d gotten a 360-degree view, because changed paint really changes […]
Random Tugs 337
Because the name and focus of this blog is tugster, you’d expect to see a lot of tugboats, both within the confines of New York harbor, aka the REAL sixth boro, and I hope you are satisfied that you find a plethora of tugboats in installments of this blog. So here’s Random Tugs #337, post […]
Kirby and BBC Kimberley
It’s another dark, rainy day in the sixth boro, so let’s recall the vibes of a warm, sunny September last week and BBC Kimberley swooping through the KVK. Does it get more photogenic?! Kirby Moran escorts at a distance until needed. Name the country of “St. John’s” registry? Answer follows. While we’re at it, how […]
Random Tugs 307
Larry J. Hebert has been in the boro a few months, following a GLDD dredging project. She’s from 1981 and rated at 3600 hp. She headed eastbound in the KVK here with a fair amount of wire out, it seems to me. Helen Laraway, light, heads west. She’s the oldster here, 1957, and 2000 hp. […]
Random ULCVs 14
Technological marvel and global supply chains spawned by the deindustrialization of this country go hand in hand with these huge vessels. CMA CGM J. Adams comes in with +14,000 teu, a peak capacity reached in August 2017 when her sister vessel T. Roosevelt arrived first. That’s 1202′ x 166′ and running deep. Tokyo Triumph comes […]
Spring Morning Hour 3
Following from yesterday, which covered 0900 to 0930, today we pick up from the mystery vessel and do 0930 to 1000. Identify this blue ship? Here’s a clue and a hint that traffic is busy, as another vessel comes around Bergen Point. As MSC Bilbao clears the bridge, you get a sense of all […]
KVK Concatenation 2
Where’s there’s a “1”, a “2” must follow, right? Let’s start with Brendan Turecamo on the starboard side of APL Dublin. Enter a Maersk ship with Bruce tendering the port side. APL Dublin has Kirby on the stern. Gerda has Capt. Brian A. on her stern, and Patrice and Ava. That makes a total of […]
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