Congestion 5
Sometimes the sixth boro gets crowded, as you can see from these posts. This post tries to show that, but keep in mind that foreshortening makes these vessels seem closer than they are–the two ships below are more than a mile apart. Keep in mind also that a water channel is a dynamic medium, current […]
Congestion 4
A harbor, different parts of it, can be a crowded place. Here are some previous posts called “congestion.” Kyoto Express left first, after my arrival, passing some icons during her exit. Ever Legion departed next, leaving the US-flagged Overseas Key West at the dock. Seroja Enam, ex-APL Poland, was arriving but being followed. Meeting […]
Sixth Boro Pilot Beer Run
Yesterday morning some pallets got lifted from a terminal in Hunt’s Point in The Bronx by a Hudson River-based liftboat to a Brooklyn-based ex-BUSL. Meanwhile, a Brooklyn-based crane ship on the hull of a repurposed lube tanker took position on the East Side of Pier 17. The lift boat Legs III is […]
Retro Sixth Boro 35 B
How about a quick post today, all three photos taken in a two-minute span on March 25, 2011. The third photo here is set to enlarge when you double click; let’s see if FB allows a preview with that. Congestion: I don’t know what barge Sea Raven is pushing, but the Allied boat and First […]
Retro Sixth Boro 34 a
It’s January 31 or -1 February. since it’s a short month, it needs another day. The temperatures where I’ve been have been colder than -1 centigrade. So let’s do it . . . photos from a decade ago, February 2010. See the crewman in the netting dangling over the side of tanker Blue Sapphire? He […]
From the Line Locker 36
Sometimes I’m conflicted about what to post, like today with too many competing stories, and we’ll start with news, and Cisne Branco, which translates as “white swan.” The photo below shows Cisne Branco, a Brazilian Navy training vessel, in the sixth boro in May 2012 for a sixth boro OpSail event. Earlier this week, the […]
Chicagoland Tugs
I’m a bit late with this, but click on the image below for a Professional Mariner article by Will Van Dorp on Middle River Marine, a company that helps take trucks out of the congestion in Chicago. For a sense of what I mean by CAWS, click on the map below for context. Beyond that […]
Assists 5
Pushing and shoving . . . are they different in this context with 3000 hp concentrated in the right location? New steel and recycled name . . . Torm Hilde, the 114,000 dwt tanker in port recently, got spun around in the KVK by Kimberly and JRT. Torm Hilde is one of the largest tankers […]
Assists 6
Here goes another 3-fer, three cargo vessels making their way again through the KVK simultaneously. JRT here at dawn assists orange juice carrier Orange Blossom 2 through the ConHook Range. Jonathan C passes in front of them, returning from assisting another vessel now bound for sea. Right behind the juice carrier is a box ship. […]
Congestion 3
Here are the two previous posts by this title, and more. Juxtaposed boats invite comparison, allow perception of subtle difference, here between Marion and Doris. It also gives a sense of the random traffic patterns, here about to pass the impatient Peking are (l to r) Michael Miller, Charles Burton, and way in the distance […]
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