East River Traffic 5
If you’re unfamiliar with NYC, most of the photos in this series are from Roosevelt Island, likely off most visitors’ list of places to see. That’s too bad, since it offers a lot, including great views of Manhattan and the strait (East “river”) in between. If you’ve not seen the Nelly Bly memorial at the […]
East River Traffic 4
Here’s a new name on this blog: Posillico, operator of Breakwater Marine and tugboat Deborah Quinn, the 1962 one. Does anyone know the intended outcome of this work on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge? As it turns out, there’s another tugboat that once carried the Deborah Quinn name. This Quinn is a large […]
East River Traffic 3
Here are previous iterations of this title. Sometimes it’s energizing to return to places you’ve not visited in a while. We followed North River for a bit and then turned into the Brooklyn Navy yard, a quite busy place. Sugar Express was there along with Carolina Coast. The barge shuttles less-refined sugar from Florida to […]
East River Traffic 2
Here was the first in this series. Let’s go to a different location on the East River, and I know I’m late coming to this story, but it’s an exciting one. Hunts Point is now receiving regular cement shipments, by ship via the East River. Shipments originate at Port Daniel Gascons, QC. Here under the […]
KVK Traffic Flow 3
That stretch of waterway can be pretty busy, though not nearly as busy as the automotive traffic arteries of the five boros. Count them below . . . seven tugboats contained in a single photo frame!! You can try to name them. Let me know if you need help. One by one, though, they are […]
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 […]
East River Catch Up 1
Tugster is on an extended trip, so the robots have scheduled these posts. Later in May, I will get back to Barge Canal-era photos from the Canal Society. I’ve taken a break from that series to “catch up.” Next I’ll alternate in posts using photos thanks to Pete Ludlow, whose aerie high above the East […]
Where “Exotics” Ain’t Exotic 2
Here’s another mostly photographic account of quite commonplace traffic off Louisiana, aka in the oil patch. Fourchon Runner is running some supplies, equipment, and likely personnel out to one of a forest of platforms involved in oil and gas extraction. Here are stats on Fourchon Runner. This unit on the stern looks to my […]
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 […]
Road Fotos 2021 C
My goal was familiarization, not veni vidi vici, or exploration of the 2300+ miles of river crossing parts of seven states, beginning in SW Montana. Barge traffic is possible there now because of the work of the USACE. More on that in a later post. Here was my top-priority destination: the current northernmost aka upriver […]
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