Meeting the Fleet 2022 B
I’m just observing, not criticizing, but the vessel turnout in 2022 seems quite small. I understand that lots of other things are happening globally. Following USS Bataan, USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209) and HMS Protector (A-173) arrive. They are both about 20 years in service and have both done assignments in the Arctic. Sycamore made a run […]
Government Boats 60
For the past week on AIS, this has been “govt vessel 5,” and she’s currently in Stapleton taking on fuel. Clearly she’s a Freedom-class LCS, with its distinctive bow-low profile. It’s powered by four engines: 2 x Fairbanks Morse/ Colt-Pielstick 9,100 hp diesels plus two 2 x Rolls-Royce 48,000 hp gas turbines run through four […]
Something Different 70
Try this: a cruise from Buenos Aires to . . . Milwaukee!! These folks are currently doing it. Below is my screen capture as they were leaving the sixth boro. Here‘s my blog post of them along the west side of Manhattan. Post by the robots as WVD is away.
Newest Hull(s) 13
I’ve used this title a dozen times before, but never have four relatively recent hulls shared sixth boro waters until now, at least not that I’m aware of. So let’s start here with an obvious logo and a name I couldn’t quite parse, Viking Octantis, until I realized it was named for a star visible […]
Random Mississippi River Towboats* 5
Not all boats I saw at Mississippi lock and dam #19 were line haul boats. MarySue with Connie L were good examples. They do pose something of a mystery, though. According to ID painted onto the vessels, they’re of the Michels fleet, although on database sites like gltugs and tugboatinformation, they don’t show up. […]
Strait of Canso Traffic 2
Four years ago, I saw Alder in Duluth, where she had worked since her launch in Lake Michigan in 2004. Believe it or not, I appear NOT to have taken photos of her, as unlikely as that seems. In 2005, Alder replaced the 1944 Sundew, which is still in Duluth, now as a private vessel. […]
ICW Tugs May 2017* B
Norfolk and its estuary constitute a major US seaport, so let’s linger here for this post. I’ve been there three times, and only once was it clear. Besides military docks, it has a number of terminals. for this latter, here‘s a schedule; Notice it shows CMA CGM Marco Polo arriving here at 1300 on May […]
Other Peoples Photos 87
First, the numbers, as Kai Ryssdal would say on NPR’s Marketplace show. The numbers I’m referring to are the bids on Grouper yesterday. At 0600 yesterday, high bid was $150. That lasted until just after noon. By 1300, high bid was $420. More than 60 bids (out of a total of 104) were tendered in […]
Thanks to Great Lakes Mariner 2
Time gets away from me quite a lot. Notwithstanding the 50-degree temperatures and bursting blooms, it certainly does not feel like it, we’re several days into spring, and I’d intended this as my last winter’s day post, following up on another post from this Great Lakes mariner . . . maybe I should say great […]
Lake Loop 8: Milwaukee
I had a high school math teacher armed with adages like “sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.” It came to mind this morning as happens sometimes, this set of photos set themselves up, a situation much better than when sometimes you taste the frustration of being minutes or seconds too late. […]
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