Orange Sun 2
Quick post today . . . If you ask me what has been the biggest surprise since I moved to NYC, discovered the sixth boro’s delights, and began tracking its flora, fauna, and mechanica, I’d say the the orange juice ships. Orange Sun came off the ways in 2007, and has called in the sixth […]
Two Suns and a Star
. . . but first, a followup from yesterday’s post, where I was wondering about the three figures in orange. Thanks to a reader, Tommy Bryceland, for calling my attention back to a fourth figure. See that orange way high up in the mast? He’s right to “call my attention” because while I was getting […]
Orange Sun
Here are previous posts with this vessel, but first, decide what color the metal below is. I’ll come back to this photo. When a tug has a sheet the bow, it means one thing about the vessel involved in the assist. A fleet of fruit juice tankers like this floats the oceans. Maybe someone can comment […]
Random Ships 76
Lest someone think all container ships built these days or calling in the sixth boro are ULCVs, consider YM Evolution. She was launched less than 10 years ago and has a teu capacity less than 5000. The company is based in Taiwan. I’ve seen Ebony Ray before, but this is the first time I post […]
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 […]
Old Year 2016
This is my Janus post . . . which I’ll start with a photo I took in January 2007 of an intriguing set of sculptures, since licensed to Trinity Church in Manhattan. Since I’ve tons to do today, comment will be minimal. The photo below I took near the KVK salt pile on January 14, […]
Random Ships 48
Random, but mostly a celebration of orange. Click here and you’ll see how obsessive i’ve been about these juice tankers. More even than about wine tankers, which I’ve no knowledge of ever seeing. Milk tankers, you ask? Well, if you mean the ones that travel from farm to processing/bottling plant, I’m familiar with them but […]
Curious Orange
. . . or citrus yellow . . . there was a movie almost half a century ago that intrigued me as a teenager, and the phrase has stuck. But this post is about those tanker that call in the sixth boro with orange juice. Click here to learn more about the Brazilian orange juice […]
Other Peoples Fotos 28
Oops . . . I “published” this prematurely and unintentionally if you saw it in disarray. And by the way, today I saw the woodchuck and his shadow; he saw mine and dove for cover. I wonder if that means six more weeks of cold weather. Please, someone advise. From the wandering eye of Maraki […]
Orange Juice
But first, an orange digression leaving the Narrows this morning under the tow of Michael J. McAllister, with Resolute alongside. Is it Senator John J. Marchi or Guy V. Molinari? These years maintenance is done in Virginia, and here are fotos from just under a year ago of Marchi at sea. Is special ballasting need […]
tugster: a waterblog 