Random Ships 103
The sixth boro always provides lots to look at and wonder about. USNS Watson and Regulus, both are getting some service at Bayonne dry dock. Heroic Leader, 7500-car capacity, departs with “who-knows-what” in her hold. She’s currently approaching the Panama Canal Ever Front arrived soon after Ever Fame had departed. There are a total of […]
Random Ships 102
Seen yesterday by Donald Edwards . . . whose photos previously appeared here. The story behind the paint job follows. Today’s post features exactly what the title says . . . a random set of recent visitors to the sixth boro, like the 2015 Hafnia Raven, here escorted in by Margaret Moran. Bass is a […]
Random Ships 101
In the chilly windy of a crisp Saturday morning light, Maersk Skarstind made one of the many turns in the KVK. Name the tugboats assisting? Answer follows. Maersk Skarstind is a 2016 vessel with 9443 teu capacity. And, yes, that’s Laura K on the stern. Jonathan C has a line port alongside. Less than […]
Random Ships 100
Truth be told, I should have passed this 100 milestone long ago, but I forestalled a number of times by differentiating within the title: for example, besides the August 2007 starting point of random ships 1 but also random ships *1 and really random ships 1 posted inAugust 2016 and March 2019. Forestalled or not, […]
Random Ships 99
Every day is Thanksgiving, but we dedicate one day to talk about it. One undeniable detail of the US popular T’giving narrative involves a transAtlantic vessel, Mayflower. Some of this info about the Mayflower might be new. Less than a decade after arriving in North America, it may have been dismantled and used in a […]
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 […]
Random Ships 98
They come, they go . . . and we never get to know more than the names, unless something unusual happens, as was the case with Ever Forward. More on that at the end of this post. Some names are intriguing, like CMA CGM Osiris, likely among the newest cargo ships calling in the sixth […]
Random Ships 97
Back to historical Barge Canal photos tomorrow, but today I’m back in the boros, where the birds are singing in the sunny low 60s! Because I’ve been inland, all photos come from very recent archives, like Balsa 85, a small general cargo carrying a bulk cargo of sugar in the holds of her petite 348′ […]
Random Ships 96
or I could call this Boxing Day 2. Denak Voyager hauls scrap in her big boxy holds regularly from the sixth boro to Turkey. This was my first time seeing the 2012 New York Express or Varna Bay. Guthorm Maersk has called here before. Ditto San Cristobal. ONE München has appeared on this blog before, […]
Random Ships 95
It’s been over a month since I did a thoroughly non-scientific sampling of ships in the boro. I’ve not gotten photos this time, but ONE Apus is back in town after a long hiatus, a time to reconstruct the cells after a Pacific mishap. Above, not quite a month on, Nordspring is in the Atlantic […]
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