Something Different 72
Twas the day before Thanksgiving, and the Port ‘Liz had ships aplenty, but the very next day it was almost empty. In a different part of the US, TS Empire State, which just two months ago was alive and lurking beneath Throgs Neck bridge, has delivered itself to the breakers in Brownsville. Heading back to […]
Something Different 71
Cormorant and I talk sometime; yes, the one on the piling and not the former DEP boat. Anyhow, cormorant prompted me to get these three photos. So, evidence here is that I did. A red . . . Freightliner Summit Hauler was preparing to tow an odd bundle off M8001 barge held in place by […]
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.
Something Different 69
I had a different post prepared and queued up for today, but then I watched one of the most recent episodes of Sal Mercogliano’s “What the Ship…” and saw a 37-minute interview Sal did with Madeleine Wolczko, a US merchant mariner currently stuck in a shipyard in Shanghai. That remarkable interview led me to an […]
Something Different 68
If you have the Marinetraffic app on your phone, you might recognize this. Note the info on destination for Driftmaster, a USACE debris collector in the sixth boro. “No place” is what is usually displayed. It might just as well say “wherever debris is.” These next screens are already out of date: by now, H. […]
Something Different 66
Someone asked a question about nomenclature the other day and it may have been on FB. The name I know is “shipside door,” and it appears to be used in cases that the pilot’s ladder would exceed 9 meters (29.5′). In that case the pilot would enter/depart the ship via the shipside door. Sometimes a […]
Something Different 65
I traveled RT by air last week, and as usual, tried to spot landmarks, entertainment for the map fan that I am. Mount Vernon is how the smart phone labels it. I’d call it a view of Mobile Bay at dusk, looking south. I concur with the phone that this is New Orleans, one of […]
Something Different 4 Follow-Up
You likely heard about the Hong Kong floating restaurant that sank recently while being towed “somewhere.” No one was hurt, and it sank in a deep part of the ocean, so it will remain at the bottom, maybe as a venue for the mer-creatures. Second lives for vessels as restaurants, etc., are tough. Here was […]
Something Different 67 C
Parts A and B are here. Today’s post concludes this story of my Congo River trip, 1973. Wednesday midday the ITB and all the barges finally stopped for the first time in a place called Bolobo. No dock per se existed, but the lead starboard barge was near enough the bank that long planks were […]
Something Different 67 B
Part A was here. Here is the start of the actual trip on the Integrated Tug Barge (ITB) that led to this blog. Giant pusher tugs like the ITB Major Vangu were sometimes referred to as K-boats, because they ran between key river cities of Kinshasa and Kisangani. Waterfalls above Kisangani and below Kinshasa blocked […]
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