Specialized 26
As the title indicates, this features #26 in a string of specialized posts. And what is specialized in what, you may think. A lift boat, aka an elevator! I’ve had lift boats here, and here. I’m led to believe they’ve been around at least since Jehu. Really, Jehu is a vessel I’ve not found an image […]
Truckster! 28
Quick post today . . . just trucks with patina, and all between Texas and Kansas, and in various states of integrity and different types of display or on long-term layaway and surface condition and past specialized function and even substance, and some even serve as daily drivers. All photos, WVD, who’s mindful the ides […]
Random Sixth Boro 14
This is my title for times I’m feeling ADHDed out . . . when I can’t focus on a big picture for all the divergent details. So, who’s home court is this? AS Felicia‘s crew, that’s who. Any guesses on AS Felicia‘s teu capacity? RN Weeks is a split hopper TS dredge, like Ocean Traverse […]
Whatzit 50
What made this stand out was the mostly horizontal member quite high off the water. So I started snapping. I’d noticed a few days back that Pelham had headed unusually far east in the Sound, and had run sometimes tandem with Captain Willie Landers. So this must be the tow. Any guesses? Names are always […]
Specialized 25
[Specialized] vessels don’t push or tow or transport cargo per se. They are tools with a variety of applications, as diverse as the tools in a professional mechanic’s chest, in an entire full service garage, in fact. Ocean Researcher has appeared here before, but not escorted by a tug, as James D. Moran is doing […]
New Hulls, Lines, and Liveries
Flux. “Everything changes and nothing remains still; and you cannot step twice into the same stream.” Heraclitus said that, or maybe he did not, but I’ve attributed it to him before. Click here for the 1966 Charles Burton and the 2010 Charles Burton. Above and below, that is the one from 2010, but the missing […]
Random Ships 94
You want novelty? Something new is always happening in the sixth boro, machines and people bringing goods from unimaginable places on the planet. Full like the 2006 Palena and empty like below. The 1998 Mississauga Express likely came in to gather up empty boxes. Such a vessel is sometimes called a “sweeper,” sweeping out a […]
Review: Diesel Railroad Tugboats: Vol. 1
Full disclosure first, I met the author, Paul Strubeck, around 15 years ago, and he’s been working on this voluminous tome for almost a decade. We met on a retired diesel railroad tugboat, of course, not either of the ones depicted below. Over the years, Paul has shared photos and information on this blog. I’ll […]
Specialized 24
Neither the lines nor the color scheme is typical. To briefly digress, that load of vehicles on the VZ Bridge is all too typical for this time of day. Shelia Bordelon has been off the south shore of Long Island for the past month or so. I could have put this post into the […]
Exotics 24
I’m always thrilled to see these specialized vessels in the sixth boro. I’d seen Regulus before, but see how her deck machinery back in November 2019 was different than it is now. Versatility is key. That red T identifies her as a Tidewater boat, a PSV (platform supply vessel), one of hundreds of speciality vessels […]
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