Random ULCVs 14
Two days, two ULCVs, and two distinctly different types of weather. OOCL Brussels glided into a foggy harbor with Ava ready for indirect towing. OOCL Brussels is 10 years old and has box capacity of 13200 teu. Here’s the bestickered AMP box ready for use. Below the AMP box, in the aft mooring station, notice […]
Random ULCVs 14
Technological marvel and global supply chains spawned by the deindustrialization of this country go hand in hand with these huge vessels. CMA CGM J. Adams comes in with +14,000 teu, a peak capacity reached in August 2017 when her sister vessel T. Roosevelt arrived first. That’s 1202′ x 166′ and running deep. Tokyo Triumph comes […]
Random ULCVs 13
January is named for Janus, the one who looked forward and backward . . . transitions, this Roman. The connection is this . . . one day i post photos from 2022 and the next or two I post photos from the 1950s, supplied by Albert Gayer. Charles James, framed here by the big green […]
Random ULCVs 12
The point of this series–other than the point of this whole blog which is to document commercial happenings in the sixth boro–is to track changes, and changes in size and capacity have clearly happened in the container vessel department. I try to add other info as well. Yesterday, besides enjoying the cold and snow accumulation, […]
Random ULCVs 11
With Eastern Dawn in the foreground, the massive scale of these box boats is apparent. Foreshortening gives the illusion that MSC Lauren cannot possibly avoid a collision. Although this may be her first arrival in the sixth boro, this 12400 teu vessel has sailed the seas for a decade already. See the crewman near the […]
Random ULCVS 10
Most of you know that dawn is my favorite time. Yesterday dawn–between 0545 and 0645–was quite busy; two of the five vessels that transited the KVK were among the largest–so far–that call in the sixth boro. Pink sky with gradations, faded purple Brooklyn, huge but silent shapes, and spots of artificial lights. Birds silhouetted and […]
Random ULCVs 9
Find a great diagram here, as well as this quote: “container carrying capacity has increased 1200% since 1968.” This increased size drives developments in escort tugs. As of 2021, the sixth boro has accommodated vessels no larger than 15,000 teu, like CMA CGM Argentina. These can be called mother ships, since they can call in […]
Meeting Monaco Bridge
Miriam Moran looks to be alone, with a half dozen other units in the distance, but she’s converging with a pack. Minutes later, Kirby takes the stern of the ULCV, and James D. emerges from the far side, where she landed a docking pilot. Then, Miriam and Kimberly like choreography assume their positions and paths […]
Random ULCVs 8
A big bridge and two large ships, Atlantic Sky , a CONRO vessel, and Hyundai Speed, part of the Together class of 13,082 teu vessels out working the oceans since 2012 already. Can anyone help me understand the yellowish tinge to that plume? In contrast to a fully loaded Hyundai Speed,the 2012 Al Qibla […]
Random ULCVs 7
As of writing, two pink ULCVs– ONE Minato and ONE Hawk–share the cranes at Global Terminals. That would be a great photo, but I’m tied up this morning. Recently, I waited around for another one of the CMA CGM Explorer series ULCVs. So far, I’ve seen Vespucci. That leaves von Humbolt, Colomb, Laperouse, Verne, Magellan, […]
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