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Marjorie B. McAllister is one of those tugs that confused me when I first started paying attention. Below the house is down, and
and here the hydraulics have raised it up to look over Bulkmaster.
Ava M. McAllister‘s elegant lines are shown off as she assists a tanker to the Arthur Kill.
Cohoes on the Hudson River was the launch site of Mary Turecamo, the last tugboat to be built there.
Thomas D. Witte originally had a telescoping wheelhouse to fit under bridges on the Erie Canal and elsewhere, but I’ve never seen photos of that superstructure.
Ever sharp-looking 2006 Pegasus goes to a job.
The veteran Ellen McAllister escorts in a tanker. I’ll do a tanker post here one of these days soon, maybe later this week.
Capt. Brian heads eastbound on the KVK to a job.
Pathfinder is rarely seen light, but here she heads over to pick up the TUP at the trash transfer station.
Twins . . . at the 10-year mark . . . looks to need some TLC.
Here was Twins a minute earlier, coming out of a busy but typical traffic pattern on the KVK. I count five tugboats besides Twins.
The mighty Patrice powers her way east to pick up a job. Note the crew aboard Chem Singapore.
And to end this post, which of course could go on and on, the 4610 hp Doris powers along a container barge from one NY/NJ container port to another, a local example of short sea shipping.
All photos, WVD.
“Scarlet Begonias” has a line “the sky was yellow but the sun was blue…” Well, you may have noticed the sun this morning here was pink and bluish; the sky was a uniform gray, and
that made the water gray as well. Thank the Canadians . . . well, the smoke from wildfires in western Canada.
See the WTC1?
All photos this morning, WVD.
A new assist boat in town bringing 3800 hp to the job?
Right . . . I was kidding. It’s Jones Act non-compliant anyhow.
Genesis Eagle is a 6140 hp pin boat.
JRT Moran and Capt. Brian McAllister do an assist of an ULCV.
Pegasus gives Mount St. Elias an assist as it moves DBL 82 out of IMTT bound for New Haven.
Andrea gives HMS Liberty an assist as it delivers a bunker barge to Port Elizabeth.
Miriam Moran delivers a pilot to the ship.
Mary Turecamo assists a container ship.
Doris waits for a job to approach in the Upper Bay,
and finally, Kirby Moran moves in closer to an incoming ship.
All photos, WVD.
A quick post today, since I’ll spend most of the day without computer, signal, or free time. The varied and unsettled weather of the recent weeks is evident here as well, the diverse days of summer.
Here are some of the usual workhorses or work oxen of the port.
Brendan Turecamo,
Normandy, and
Evening Breeze and a couple Bouchard barges. There must be a shortage of locations to stack the idle Bouchard fleet, still in limbo no matter what engrossing negotiation is happening behind closed doors in advance of July 23, according to this article.
Continuing with this threat, there’s Normandy and Pelham,
Fells Point,
Justine McAllister,
Marjorie McAllister with Bulkmaster,
Sea Lion and a sailboat under sail,
Brendan Turecamo
Kirby Moran and Miriam Moran,
Miriam and a fishing skiff,
and Kirby, James D., and Miriam, all Moran, and all following an incoming ship.
More soon . . . WVD.
A schooner named Adventurer meets a tugboat called Charles D. McAllister over by Stapleton. I’m sure this is not the 1925 schooner Adventurer. It could be this one.
Triple Net sails out of Bridgeport CT in summers.
Nine Lives has a name used elsewhere . . .
Sea Duck II is likely powered by a diesel, but it’s not a diesel duck . . ., which would be a larger vessel.
I believe this is this Grand Eagle.
Salty Dogs . . . has to be another widely used name for a yacht.
All photos in different types of weather, WVD.
According to PANYNJ stats, May 2021 saw 396,417 loaded teus arrive in the sixth boro; May 2020 saw 266,004! That is an increase of 49%. Exports of loaded teus in May this year totaled 134,458 versus 95,462 last year, an increase if 40.8%. So the port is . . . busy. So as I’ve done before, I offer a sampling of the ships involved in the moving teus, i.e., container ships.
Check out OOCL Europe, head on . . . launched in 2006, with her 8063 teu capacity.
As you know, CMA CGM Marco Polo [yes, I missed it] has been the largest container ship to call in port of NYNJ to date, recently she called in Laem Chabang and Vung Tau, and I’ll let you guess where those megaports are.
Ikaria, 2002, and 4492 teu, is the smallest box ship in this batch. In 1999, I was not blogging about the port, but the record shows the largest container ship in the world then carried 6200 teu.
There’s not much view of either the box ship, CMA CGM Brazil or the tanker, but check out the bow wave compared with the small trawler just beyond. Of course, foreshortening is involved and the 30+- trawler was in no danger.
CMA CGM Brazil, pictured here, is the newest in this batch, launched in 2020 and has the capacity of 15128 teu.
MSC Tavvishi is the oldest, from 2000, with a 5468 teu capacity. Launched in 2000, she was not that much smaller than the largest in the world at that time.
And RDO Fortune, a 2012 launch with a 5033 teu capacity
came into the sixth boro appearing to be entirely empty. Might that be to pick up empty boxes?
All photos, WVD.
Laem Chabang and Vung Tau are ports in Thailand and Vietnam, respectively.
Elli, built in 2010 and with 113k capacity, gets an assist out of the berth from Ellen McAllister.
Kimberly and Brendan assist STI Finchley, 2014 and 38k, out of a dock, and
and Ginga Cougar, 2005 and 26k, heads into that same dock.
See the blurry name above, and somewhat blurry below?
I’d seen it before in the boro as King David and then King Dorian.
Khawr AlAdid is a crude tanker, 2006 and 106k.
When I saw Maersk Navigator on AIS, I’d expected a box ship.
It’s a tanker, 2016 andn 46k.
Seabreeze is 2007 and 54k.
Persepolis, a classical name for a world heritage site,
was launched in 2018 and 74k.
Front Clipper is huge for the harbor, 157k and built in 2017.
And closing it out . . . all rise for The Judge, an asphalt tanker, 2016 and 37k.
All photos, WVD.
Here’s a tanker with a great name I stumbled upon while looking through the November 2016 archives. St Aqua . . . i’ll expand that St to “saint,” who we sometimes need . . .
It should be no secret that I’m an early riser, have always been one to get up in the “o’dark” hours for the morning golden hour, the best time of day. Here are two Miller’s Launch OSVs, possibly Rana and Rosemary.
A bit later on a different day, I caught Dylan Cooper westbound, with another Reinauer unit off in the distance.
Janet D headed into that same morning, here eastbound.
Ditto . . . Charles D McAllister and
Mary Turecamo. In fact, in the photo below, you see all three. Did you get the golden hour this morning?
All photos, WVD, who thinks this morning’s overcast skies here blocked any gold.
“Random Tugs 001” I posted in October 2007, 14 years ago. The motivation for such a post then, as now, comes from the observation that what passes you by, either on the water, the roadway, or even the sidewalk or hallway, is often just random. It’s foolish to look for meaning or significance where there is none. So here’s installment 339.
Genesis Glory, 1979, 3900 and 120′ x 34′
Janet D, 2015, 1320, and 67′ x 26′
Sarah D, 1975, 2000, and 90′ x 29′
HMS Justice, 2013, 2000, and 75′ x 30′
Sarah Ann, 2003, 2700, and 78′ x 26′
Charles D. McAllister, 1967, 1800, and 94′ x 29′
Durham . . . I’ve seen her a long time, I believe she’s operated by Ken’s Marine, but I don’t know anything more.
Kodi with Hayward back by the bridge. Kodi dates back to 1974, under 500, and 43′ x 15′, I think.
L. M. Caddell works near the floating dry docks. The upper wheelhouses at the Reinauer yard in the background, I’d guess Dace, Stephen, and JoAnne III. I’m sure I’ll be corrected. I don’t believe the shorter “upper house” to the right is installed on a tugboat. Now I’m really sure I’ll be corrected. As for simple specs on the Caddell yard tug . . . sorry.
Coho, 2008, 4000, and 111′ x 36′
All photos, WVD, and happy “fly the official flag day.“
Is this a miniature replica of a tugboat posed beside a green wall?
Not really. But besides ULCVs like Thalassa Pistis (sea of faith?), even 100′ x 40′ tugboats seem to shrink.
Enlarge this photo and you’ll see the folks here heading out to fish implausibly turn their backs to the huge ship not that far away.
She’s has capacity of just under 14,000 teu,
although she appears to have fewer than that aboard.
The 106′ x 32′ Brendan Turecamo, like the other tugs, appears to be shrunk.
She arrived here from Savannah and Colon Panama before that; as of dawn Saturday, she’s still in port here.
All photos, WVD.
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