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The sixth boro has pyramids?

It does have fortifications, here patrolled by Gelberman.

And lots of interesting names, making for great juxtapositions.

And every now and then some seldom seen boats pass like this one, always out there but rarely –it seems–coming in close.

Kendall J. Hebert for a closeup!

I regret I didn’t get a close-up of the stack.

Ron G rotates through the sixth boro now and then.

So . . . back to those pyramids, there’re over by South Amboy, at Amboy Aggregates.  Sand Master is involved, of course.

Thanks to Ashley Hutto for the pyramids and Sand Master photos.  All others by Will Van Dorp.

 

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Eastbound and from left, it’s Sunny Williams, Sarah Ann, and Ellen McAllister.

Around the same time, it’s a light Patrice McAllister eastbound.  Compare the April 2014 shot below with these April 2012 ones of her first arriving in the sixth boro after the tragic fire on Lake Ontario.

After all the ice work Kimberly Poling has done the past few months, Sunday was a welcome sunny day, I’ll assume.

It wasn’t until this tow turned away from head-one that I understood what I was looking at . . ..

but closer in  . . . it was clearly Stephen Dann (I think this is her first appearance on this blog) towing

crane barge Strong Island.

Off Owl’s Head, it’s Pacific Reliance and Discovery Coast (I think) off to the west.

Pacific Reliance appeared here about six weeks ago.

Catherine Turecamo stands by near Gulf Pearl.

Parting shot . . . following up on the opening shot of this post.

All photos the past few days by Will Van Dorp.

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Here’s a range of photos from the present to the unknowable past.  Gage Paul Thornton . . . 1944 equipment working well in adverse 2014 conditions.   Photo by Bjoern Kils of New York Media Boat.

In 2007, McAllister Responder (1967) moved Peking (1911) across the sixth boro for hull inspection.  Photo by Elizabeth Wood.  That’s me standing on port side Peking adjacent to Responder house.

1953 Hobo races in Greenport Harbor in 2007.

A glazed over Gulf Dawn (1966)  inbound from sea passes BlueFin (2010).

Deborah Quinn (1957) awaits in Oyster Bay in 2010.

HP-Otter and HR-Beaver . . .  said to be in C-6 Lock in Fort Edward yesterday.  Photo by tug44 Fred.   New equipment chokes on ancient foe but no doubt will be dried off to run again.  Compare this photo with the fourth one here.

Unidentified tug on Newburgh land’s edge back in 2009.  I’ve been told it’s no longer there.

Unidentified wooden tug possibly succumbing to time in August  2011.

Ditto.  Wish there was a connection with a past here.

Thanks to Bjoern, Elizabeth, and Fred for their photos.  All others by Will Van Dorp.

 

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Name this tug headed for sea as the sunset bathes it in ruby light?

I guess this could turn into a precious materials post.  Hobo, this gold tug at the Costello shipyard in Greenport, appears to have been built 61 years ago by Caddell’s Drydock & Repair.  At this dock, it waits under the protection of this exotic creature of the winds if not waters.

This 55-year old  . . . despite the distant port name carried on its escutcheon, is where?  Check the skyline.

See the Chrysler Building off her port side?  Charlsea is currently in Weehawken.

The ever-wandering Maraki  caught up with Kathy M recently in Eleuthera.

And now . . . back to the ruby-red tug of the lead photo . . . . known as it leaves this port . . .

as Roger Williams, a name soon

to change.  Here she passes Castle Hill Light . . . as I said, bound for sea  . . .

Credits here go to Rod Smith for photos of Roger Williams, Maraki for Kathy M, and all others . . . Will Van Dorp, who is expecting to make a comment about the laurels above the Graves of Arthur Kill cover . . . upper left side of this page  . . . soon.

Thanks again, Rod and Maraki.

Assists 3

Here from five years ago was 2.   And from four years ago, here’s the last time (I think) I featured MOL Efficiency.   I wonder how many  hundreds of thousands of sea miles and dollars of cargo she’s moved since then.

But yesterday,  . .  that was Torm Ismini at the dock and McAllister Sisters on the bow of the MOL ship.

And to take care of all ID’s first . . . that’s Hubert Bays in the distance.  But look at Robert E. McAllister . . .

Line on . . . exerting steering in indirect mode.

Twas beautiful to watch.

Two minutes later . . . the towline is slack . . . until it would again be needed somewhere to the west.

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who thanks the Robert crew for the demo.

Unrelated Q:  There is a major player in heavy lift and project cargoes named BBC Chartering.  What do the letters BBC expand to in this case?  I’m asking because I do not know . . .

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Huron Service (1981) sailed into the springy morning it was.

Chesapeake Coast (2012) lit up the dawn this morning.

McAllister Responder (1967) and Gage Paul Thornton  (1944)  met in the KVK last Saturday.    Click here for Gage Paul‘s long history, during one part of which she carried the name Elizabeth McAllister.

Joyce D. Brown (2002) passes Stolt Jade.

HMS Liberty (1978)  . . .was originally a freshwater tug, one of two operating in the sixth bork for Harley, a company mostly based on the west coast but expanding.

Houma (1970) like many of the vessels in this post, has operated under a long list of companies.

Gulf Coast (1982) enters the KVK from the east this morning before 9 a.m.

A parting shot of the vessel that started today’s post . . .  Huron Service, headed to refuel.

All photos taken the last few days by Will Van Dorp.

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It’s Margot, last included on this blog here.  Guess the location?

And a former fleet mate of Frances, it’s  Catherine Turecamo . ..  with Gage Paul Thornton way in the background.

Here’s a closer-up of Gage Paul with Robbins Light in the background.

New York Central No. 13 . . . changing at a glacial pace and probably regressing, not progressing.   My last photo of this boat might be here.

Here’s Robert leaving the sixth boro this morning with a tow that

includes dredge McCaskill, which I previously featured here high and dry  and here from the inside.

East Coast meets west coast this morning alongside Corossol.

The newer Dean headed eastbound on the KVK and

and finally . .  another configuration of Marjorie B. McAllister.

All photos taken this week by Will Van Dorp.

Oh . . . Margot‘s location in the first photo is Tottenville NY, with Outerbridge Crossing in the background.

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Cape Henry at arrival . . . drawing between 12 and 13 meters with its holds

full of salt to render area roads safe and savory.

At departure for sea and points east yesterday afternoon . . .  she drew less than 6.

She was assisted out by Marjorie and

Ellen McAllister.

All photos except the third one by Brian DeForest, whom I thank.  I took #3.

 

Small Craft 8

Here was 7 in the series.

ABC-1 is a harbor supply boat, restocking the larder and spare parts lockers while load shifting happens in port.  Click here to see her high and dry a few years back.

BB 163 . . . is a still used antique, up on the Canal that connects the Great Lakes with the sixth boro.  Some day, when it’s warmer, I hope to learn much more about these BBs, buoy boats.  I’ll do more on BB 163 later.   For now, I can’t look at this and NOT see the flag of Colombia or Ecuador.

Gabby has been featured here many times.

Miller Boys is a crew boat.

But really the focus here is the line boats operated by Ken’s Marine.

It might be 5 above zero or 5 below 100 F, these crews are shuttling lines from ship to shore, negotiating with crews on a vessel as well as crews on shore.

Note the ship line handler chief watching the line boat and signaling to his crew to pay out line.

Once the line boat gets to the shoreline, the shore crew takes over.  Given the ice I know is on those rocks, this is a job requiring concentration and sure-footedness as well as  strength.

Once lines are on, the line boat stands off until they get snugged.  Then there are lots more lines to get on.

“All fast” needs to be done quickly and thoroughly.  Not long after this vessel was snug, two container ships passed between Medi Osaka on this side and UACC Masafi on the other side, creating tremendous lateral pressure on all vessels, straining the lines.

But all fast is all fast.  Bravo, guys.

All Fotos by Will Van Dorp.

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Just before 0700, Medi Osaka rounded the bend, low in the water as a galleon from the Andean mines.  Only two hours before, under darkness, Medi Osaka‘s soon-to-be berth was still occupied by Global Success, which had just completed discharging its payload of road salt, at least the part of the load gong to Atlantic Salt.

Many media reports notwithstanding, there is road salt around.  Not all suppliers have been out.

This clam shell has been steadily emptying out holds.

Granted the salt has been leaving almost as quickly as it has arrived, but

count the trucks . . .  a dozen and a half waiting  here . .  and more.

For JS and others who know the place, yes, I’m atop the salt pile looking down on Leidy’s .  .  . not far from Sailor’s Snug Harbor.

The trucks are there loading salt from Global Success even before Medi Osaka docks.

There’s 36 feet of water here and then some.

Note the crew watch the vessel inch up to the docking barge.

The next post will show the linemen ferrying the lines to shore crews running them up to the bollards.

Meanwhile, temperatures were almost to 50 F by the time I left here.