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Assisting on the stern is a recent transplant to the sixth boro. The 2008 4000 hp and 77′ x 34′ Gregg McAllister appears to be substituted in while the newer, more powerful, and larger Capt. Brian is temporarily benched.
Notice the bit of tugboat stern to lower left on the photo above? Assisting nearer the bow is Ava M McAllister.
Jonathan C. has a line running up to the bow of the MSC ship.
No line here, but James D. follows closely on the stern of a tanker.
With a lione to the stern, Kirby assists
Cosco Hope as it heads out with a destination given as Savannah. Pick a number in Savannah and get in line.
And finally, here’s another shot of Gregg McAllister. Note in the photo below, the eye of the line is just going up, as
crew of the ship haul it up in order to make it fast.
All photos, WVD, who wants to point out that these assists happen 24/7/365, no matter the weather, temperature, wind force, or hour.
In several hours yesterday, a diverse set of vessels came by. I could begin with Chemical Pioneer, a 1968 vessel that’s been calling here in some form for half a century. She first called here as a container ship, until her big fire.
As Chemical Pioneer was assisted into a berth in Bayonne, an MSC vessel came in,
MSC Vittoria.
She was followed by a tanker, Hellespont Promise, about the same vintage as the MSC ship.
A 2012 ULCV was next, the 13k teu Cosco Hope.
As Hope departed, two other vessels came in, each a different sort from what has preceded in this post.
Here Grimaldi’s 2017 Grande Torino passes Chemical Pioneer,
followed by 2014 bulk carrier Genco Weatherly, under a beautiful sky.
Two months ago, Weatherly was in Turkey, no doubt discharging scrap metal and she’s likely here to reload.
All photos, WVD, who feels fortunate to have a chance to see this variety in just a few hours sitting by the dock of the bay.
Posts focusing on the tugboats to follow.
Just photos will appear here today, and I realize I’m contradicting that statement by writing this sentence and the others. However, inspiration was failing me, so I decided this post should be not photo-driven, but photo-dominated. Names are provided in the tags.
Sunday started sunny, but then clouds moved in.
The sixth boro offers many vistas. Enjoy a few, starting with Sarah D towing a deeply loaded scow past Bay Ridge.
At sunrise, Atlantic Salvor and Patrice McAllister head in the same direction for different tasks past Stapleton Heights.
Jonathan C works shipside on the ConHook range in the sixth boro
Julie Anne heads north or so inside the VZ Bridge. I should know what buoys are there, but . . . I don’t.
Sarah D again and here shipside in the KVK.
Mary Turecamo assists alongside a rust-flecked box ship.
Seeley pushes Weeks 250 eastbound in the Kills.
Kirby Moran, Patrice McAllister, and Gregg McAllister assist another box ship, as Marie J Turecamo heads in their direction.
Sea Fox moves a barge past Global terminal in Bayonne.
Navigator rotates clockwise away from St George and heads north.
And finally, Charles James stands by with a scow off Sunset Park.
All photos and any errors, WVD.
I happened onto a very busy sunrise this morning, five ships of which two were ULCVs and a half dozen of so tugboats can be seen.
The first ULCV was CMA CGM Chile,
and the light, as last night’s Hunter’s Moon settled in the west, was perfect.
Marie J Turecamo and Margaret Moran assisted,
The sixth boro terminals are doing something right, because no backups as in southern California and Savannah are happening here.
All photos, WVD.
I’ve been meaning to ask about this lumber on the piers at Red Hook container terminal. Not quite a year ago an unusual looking vessel called Mozu Arrow deposited these bundles of lumber. Here‘s another shot showing all the bundles. All through the stories of lumber being outrageously expensive, this lumber stayed here. In some places, the coverings have ripped off leaving the wood exposed to the weather, wasting away. Can anyone tell me the story of this lumber and why it hasn’t moved in 11 months. As of this writing, the lumber carrier is traveling between South Korea and British Columbia, light maybe, having deposited lumber on piers in Busan perhaps? On second thought, would this vessel travel sans cargo across the Pacific? What cargo might it be carrying to Canada?
Brendan Turecamo is a regular on this blog; behold about nine feet of the boat you never see when she’s working.
Here’s a limitation of gantry cranes; if you have a container ship loaded higher than the cranes can accommodate, getting a last box in place means lifting to the height and then sliding it in aft to fore. Understand what’s happening here? The box was lifted farther “back” than the empty slot, and now the crane operator is sliding it in laterally, toward the right in this photo. Is this a common occurrence on these “tall ships,” to give a new meaning to the phrase?
Do you remember “you go girl” graffiti on a ferry just west of the Bayonne Bridge? Well, clearly it has shifted over toward the Bayonne, New Jersey, side and is showing a different and more corroded side. I wonder where she goes next.
From this angle, there appears to be quite a few Reinauer tugs in their yard. While we’re playing an Andy Rooney and asking questions about everything, has anyone learned more about the WindServe Marine toehold within the Reinauer real estate here? Isn’t it hard to believe that Andy Rooney has been gone for almost a decade now?
Getting back to the warehouse sheds in Red Hook, is it possible this very experienced tow truck is there to prosecute any violators who choose to trespass and/or dock? I saw a more intimidating sign and sight in Belfast ME some years ago in the second photo here.
To show location of these signs and the antique tow truck, note it in the wider view photo below.
Shall we leave it here? I suppose. All photos, WVD, with conveyance from the New York Media Boat.
Barry Silverton first came to the sixth boro five and a half years ago. Her twin Emery Zidell appeared here earlier this year, and i believe this is the first time to catch the ATB light and head on.
Roughly the same size, Haggerty Girls waits alongside as RTC 80 loads.
Mary Turecamo heads out to meet a ship. Mary Turecamo, Haggerty Girls, and Emery Zidell are all over 105′ and 4000 or more horsepower.
Margaret Moran here hangs close to a bulk carrier she’s escorting in.
Like Margaret above, Buchanan 12 is rated at 3000 hp and each has worked under the same name for the same company since coming from the shipyard. Buchanan 12 is a regular shuttling stone scows between the quarries up the Hudson and the sixth boro.
Franklin Reinauer has operated under that name since coming from the shipyard nearly 40 years ago.
I first saw Fort Point in Gloucester here over five years ago.
Joker seems to have become a regular in the sixth boro since this summer. She used to be a regular here as Taurus.
Known as Brendan Turecamo for the past 30 years, this 1975 3900 hp tug is getting some TLC up on the floating drydock.
All photos here where we leave it today, WVD.
Enjoy this set of photos, taken on a random path across the harbor with the NY Media Boat. More Gene Chaser soon.
Ruby M above is the oldster of the set, launched in 1967. She’s 95′ loa and turns out just under 2000 hp. Below, Colonel dates from 1978, turns out 3000 hp and is the longest in the set . . . at just about 107′.
Sea Lion was launched in 1980, is 65′ loa and powered by 1400 horses. Below, Margaret Moran (I believe) has been in the sixth boro long before I called it that; she arrived in 1979 bringing 3000 hp and a loa of just a foot under 100′.
Julie Ann has arrived in the harbor the most recently of this set, just a couple months ago. She was launched in 2006 and brings 4200 hp packed into 75′.
And finally, Ava M. McAllister is likely the first boat to carry that name. She was christened in 2018. She’s a 100′ boat with 6770 hp.
Thanks for Bjoern at NY Media Boat for a tour of the boro. All photos, WVD.
The red upper wheelhouse is no more, although I’m not certain what new paint scheme will evolve, or when Evening Star will become Jordan Rose, as Evening Breeze became Susan Rose. Follow this transformation we will.
Ellen transformed from Navy gray to McAllister colors 20 years ago.
Atlantic Salvor has worn Donjon blue–almost the same as warehouse blue–for over 20 years.
In a different way, Marjorie B profile varies from a lower to higher wheelhouse depending on the job.
Jill Reinauer has worn Reinauer colors for over 20 years also, although she has seen some modifications of profile more recently.
Brendan is currently in dry dock, but when I took this photo, she was standing by with a large barge. I’ll post a photo of her high and dry soon.
This post began with a Bouchard tug in transition. It’s fitting to end with one that already looks quite different . . . Evening Light is now Mary Emma. currently on Narragansett Bay.
All photos, WVD.
The bridge photo at the end of part A was of Kristin Poling, right after she’d been taken out of service. In her long life from 1934 until 2011, she carried the nameplates of Poughkeepsie Socony, Mobil New York, and Captain Sam, before taking on her last name.
Here’s a shot from the bow, and
here from near the stern looking forward along the catwalk.
This is one of my all-time favorite photos. I wonder where this Coastie is today.
A decade ago, Maurania III worked in the harbor, here alongside the venerable Chemical Pioneer and
here muscling Suez Canal Bridge around Bergen Point.
APL Coral was scrapped in 2017, I believe. Anyone know what those bolts of green fabric are? By their location, I’d guess an anti-piracy measure. Nicole Leigh continues to work.
DEP’s Newtown Creek was in her last days; currently she’s a dive destination in Pompano Beach, FL known as Lady Luck.
Lygra (1979) went to Alang in 2018, after carrying that name as well as Centro America, Nornews Service, and Transfjord.
Does anyone know where Captain Zeke has gone to? I don’t. If I ever did, I’ve forgotten.
Catherine Turecamo assists SN Azzurra away from a dock. The tanker seems still to be working as Augusta; she’s also carried the names Blue Dolphin and Stena Commander. In 2014, Catherine T. went to fresh water and, the last I knew, became a Chicago area based John Marshall.
If you click on no links in this post except this one, you will be pleased; it’s the legendary 1937 commuter yacht Aphrodite. HERE is the link. Those all-caps are intentional.
Note the raked forward portion of Maersk Murotsu, getting an assist from Kimberly Turecamo. The tanker is currently known as Ardmore Seafarer, which I have seen but not photographed in the boro. It’s impossible to keep up . . . hang on to that thought until the end of the post.
And let’s close out with some busy photos, here Barbara McAllister moves a barge, East Coast follows light, and Gramma Lee T Moran assists a tanker. Barbara is now Patsy K.
And finally, the waters here are churned up by James Turecamo, Resolute, and Laura K Moran, as well as a few tankers off to the left.
All photos, WVD, who’s astonished how much changes if not daily or monthly but surely by decade.
And about that thought I asked you hang onto: I’m considering taking a break, a sabbatical, or as Chapter 17 of Moby Dick explains . . . a ramadan, a term used with respect. I say this as a solicitation of advice.
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