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or . . . the final installment from the west side of the Atlantic . . . and I’ll use (what I imagine as) NASA times here, but I’ll modify it from “t-minus” to “U–as in underway” minus and plus.
So, at U minus 53 minutes, there’s a man-basket dangling off the portside.
U minus 48 . . . a crew boat arrives with the pilot.
U minus 37 . . .
the pilot boards Combi-Dock III,
U minus 9, the crew boat, Nicholas Miller, departs . . ., likely off to deliver three technicians departing Combi-Dock III.
Judging from when I first detected “under way – making way” from my vantage point, 1616, the photo below is U plus 11 minutes. Movement at first was barely perceptible, gauged by watching juxtaposition of Peking masts and background features.
U plus 13.
U plus 14. The traffic in the background will welcome me when I leave my station . . . A note on the flags here: the red one (below) is Hamburg’s flag, and the one high in the mast of Peking (next photo below) is that of Stiftung Hamburg Maritim (SHM).
And finally–I shifted my station about a mile to Camp Gateway, Staten Island . . .U plus 21.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I’m guessing Eric R Thornton is off in search of some scrap waiting in
the Bronx maybe?
It’s been a long while since I’ve seen Penn No. 6, and here she and Normandy are made up to Penn No. 121. See those four shore cranes against the sky? Here’s a post I did on them almost a decade ago.
Here’s B. No. 250 eastbound for the Sound, with
Evening Star in the notch.
Some people would be pleased with this juxtaposition: MTA’s Highbridge Yard, with Harbor II, MetroNorth, and the 44th Precinct Police Station!
Barbara Ann holds station at the University Heights Bridge, with the unmistakeable Hall of Fame for Great Americans dome over the treeline. That’s a place I’ve yet to visit, one of many places in the five boros.
Ditto . . . Ireland on the north side of that bridge.
And to conclude for another day . . . it’s Penn No. 91 with
Skipjack in the notch.
Oops! All photos by Will Van Dorp . . . from aboard Manhattan II.
Name this vessel? Right there is the name. Answer at end of the post.
I’d love to see the interior, as it might be as stark as the lines.
This is severe, almost military, but I like it.
This to is excess with an excessive name . . . Vibrant Curiosity, which
happens to be the slogan of the owner’s company. Here are the particulars of the vessel built in Alblasserdam as was this vessel seen in this blog before completion.
All these photos I took on Sunday a high summer day for large yachts. What might you call this one?
Podium. What? Yup that’s the name. In spite of the too-analytical name, the manufacturer–Lürssen–has a long and interesting history. And if I had the means and the need for a Lurssen I’d go for the spaceman’s boat here.
Over in the Hudson, I spotted this yacht with the “name” on the bow as an abbreviation for
Cantina, built in Brazil.
And the name of the top boat here is “water,” a quite good name for anything that floats. Check out the kanji here. Japanese is pronounced as “mizu,” and I’m not sure how Mandarin would be pronounced. Here’s an article with info on a feature I missed . . . a feature I’ve seen on ships in the harbor, since crews of no matter what vessel need exercise on the water.
All photos and sentiments by Will Van Dorp, who’s posted on similar yachts here and (more modestly) here.
OK, one more, a photo I took in October 2008, an expedition trawler over in Long Island City and said to have belonged to Björk Guðmundsdóttir. I wonder if she still owns it.
As I went to one of my locations Thursday, I saw this tow headed up the Upper Bay toward Bayonne, and lamented being too late. I knew it was one of the new DSNY garbage cranes recently being deployed to new marine transfer stations in Manhattan & SW Brooklyn…
Panning slightly to the right, a group on Miller’s Launch boats were attending Afrodite . . .
Panning more than 90 degrees over past the VZ Bridge, I noticed a crane and some tugs over in the direction of Coney Island . . .
Shortly thereafter, I realized the sanitation cranes were returning . . . outbound, moved by Catherine C. Miller.
The next day, from the same vantage point, I noticed two large tugs in Gravesend Bay, one less familiar than the Moran tug.
The unusual stacks identified it immediately . . . Lauren Foss, which I had not seen since 2014, three and a half years ago here…. By the way, notice the ferris wheel and roller coaster on the skyline of Coney Island?
If you’re new to reading this blog, the high point of summer in the sixth boro shoreside for me is the first day, because it brings the mermaids ashore, a whole series of posts about which you can find here . . .
But back to Lauren Foss, a large oceangoing tug used for large barges. RORO barge American Trader , 400′ x 105′ qualifies as a large barge, although some of the Crowley container barges are larger as seen here and here.
Click here for the specs on the 8200 hp Lauren Foss.
CCA . . . here’s info on this busy but mostly invisible corporation that dates back to the Reagan era.
Here’s the scoop on McLaren Engineering.
The sixth boro is truly the part of NYC that never sleeps.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
I passed by this afternoon, so here’s a quick post. Peking seems to have disappeared in this hold.
But for scale, check out this photo I took while she was on a dry dock at Caddell’s nine and a half years ago. See the yard worker in a white protective suit lower right?
photo by Will Van Dorp Jan 9, 2008
Even the masts seem diminished by the cranes.
Safe passage! And with that I pass her off to spotters off the coast of the UK!
Lest you think Combi-Dock III and Peking–I will get back to them– are the only thing happening in the watery parts of NYC, here’s just a sampling . . . in a series I started last summer.
SBI Macarena –a fairly new bulk carrier– came in past the Brooklynside ramps for the VZ Bridge,
passing Jo Provel on the way out . . .
looking quite large relative to the new NYC ferry.
Tanker New Confidence tested its systems–water and sonic–as Doris Moran arrived.
Where the Wind Blows sails south toward the Narrows, so fast that
I lost track of her, although I admit to being distracted by this squadron passing overhead Elizabeth Anne.
Pioneer–one of South Street Seaport Museum’s schooners–also sailed past and ever went outside
the Narrows, where I’ll pick this up another day.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, waiting for Combi-Dock III action.
No need for much language here. I started these photos around 0830. Despite some rain, conditions were ideal for this loading . . . or engulfing.
Here Dorothy J gently moves the antique barque foot by foot closer to Hamburg.
Combo-Dock III, the engulfer, lies in wait.
Robert IV assists when needed.
Without the zoom, I imagined the gentleman with the yellow helmet to stand by on the helm.
We have 20 meters and closing . . .
With big power on minuscule tolerances, Dorothy J eases her in.
The barque floats gently forward in the hold.
Lines to capstans on the heavy lift ship are doing the work, as the tugs stand by until released from service.
Peking is now engulfed. Time is about 1130. Operations to make fast and secure now begin before they head out into the Atlantic for Germany.
Many thanks to Jonathan Kabak and Jonathan Boulware for the floating platform.
All photos here by Will Van Dorp, who is thrilled to have seen this today.
I stopped by around midday today. Trevor had been alongside all morning. I presume this was loading cargo support materials. Here’s the last post I did where Trevor appeared. These first two photos are taken from Brooklyn looking across at Staten Island.
Time is of the essence here, but I’ll bet working in the 90 degree F temperatures was draining.
Here’s the prep as seen from Fort Wadsworth.
Reynolds‘ Twin Tube appears to be standing by with supplies for crew and possibly spares.
Let’s hope tomorrow proves an eventful day. . .
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Yesterday at 13:31, Combi-Dock III is in sight . . .
14:04, she approaches the VZ Bridge . . .
I don’t know how many crew are on board, but soon they’ll be quite busy until they depart with their cargo . . .
Peking–I imagine–will float in here, as through a dropped tailgate on a pickup.
Who is this Peking, you ask? Peking is a 1911 barque and veteran of the nitrate trade from Chile around Cape Horn to Europe that has been featured in dozens of tugster posts . . . but take the time to check out these two: this post with photos supplied by Joe–from his uncle– show her under sail midAtlantic in 1929 or ’30 . . . and this post showing her 1975 arrival in the sixth boro aka New York City, on a towline.
I expect Thursday will be spent arranging the cradle and ballasting the ship so that Peking can float aboard on Friday. As to a little info about Combi-Dock III, click here to see her under construction in 2008-09.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who may post a second time later today.
In case you missed the video of car ferry Badger‘s arrival one day in late June, it’s here.
Rainy weather had caused a lot of runoff, turning the water two shades of Lake Michigan. And once I got thinking about weather, and the word got stuck in my brain along with this absurd video clip called “badger song” from my early days on the internet, my downward spiral began, like …
badger,
truckers,
tankers,
trucker, tanker, and forester,
camper and forester,
runner (vehicles are driven off Badger by these shore crew who run from one car to the next),
more runners (from my 2012 trip and these taken in Ludington, with Spartan in the background),
camper (I hope you’ve caught the pattern by now),
trailers,
charger . . . (by this time I realized fighting the spiral had become hopeless . . .)
Oh well, maybe you had to have been there to catch my giddiness . . .
But! In an attempt to resurrect my reputation as a sane blogger, you might have noticed that in the first sentence of this post, I referred to Badger as a “car” ferry. Like me, you might have thought of four-wheeled rubber tired vehicles, but–in the manner of Detroit River ferry called Detroit in this wonderful SHORPY image–
Badger and sister ship Spartan had different origins, used to have rails built into the deck . . . as you can see here.
Industries come and go, as does supply chain and people-moving infrastructure . . . Here’s more, and I’m not going to turn political here, but this is context . . . . Click here for more SHORPY car ferry photos.
Here’s the post I did after visit to Badger from 2012. And here’s a more recent one showing her underwater layout.
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