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Bet you can guess where that line leads from the bow of Kirby Moran?
Here you go.
Jordan Rose has been tied up in Bayonne for a while, but
Gregg McAllister passes her on the way to an assist.
Michael Miller is one of the venerable tugs of the sixth boro,
having worked here since the mid-1960s.
Cape Fear has been here for a few years, although I’ve not yet seen
her two sisters, Cape May and Cape Henry.
Ava M. is one of the workhorses, certainly.
Does anyone know when and if Capt. Brian A. will return to service here?
Kimberly Turecamo has worked the harbor consistently for going-on 30 years.
Here she heads into an orange sherbet dawn.
All photos in the past week, WVD., who has more Canal Society archival photos coming but some contemporary posts demonstrate my temporary anchor. Also coming up, a photographer high above Hell Gate has shared a new trove of photos from a perspective I’ve missed. Many thanks for your continued interest.
Five tugs are grouped in the photo below.
Let’s follow these two.
Ava and Ellen are off to assist a tanker into a berth at IMTT.
Shortly afterward, Kimberly Poling passed by with Noelle Cutler and
Evelyn Cutler followed
with Edwin A. Poling.
Beyond Energy Centaur, that would be Kimberly heading upriver.
Meanwhile, Ellen and Ava muscle Lillesand into her berth.
All photos, WVD.
Unrelated: Ever Forward, the more distant vessel here, is currently aground in the Chesapeake, for some reason outside the channel since Sunday night. She was headed from Baltimore to Norfolk and then would have come to the sixth boro of NYC. Speaking of tugs, watch this story evolve, since large tugs may be necessary to get her off. If you have 17 minutes to spare, here’s Dr. Sal.
Consider this to be in the spirit of Dawn 2021. I wasn’t there at dawn because the ship I wanted to catch–CMA CGM Von Humboldt–departed in the 0’darks, but I arrived a bit later, cold notwithstanding.
The first tugboat I photographed in 2022 was Zeus! Truth be told, her profile against the Raritan highlands was unmistakeable, but I was a half hour too late for a better shot; I hadn’t expected a traffic tie-up. She’s headed for Hampton Roads and beyond.
The second and third are Bruce A. McAllister and
Ava M, going to the Narrows to see someone about a ship
Next it was Brendan Turecamo assisting a Liberian-flagged tanker, Horizon Thetis. If you want some interesting origin stories, check a mythology text about the relationship between Zeus and Thetis.
Chemical Petrochemical Trader with Brownsville as the prime mover was next.
A while later Bruce A and
and Ava M came in with their catch, Ever Far. I’ll put up more photos of this new Ever F-class vessel later.
And finally, it’s my first view ever of Centerline’s Rubia, ex-Denise A. Bouchard. If you look closely, you can see Centerline’s lion on the stack. And the name Rubia . . . that’s Spanish for “blonde”… hmmm; it looks more platinum to me.
All photos, January 4, 2022, WVD, who finds it interesting what cold, clear winter temperatures do to photos.
or I could call this Boxing Day 2.
Denak Voyager hauls scrap in her big boxy holds regularly from the sixth boro to Turkey.
This was my first time seeing the 2012 New York Express
or Varna Bay.
Guthorm Maersk has called here before.
Ditto San Cristobal.
ONE München has appeared on this blog before, but ONE Houston has not.
Owned by our neighbors to the north, Fednav bulkers have appeared on this blog before, but this is the first time Federal Nakagawa has.
This is the second PSL [Precious Shipping Line] bulker to appear on the blog, but it is the first time this one .. . Viyada Naree has. Note the log racks along the hull.
All photos, WVD, who hopes you enjoy these bulkers and box ships on Boxing Day.
Winter solstice is one date I pay attention to, and yesterday demanded an undivided portion of it. I was out on the sixth and primordial boro at sunrise, although when it rose, a gauzy film of stratus filtered the light. I tinkered with the image a bit to enhance the cosmic eeriness.
Along the Brooklyn shore a classic barque and one of the latest of a classic line awaited.
Notice two tugboats and a lighthouse below? One tug is shifting a fuel barge, and the other is shifting refuse boxes.
Start of winter or start of summer, the sixth boro is always a busy place. Notice the fishing boat in this image, along with all the rest?
For some reason, these E-2C aircraft flew the North River up and then down and out over the Lower Bay.
Dutch Girl, a winter regular along with Eastern Welder, was hard at work.
Ava M. crossed the Bay from one job to the next. Things are always happening on the water.
And all that’s glorious, but less than a quarter mile from the North River, not all seems to be happening well, and that needs to be acknowledged.
All photos, WVD.
Wait . . . my phone is ringing. To answer or not . . .
THIS YM Warranty has become a regular at GCT on the Bayonne shoreline of the sixth boro.
Gregg tended the portside line as she came in the other day. I forget if she was inbound from Colon PA or Cartagena CO, but heavily laden she was.
Ava M. on a tether was her brakes and supplement to steering as she eased toward GCT.
As of this posting, she’s departed the boro and more than halfway to Norfolk, scheduled to arrive there on the morning after Thanksgiving.
All photos, WVD, who thanks you all for checking in wishes you a very happy Thanksgiving.
Also, check out a blog I’ve just stumbled on to called Millennial Mariner, which appears to be produced by a sixth boro mariner. If you like what you read, then subscribe.
About those cursed spoof calls of “We’ve been trying to reach you about your expired car warranty,” check out this Money magazine article if you need more reading today.
And, thanks to bowsprite for sharing this with me, if you still need to kill another 25 minutes to get away gathered relatives, Martin Machado has a great video here called Six Months at Sea in the Merchant Marine.
And if you need still more time away from the gathering, maybe you could rake leaves, chip rust, or . . . go for a paddle.
YM Wind came in on a zephyr this morning from Charleston, a nippy morning though seasonal at 48 degrees. Sorry the USACE boat photobombed this shot.
I’m not sure where Wind was before Charleston, but she’s transporting many fewer than her 14k teu. By the way, I’m starting to see more references to feu now, 40 foot equivalent units, so a 14k teu is only a 7k feu….
Just in time, Gregg McAllister shows up to assist Ellen and Ava with the job. I believe Patrice is there too, invisible on starboard side, dock side.
Wind first called here a bit over two years ago, here.
All photos, WVD, who thinks Wind is the best of the names for the twenty W-series of YM 14000k teu ships.
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.
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.
Way more tankers come to the sixth boro than you might conclude from tugster. Here’s a sampling from the past month . . .
Front Clipper, launched in 2017, is a 157351 dwt crude tanker. She’s currently on her way to Pemex’s Yuum Kak Naab, in Mexican waters, and said to be the world’s largest FPSO. I’m always skeptical of superlatives.
Chem Singapore (2015) is an oil products tanker, 19996 dwt. She’s currently in Houston via Altamira MX.
SCF Irtysh, 2009, is a 49,999 dwt oil products tanker, currently in Iceland.
Aitolos is a 2020 114,000 dwt crude carrier. She’s currently in Corpus Christi by way of Whiffen Head, NL . . . that’s Newfoundland.
Tenacity Venture is 2017 114,439 dwt crude tanker, currently heading for the huge refinery at Pointe a Pierre, Trinidad & Tobago.
NS Laguna is a 2007 crude tanker with a dwt of 1115,831, and currently heading for Point Tupper, where Jack Ronalds does his work. I hope to get up there once the border opens again.
Bastille Street is a crude tanker dating from 2011, with carrying capacity of 47,906 dwt.
She’s currently Amsterdam bound.
She looked newer than 10 years old.
All photos, WVD.
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