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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.
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.
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.
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.
To highlight the variety, this post will focus on size, horsepower, and age.
Matthew Tibbetts, 1969, 92′ x 27′, 2000 hp. All numbers rounded up if .5 or more.
Brendan Turecamo, 1975, 107′ x 32′, 3900.
Crystal Cutler, 2010, 67′ x 26′, 1500.
Bruce A. McAllister, 1974, 112′ x 30′, 4000.
C.F. Campbell, 1975, 100′ x 31′, 3400.
Ava M. McAllister, 2018, 100′ x 40′, 6770.
Saint Emilion, 2007, 105′ x 38′, 4800.
Christian Reinauer, 2001, 119′ x 40′, 7200.
Magothy, 2008, 100′ x 34′, 4200.
All photos, WVD.
Two blog-related issues: Sarah Dann and the big blue crane are now below Quebec City. And, bidding has begun on Grouper and Chancellor.
Let’s start with a routine KVK scene: l to r, an orange tanker with a neon green stack, a Poling unit, and escort tug Ava M.
Compare Fort Schuyler‘s green and Kimberly Poling‘s green.
But then the frame contains only Kimberly and Kristin.
It’s possible that Kimberly was going to do an assist for her fleet sister.
But it made for an fleet shot.
All photos, WVD.
Here was an unusual pair . . . within an hour of each other; Thor Confidence arrived,
escorted by Justine McAllister and
Capt. Brian A. . . .
and a bit later, a very light Thor Courage, escorted by Ava M. McAllister,
headed out for sea.
Built in 2009 and 2008, respectively, the two mostly identical 59000 dwt bulkers are part of the 20-vessel Thoresen fleet.
All photos, WVD, who may be miss a few days of posting . . . .
Solo and over along the Connecticut shore last week, it’s Joker, with her distinctive lines and livery.
The other dawn, Ava M. was returning from a job. It was sunny and clear, but with all the rain of the previous day, lots of moisture remained in the air.
Taken an hour or so later, Eastern Dawn passes those same hoses and that ship, Chem Neon.
The top photo here was of a single vessel; the next two had two each. Beyond Christian Reinauer are two tugs and a ship to the left, and one tug to the right.
Normandy is front and center, but I count two tugs, a tanker, and a tank barge in the background.
Ditto here: the seldom-seen (by me) Christine M. McAllister with lots of activity in the background.
See what all is happening here: in the foreground l to r, Kirby Moran, Treasure Coast, Miriam Moran, Sarah Ann, and Marjorie B. McAllister. In addition, there are two tankers and a cement barge.
All photos, WVD.
And since I’ve not seen Christine M underway in quite a while, enjoy another shot below. I count at least four vessels beyond her.
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