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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.
Back to the sherbet skies of dawn in the sixth boro dimension . . .
Stena Penguin has to be the best-painted crude oil tanker I’ve seen. Shannon McAllister shows up in the boro now and then also. Ditto, Alex McAllister used to be a constant here, now she’s away in Philly.
Stena Penguin has been here before, although it appears her livery has changed.
For the particulars on Penguin, click here. For an interview with the chief engineer, click here.
They were on their way to Linden, and now she’s on her way to Aruba.
All photos, WVD.
Two bulk carriers are currently in the sixth boro having come directly from a very salty area in the north of Chile, more than a 1000 miles north of the coastal city of Valparaíso.
One of them is Albatross Island, an ultramax bulker from the huge Pacific Basin fleet.
She was launched in 2010 as Jin Ming.
She made an 18-day voyage from Chile, counting the time transiting the Panama Canal, when last these crew were close to land.
Port Osaka, part of the Port Dragon Bulk fleet within Portline Bulk, is roughly the same size as Albatross Island but much newer, launched in 2019. She made the voyage from Chile in 15 days.
Yes, I love that logo, which I can’t quite decipher.
If you want a hint of the desert from which our road salt comes, click here for Punta Patache.
All photos, WVD.
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