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Happy spring. All photos in this post were taken in winter two days ago and over a six-hour period. Before noon, the five boros and the next state were obscured out of existence. I really think they didn’t exist during those hours, just like the imaginary sun crossed (??) the imaginary equator at 11:33 NYC time. Crossed . . by boat or chariot or blimp or goat cart . . . I don’t know.
Kimberly passed by and Robbins Reef was barely there. Mariner brought boxes in, and Kirby passed by, and they might as well have been at sea.
Neptune shuttled by, and hints of Bayonne showed themselves.
Justine came by and the sunshine was making progress burning off the moisture.
When Cape Canaveral crossed in front of me, Manhattan was there, albeit like a matte painting; right, that’s just a movie set, right?
The large gray ship . . . Soderman, that too was a different painted background, this time for Captain D.
Before Mary Turecamo appeared over on the starboard side of New York‘s trans-harbor load of containers, I had no idea what I was seeing.
It wasn’t until well into the afternoon and–in the near distance–Bert Reinauer passed overtaking the Vane unit that I saw a boat pass by without a hint of fog. That, however, was mostly due to the proximity
All photos, Friday, WVD.
Here are the previous iterations of this type.
This morning photo sets it up. Bert Reinauer passes Galveston as another sun rises.
Bert, launched in 2018 is 118′ x 40′ and mated to RTC 165, a 150k bbl barge.
She’s powered by a GE 8400hp Tier IV set of mains.
Galveston, 144′ x 46′ and seen here two hours past dawn, was launched in 2008, and mated to Petrochem Producer, a 156k bbl barge and powered by a set of Wartsila 9L32 mains generating 12,000 hp.
Pacific Reliance, 122′ x 42′ and launched in 2006, generates 9280 hp from a set of Cat 3612s. She’s mated to 650-1 with capacity of 178k bbl, I believe.
All photos recently by Will Van Dorp, who hopes his sources are and have been transcribed accurately.
A previous Galveston post can be seen here, and a previous Pacific Reliance here.
Quick post today . . .
Bert,
Bridgeport,
Helen
Rhea, Mist, and Tide. I’m eager to see the new Breeze.
And closing the post out, it’s Ava with raked spuds!
All photos by Will Van dorp, who has irons in the fire today.
It’s Cornell, westbound under the Bayonne Bridge. Now that’s a sight not often seen. Cornell (1949) occupies a niche likely quite unexpected, as documented here. In this post (scroll), you see Cornell in 1978! Hear her inimitable whistles (wait for it) here.
Ivory Coast has truly an unusual name, but I’d never call her Côte d’Ivoire. That’s been her name now for 20 years; previously she was Crusader for over 30 years.
Nicole Leigh Reinauer is the first (of three? ) Atlantic II class tug.
Her dimensions and design are similar if not identical to Lincoln Sea, but Nicole has CAT engines instead of EMDs. This class of ATB is the product of Bob Hill, whose boyhood home in Troy NY gave him a front row seat to an earlier generation of tugs and barges.
Looking very similar to Nicole Leigh Reinauer, it’s the newest ATB in the boro . . . Bert Reinauer, photo thanks to Lisa Kolibabek. Bert, almost two decades newer, has the same dimensions as Nicole Leigh, but with GEs generating 8400 hp, versus CATs at 7200.
Viking has operated out of the sixth boro since 1992. Before that, she spent 20 years in the fleet of Nolty J. Theriot, whose rise and fall is documented in Woody Falgoux’s excellent book, Rise of the Cajun Mariners.
For various Viking appearances on tugster over the years, click here. Note her distinctive Bludworth bow.
Discovery Coast spent a lot of time in the sixth boro a few years ago, but these days she’s rarely here. Here’s her first appearance in this blog, in 2012.
And the newest ship assist tug in the boro is Capt. Brian A. McAllister. Here’s a Professional Mariner story about the tug.
The photo of Bert Reinauer thanks to Lisa Kolibabek. All other photos here in the past week by Will Van Dorp.
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