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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.
Someday I’ll have to quantify the tanker traffic in the sixth boro. For now, just photos of three that moved all within a few hours. And I have to say again . . . the other five boros and greater geography depend on this watery boro activity.
Kimberly and Jonathan C assist this tanker from Ust-Luga, Russia. Check out this port on the Gulf of Finland and what closely neighbors are there.
Lines go on for the docking right across from the east end of Caddell’s.
A bit later, an interestingly named Chem Bulldog heads out.
She’s was heading for the SC port of Charleston.
Mr. Leo came in from Portugal, a voyage of just over 11 days.
She passed SCF Ussuri on her way into the Kills.
All photos, WVD.
I’m on a short gallivant, but I have no shortage of sixth boro photos, mostly of tugboats engaged in commerce. Sometimes I look for meetings, and interesting (how ever that’s defined) ones are best. Like here…. Kristin and Kimberly,
B. Franklin and Dylan Cooper,
Mary H and Joyce,
Reinauer Twins and Pokomoke,
R/V Ocean Researcher (a multirole survey vessel [aka an exotic] for the offshore energy sector) and Emery Zidell,
and Fort McHenry and Philadelphia.
Then sometimes there are more than two at a time that can be framed in a shot, like here, Elk River, Paula Atwell, Chem Bulldog, Kirby, and B. Franklin . . .
More Bulldog soon. All photos yesterday, WVD.
A new assist boat in town bringing 3800 hp to the job?
Right . . . I was kidding. It’s Jones Act non-compliant anyhow.
Genesis Eagle is a 6140 hp pin boat.
JRT Moran and Capt. Brian McAllister do an assist of an ULCV.
Pegasus gives Mount St. Elias an assist as it moves DBL 82 out of IMTT bound for New Haven.
Andrea gives HMS Liberty an assist as it delivers a bunker barge to Port Elizabeth.
Miriam Moran delivers a pilot to the ship.
Mary Turecamo assists a container ship.
Doris waits for a job to approach in the Upper Bay,
and finally, Kirby Moran moves in closer to an incoming ship.
All photos, WVD.
A quick post today, since I’ll spend most of the day without computer, signal, or free time. The varied and unsettled weather of the recent weeks is evident here as well, the diverse days of summer.
Here are some of the usual workhorses or work oxen of the port.
Brendan Turecamo,
Normandy, and
Evening Breeze and a couple Bouchard barges. There must be a shortage of locations to stack the idle Bouchard fleet, still in limbo no matter what engrossing negotiation is happening behind closed doors in advance of July 23, according to this article.
Continuing with this threat, there’s Normandy and Pelham,
Fells Point,
Justine McAllister,
Marjorie McAllister with Bulkmaster,
Sea Lion and a sailboat under sail,
Brendan Turecamo
Kirby Moran and Miriam Moran,
Miriam and a fishing skiff,
and Kirby, James D., and Miriam, all Moran, and all following an incoming ship.
More soon . . . WVD.
See it between those ships? It’s . . .
Utopia! And that’s within the dimensions of 207′ x 36′ and powered by 4 x MTU 16V 2000 M96L’s.
Well, Utopia IV, that is, the $50 million yacht of someone with the net worth . . . of Bob Dylan. Back to that later, the owner’s previous yacht, as you can imagine was Utopia III.
The IV is available to charter for a mere half million a week, chartered through Moran Yacht and Ship, which has no connections, that I know of, to Moran Towing.
The low-profile yacht is capable of 33 knots, with a range of 3600 nm. At 30 knots, it can cover the 950 nm between Miami and New York in a day and a half, if my math is correct.
Not visible here is the fold down transom that has a square footage greater than my Queens apartment!
All photos, WVD.
The Bob Dylan reference above . . . he sold his rights to his work recently for $300 million, said to be the net worth of JR Ridinger, owner of Utopia IV. Maybe he came up for the fireworks?
I had several “pink” posts, but let’s go with the official designation of the hue, magenta. Magenta, believe it or not, is a term for the created color derived from an Italian town where a significant battle took place in 1859!! How’s that for obscure.
In June I caught ONE Hawk (again) and ONE Munchen.
Yesterday brought in another pink sorry magenta vessel, ONE Hangzhou Bay, that body of water that separates Shanghai and Ningbo and can be crossed via the 22-mile bridge that opened in 2008.
Miriam delivered the docking pilot,
while Kirby and James D. stood by.
All photos, WVD.
Hangzhou is also noteworthy as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal, the thousand-mile water first designed and worked on over 2000 years ago, completed over 1400 years ago.
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.
With Eastern Dawn in the foreground, the massive scale of these box boats is apparent.
Foreshortening gives the illusion that MSC Lauren cannot possibly avoid a collision.
Although this may be her first arrival in the sixth boro, this 12400 teu vessel has sailed the seas for a decade already.
See the crewman near the port bow quarter?
Now you see him?
If I recall correctly, she arrived here from Jamaica; from here she travels to Italy.
Again . . . Linda L. Miller and the 6000 hp tugs show scale. MSC Lauren is one of 560 container vessels operated by MSC, the second largest shipping company in the world. Know the largest? The third largest? Answers are here.
So here’s a merger of truckster! and ULCVs, a photo I took last week from a parking lot. I know what was loaded into that 20′ MSC container. I invite you to guess. Answer will be posted tomorrow . . . .
All photos, WVD, who is always happy to collaborate.
Most of you know that dawn is my favorite time. Yesterday dawn–between 0545 and 0645–was quite busy; two of the five vessels that transited the KVK were among the largest–so far–that call in the sixth boro.
Pink sky with gradations, faded purple Brooklyn, huge but silent shapes, and spots of artificial lights.
Birds silhouetted and reflections in the still water make the scene as one point over by central western Brooklyn turns a deeper shade of red.
When the ship blocks the blinding rising sun, its name becomes legible.
Once CS Rose passes my vantage point, all that light illuminates the details. Three tugboats along her starboard, one on stern, and one on the far side, the port side.
Not much later–another smaller container ship has passed–the next hulking shape appears, and the light has already turned gradations of yellow.
When CMA CGM Mexico blocks the rising sun, details become available . . .
By now, 0645, the light suggests the sun has created daylight.
Tugboats on Rose include James D, Mary Turecamo, Kimberly Turecamo, and Kirby. Tugboats on Mexico include Marie J Turecamo, JRT, Kimberly Turecamo, and Miriam.
All photos, WVD.
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