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Random means all within the past month and all ages and sizes, like Giancarlo D 2016 508′ x 85′.
Kmarin Resolution is also a 2016 build, but 820′ x 144′. Lightering is Linda Moran with barge Houston. Linda was the tug spared in the W & D fire back in 2008. Maybe someone can identify the Reinauer units in the distance.
Golden Shiner is 2007 and 748′ x 105′. Challenge Passage is 590′ x 105′ and was launched in 2005.
and River Shiner 2005 and same dimensions as the other Shiner, both sometimes in other contexts referred to as bait fish.
Chandra B, 2016 and 79′ x 23′, is the sixth boro’s latest and greatest harbor tanker.
Endelo Swan, 2007 and 328′ x 49′ is quite small ocean-going tanker. She’s currently westbound in the English Channel between Antwerp and La Rochelle.
Stena Imperator, launched 2017 and measuring 600′ x 32′, seems to have quite elaborate crew quarters. I have enough photos of her to do a profile, and maybe i will one of these days.
Hellespont Promise, 2007 and 748′ x 105′, is currently heading for the Caribbean.
NCC Reem, 2012 and 600′ x 105′, is currently upbound on the Mississippi just below St. James.
And finally, Eagle Hatteras measures 820′ x 144′, making her the same size as Kmarin Resolution. Chemical Pioneer, 686′ x 98′ is the unique USShipping tanker that started her life as a container ship and may now be end the end of her life before the scrappers. The tankers date from 2010 and 1968, respectively. Chemical Pioneer and Chandra B are the only Jones Act tankers in this post.
All photos, WVD, who misses way more tankers and other vessels than he catches.
I’m always excited to see something new, even if I almost miss it . . . like Wachapreague. I chased it here, but interminable stop lights, slow drivers . . . grr. But enough of me. Wachapreague was in the sixth boro the other day, of the newest class of Vane ATBs. She’s 110′ x 38′ and powered by two QSK-60M generating 4400hp.
Follow up on John Joseph . . . photo by Ben Moll, she’s almost completely made over.
These two photos of Paul Andrew and scow . . . demonstrate directionality of dawn light. This one was west of me at 0538, and this
east . . at 0541. Being out in the morning is not just about comfortable temperatures.
Harry McNeal is a sixth boro fixture in marine construction, but at 53′ x 18′,
she’s easy to miss, as demonstrated here alongside Linda Moran (116′ x 36′) and Houston.
Cape Canaveral, with its evocative name for anyone who came of age in the brief US space era, is another fairly new vessel in the sixth boro.
She comes in at 105′ x 36′ and 5000′.
Two Bouchard units waited in Grabesend the other day . . .
Denali bunkered intriguingly-named Eco California.
Another shot of Wachapreague eluding me . . . is a good place to end.
Many thanks to Ben for the John Joseph photo. All others by WVD.
Along the Jersey shore . . . it’s Candace, a Damen Shoalbuster design . . . built at Eastern Shipbuilding in 2004.
Hete’s a slightly sharper, closer shot.
Working with Candace in dredge support, it’s Trevor.
Trying to keep her ground tackle tackling the bay bed, it’s Linda Moran holding with Houston.
OSG 350 is practically a ship . . . and she’s pushed by
a force more powerful than what drives some ships, the 12,000 hp OSG Vision. I first saw her here in 2010.
Also, holding fast or trying to, it’s Genesis Valiant, previously Erie Service.
In much calmer weather, it’s Nicole Leigh Reinauer and
Atlantic Enterprise, formerly Barents Sea.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
As tugster continues its CYPHER series, this is the 3633nd post, and almost 2.1 million hits. Thanks for staying with me.
On the other hand, if I were selling calendars, the number 12 would be significant. So for the next few days, let me offer some diverse dozens chosen quite subjectively, although what the photos have in common–besides subject–is that I like them.
Here’s a November 2016 photo along the Gowanus under the BQE. This tug looks good in blue, but I’ll never forget her in orange.
Here’s a November 2015 when the upper deck of Bayonne had yet to be assembled, and the lower disassembled. Amy C last appeared here as she nudged Empire State into her Fort Schuyler dock.
Here’s 2014. She’s recently worked in the Keys.
Here’s ’13. Where is Houma today?
’12. Ellen‘s a regular on this blog.
’11. Tasman has been doing this work since 1976!
’10. Is ex-Little Bear in Erie along with Bear?
’09. She now makes her way around the lower Caribbean . . . and currently anchored in Trinidad.
’08. And I’m adding another photo right after Linda (launched in ’08) of
Scott Turecamo (below) launched in 1998 but radically retrofitted in 2005, originally quite similar to Greenland Sea, here see the photos by Robert J. Smith. How many of these ATBs does Moran now operate? .
’07. This was the only time I ever saw Penobscot. Anyone know where foreign she went?
’06. Note the size of the yard workers around the wheels on Ralph E. Bouchard.
Again, some of these photos show what has changed in the sixth boro, spawning ground for this blog.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
Click here for the previous posts in this series. It’s good for me to revisit past posts because then I can locate and correct some errors, like having two “2”s in this series, now corrected. I also notice that i’ve learned a thing or two about a thing or two. Like, technically, the color is not “maroon” but “signal red.” Or is it? Maybe only model makers call it that? I’m also happy about the people I’ve met along the way who helped me learn these things and who sometimes send along photos. All photos today were taken a bit south of the sixth boro and come from frequent contributor Jed Jedrlinic.
Jed took all these photos around Norfolk a few years back on the dates shown, but let me arrange the boats in the order of manufacture.
Patricia Moran was built in 1962 but then saw a major redesign and rebuilt in 1999; it was the 4th of the MORtrac class. The only photo I’ve found of her pre-1999 is here . . . on page 3.
photo date 9 MARCH 2010
I don’t mean to be critical, but the modern wheelhouse/rest of the house marriage here looks . . . transitional to my 2016 eyes.
Marci Moran launched in 1999, the first Moran tractor built at Washburn & Doughty (W & D).
photo date 5 OCT 2010
Karen Moran, 2000, the 2nd W & D tractor.
photo date 2 JULY 2010
photo date 2 JULY 2010
Tracy Moran, 2000, already the 4th W & D tractor.
photo date 9 MARCH 2010
photo date 9 MARCH 2010
Kaye E Moran, 2003, the 8th W & D tractor.
photo date 9 MARCH 2010
photo date 9 MARCH 2010
photo date 9 MARCH 2010
April Moran, 2006, the 12th W & D tractor.
photo date 9 MARCH 2011
photo date 9 MARCH 2010
And finally, one of my photos, JRT Moran is the most recent–so far–and 29th W & D tractor for Moran. She’s barely seen here, but in the background are Kirby Moran–27th, and James D. Moran–28th by . . . W & D. Rhat’s also the ATB Linda Moran in the way background.
All photos credited to John Jedrlinic, except the last one, which was taken by Will Van Dorp.
This post represents no more the definitive port of Tampa than a sampling of an hour’s worth of traffic on the KVK, at the Brooklyn Bridge, or past the Holland Tunnel vents would be a definitive capture of the sixth boro of NYC. I’m grateful to a nameless Nemo for these shots . . . like the coal-pushing Jason E. Duttinger and the barge Winna Wilson.
Here’s the 6000 hp Duttinger out of the notch.
As is OSG Endurance, 8000 hp.
From l to r, Sea Hawk . . . 8000 hp, Valiant . . .also 8000, and Linda Moran . . . 5100. I’m not sure what the small tug in the distance is. Also, click here and scroll to see the last time Sea Hawk has appeared in tugster, painted green.
And finally, what’s not visible in the photo below is Paul’s nose. Click here to see a light bow-forward photo of Paul T. Moran.
Again, many thanks to nN for these photos.
All fotos here from yesterday . ..
Liberty Service as you may never have seen her. Here (third foto in this link) she was four years ago.
Ditto Huron Service. Repainting on Huron seems farther along than that on Liberty. Here’s how Huron Service looked a year and a half ago. Get ready for Genesis Energy.
In the past year, this Pegasus has sprouted an upper wheelhouse; compare with here.
Welcome to the waters around Houston. Well . .. I do mean the 118,000-barrel barge married to Linda Moran. Uh . . . do tugs and barges ever get divorced?
Trucks on the water pushed by Shawn Miller.
I realized only later that–had my conveyance lingered here–I would have seen Catherine C. Miller push past with FIVE trailers/tractors on a barge. See her in the distance there beyond the bow of RTC 83.
Reinauer Twins waits alongside RTC 104 with a faux lighthouse in the background.
Lucy Reinauer–earlier Texaco Diesel Chief built in Oyster Bay NY–is the push behind RTC 83.
DBL 29 pushed (ok, will. . . open eyes. thanks for the correction.) moved alongside by Taurus. See some of my previous Taurus fotos here and here.
And thanks to wide-eyed bowsprite, a vessel I’ve not seen before pushing stone. It’s Patricia. She reminds me of a vessel I spotted along the road a few years back . . . Hoss.
So, this is the “plus” in the title, the group-sourcing request portion of this post: what company is operating Patricia?
And another question . . . from an eagle-eyed upriver captain. Notice the weather instruments on this channel marker just off Bannerman’s Island (I am planning to do another post on this unique location north of West Point.) And . . .
here are more weather instruments on this federally-maintained channel marker off the Rondout. Questions: who’s responsible for these and is there a website where the data collected can be monitored?
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, except for the last three, which come from bowsprite and Capt. Thalassa.
Speaking of bowsprite, today she’s running Radio Lilac and I’ll be there tending bar. Here’s something of the inspiration. Come on by if you have the time. Teleport in if you’re otherwise out of range.
Here was a similar foggy day in the sixth boro a few months back. AIS showed me this vessel with an auspicious name, and I figured it’d just magically turn clear if I went outside to watch. Frogma found fog more glorious than I did.
Wrong!! This is what fog looked like out there this morning. That’s Charles D. McAllister headed out to meet a huge orange containership. Somewhere off Charles D.‘s stern is the shiny new Curtis Reinauer . . . but obscured. What fog sounds like, though, is not captured here . . . low pitched blasts, penetrating yet not loud.
Up on the KVK . . . this vessel that I’d seen in port a month ago was at the dock, begging to be redubbed Foggy Venture.
Wolf River headed out as Chesapeake Coast pushed barge Chesapeake in.
R/V Seawolf passes by Sarasota on her way out as well.
Ellen McAllister joins Charles D. in assisting Rumanian-built Rio Madeira into a berth. On a clear day, this would look quite different.
FDNY M8 cruises out to the Narrows and back. Off the bow of M8, it’s Marie J. Turecamo assisting
Linda Moran over to Sarasota, where
Julia has just made a personnel call.
Cormorant throws wings up . . .when’s this going to clear?
Unrelated . . . but while I was studying AIS over coffee this morning, I saw that Ouro do Brasil was heading up Delaware Bay. Now that’s a vessel with a paint scheme I’d love to see. Anyone pass along fotos?
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who still has more Mississippi watershed fotos to share.
Freja Pegasus, Turecamo Girls, and Arctic Bay . . . the previous cargo post begs this one, so I spent three hours looking around the sixth boro yesterday. If you click on the link embedded in each large vessel name, you’ll get a sense of their range by reading the section “port history.” What’s NOT listed there is the land-scape (as depicted yesterday) cargoes travel to get to the ports and seas.
Tverskoy Bridge and Peter F. Gellatly. The tanker is bunkering before heading for the Bahamas.
Stolt Sneland and Linda Moran stern and
areas around the bows. A name like Atlantic Rose make me imagine a fleet mate named Atlantic Fell.
OOCL Britain and McAllister Responder, I think.
Ever Deluxe and Laura K Moran. I’d be interested in knowing how much over a million sea miles Ever Deluxe ‘s traveled since she appeared in this post more than three years ago.
Off Laura K‘s stern, it’s passenger vessel Regatta. Here’s more info on her.
Here are two of the 109 daily trips the Staten Island ferries make daily. Vessels are JFK and Molinari . . . I think.
Tverskoy Bridge again as darkness ends my ability to use the camera.
An AIS screen capture is not that photogenic, but I find the names fascinating.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Here’s a followup on SS Badger: the coal-fired steam ferry gets a reprieve because of the trade in wind power!!! Who woulda thunked!!?!
And finally, here’s a note I’d like to reiterate for anyone connected with the Gwendoline Steers‘ sinking of a half century ago: “My name is Loary Milanese Gunn, you can see my posts on this Tugster blog re: the Gwendoline Steers. Steve Knox and I have since created the Facebook Page in Memory of the GS. We are having a memorial wreathe-laying ceremony to honor the 50th year of the sinking. I want to invite all of the crewmen’s family members. Would you please forward your email to me so I may extend to you and your family a proper invite? Loary ”
I know not everyone does FB. You can contact Loary through tugster.
On a different note, check out this video of a flotilla headed up to the tugboat roundup a few weeks back.
Back in the sixth boro, I prefer sunny, calm days when colors glow and the water mirrors not perfectly but does so adding intrigue. Who doesn’t like those conditions? Who wouldn’t want every taking of food to qualify as a dining experience, but that is just not realistic, at least in my world.
Darya Shanthi catches some dapples of sunlight here although the sky and water look sandpapered.
Sister tankers Strofades (nearer) and Sporades salute each other at IMTT Bayonne on the KVK. Note the unique coloring on Strofades‘ hip, which
gets mimicked up forward too. My immediate thought was the white tail splotches that distinguish one humpback whale from every other one. Brendan Turecamo alongside.
The gray day, opaque water, and almost illegible ship’s name makes me expect that their VHF is also stxxatxxxicxxxckyxxx.
Bering Sea: too bad I missed the foto of the K-Sea tug by that name passing the tanker.
Lakatamia is clearer than the washed-out Brooklyn background.
Linda Moran lighters off Eagle Beaumont. Actually, I thought I saw Linda a few days later, but
on closer examination, I noticed it was a new one to me: Lois Ann L. Moran, she born of the fire. See her launch here; not much happens until about 2:30 minutes.
Marjorie B. McAllister escorts Marie Schulte out to sea.
And, last but . . .. here Explorer of the Seas heads out towards the Narrows from the Bayonne passenger terminal. Seeing people afloat sometimes conjures up thoughts of the past, a different pace and rhythm, the glamour of ocean liners like those created by bowsprite here.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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