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We’re almost half a month into this year, time for a look at what’s been working the sixth boro. Stephen Dann had a barge alongside NCC Najem. Was that a bunkering op?
Liz Vinik was moving barge Lisa into the Kills.
Name that tug coming in from sea?
It was Bayou Dawn in a Narrows dawn.
Grace McAllister returned to the Kills after seeing a ULCV out.
Genesis Eagle was tied up over by Caddells.
A unit more commonly seen during heating oil season, Mary H was moving barge Patriot.
Here was a seldom seen boat . . .
Caribbean Dawn, in her first appearance on this blog.
All photos, any errors, WVD.
More photos here thanks to Pete Ludlow.
The Amigo is an asphalt tanker. That means she moves her cargo around at almost 300 degrees F.
She was eastbound with assist by James D Moran.
What do you suppose Vinik No. 6 had in tow?
Nicholas and Liz assisted as well.
But of course, it was the venerable training ship . . .
from the shipyard on its way back to Fort Schuyler.
Again, many thanks to Pete for sharing these scenes not previously seen on tugster.
Unrelated: Since we robots monitor harbor events and share news, here’s a surprise that will astonish tugster upon his return: The Brown tugs have been sold to Seward Marine of Chesapeake VA.
I’m not going to get into the swamp here, and I’m not inviting you too either, but the dispersal of the Bouchard fleet had many tragic subplots and components. Obviously some people have been able to turn these events into gain, and more power to them.
See the two rusty barges facing the camera here? Those are B. No. 242 and B. No. 210. Also,
notice the color of the tug on the 242. They might be Morton S. Bouchard IV, the last of the fleet tugboats to have stayed over near Stapleton until fairly recently. On the 210, I believe that’s Anna Rose.
So yesterday i was sitting chatting with a friend over at St. George and this barge appeared. “What old ship is that?” she asked. She takes no notice of water traffic, either on the sixth boro or anywhere else. But I knew the answer immediately.
B. No. 260 was likely being moved out of its long-term storage near Stapleton and likely to the shipyard for deferred maintenance and much-needed paint.
Nicholas and Liz Vinik were doing the move.
The next time my friend or I see that barge, it might be looking much better.
All photos, yesterday, WVD.
Tony A sent this along labeled as “m-o-a-t,” mother of all tugs, and Pacific Reliance is truly a large tugboat at 121′ x 42′
with 9280 hp turning two 12′ diameter propeller and pushing around a 560′ tank barge that carries 155k barrels of liquid product. But there are larger tugboats. Justine McAllister gets called in to assist the Crowley unit into the dock.
CMT Pike heads north about to be obscured by an incoming MSC ship.
Seeley pushes along a block of four scows.
JRT and Kirby prepare to sail a Minerva tanker. Minerva, Roman goddess of war and other things, seems appropriate these days.
The indefatigable Ellen McAllister passes Barney Turecamo on her way to a job.
Catherine C. Miller moves Weeks crane 577 to a lift site.
Emily Ann returns from a job.
Nicolas Vinik gallops off to a job,
following Liz Vinik, herself
follwing Gregg McAllister.
And the beat goes on . . . all photos, WVD, except of course the one from Tony A, to whom I am grateful.
Hell Gate has to be one of the most storied waterways in the sixth boro. How could I have mostly ignored it so long?!!
The other day I caught Vinik No. 6 and Liz Vinik westbound through that section of the East River. In the background, that’s the Bronx.
An indicator of current is the fact that NYPD boat here is barely making headway. Current in a tidal strait like the so-called East River is constantly and dramatically changing. That’s Manhattan in the background.
Nicholas Vinik also passed through the other day, returning from a job. That NYC DEP GUP headquarters in the background. The Hell Gate RR Bridge seems in need of some paint. Referencing this part of Hell Gate, captbbrucato describes it from a captain’s perspective here.
A recent development is the transit of NYC Ferry service through the Gate to the Bronx on the Soundview run.
Wye River heads eastbound to retrieve a barge, meeting
Cape Canaveral and DBL 101 on the way.
Along the shoreline here, that’s Astoria Queens to the left, and Manhattan along the entire distant background. Most iconic is the spire of the Empire State Building.
State Trooper . . . I’m assuming that’s a government boat.
That’s it for now. I hope to return to Hell Gate soon. All photos, WVD.
It’s hard to believe that this title has come up 286 times before today, but here they all are. And yet, I’m starting out with a photo of Ellen McAllister, who herself has appeared here hundreds of times, but never quite like this, heading into the dawn and about to pass an unidentifiable Vane tugboat.
Ditto Pegasus, passing between a Bouchard tug to the left and some Centerline boats to the right, and below that ONE container on the bridge and the Fedex plane in the sky.
Double Skin 57 and Long Island, previously Peter F. Gellatly, moves a barge past IMTT, where some Reinauer boats–RTC 103 and Morgan— are taking on product.
Potomac gets an assist from Fort Schuyler.
Ava M. McAllister passes UACC Ibn Al Haitham, where Genesis Victory is lightering and Liz Vinik assisting.
On another morning, Fort Schuyler heads for the Upper Bay, and that looks like Kristin Poling in the distance to the left.
And where Meredith C. Reinauer is lightering Marvin Faith, Bouchard’s Linda Lee, Ellen S., and Evening Breeze look on.
All photos recently by WVD,who had to look up the namesake of the UACC crude carrier. He turns out to be a Basra-born scientist from a millenium (!!) ago. That link is worth a read.
More low verbal density from a weak wifi signal . . . in my social media distanced outpost. But I do wonder about the story here: Liz Vinik with a barge of small response boats beside Barry Silverton with Fight ALS.
HMS Justice has the orange centerline, but still a name with hMS . . .
Brooklyn pushes DBL 27.
Lucy Reinauer pushes RTC 61.
Stephen B, here looking like Ste, heads for the next job.
And finally, Cape Henry appears to be preparing to tied up to her barge.
All photos, WVD, who encourages all actions aimed at staying healthy. I accidentally shook hands with some this morning.
Tech astounds me . . . yesterday morning I got an email from a New Yorker in the UK telling about this event; tugs are already under way, he said.
I missed the first tug but arrived in time for Liz Vinik, shown here in classic NY context as well as state-of-the-art architecture.
Following Liz was Vinik No. 6., another classic, one I’d not seen in a while.
Both veteran tugs were on the move.
Five hours later, and after both my VHF and cell phone had died, leaving me to wait on sheer faith that this was going to happen, the tow appeared into my field of view, westbound at Hell Gate.
TS Empire State IV VI was headed for the yard in dead ship mode.
With Liz on the bow and No. 6 alongside, they made their way to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to GMD, where she would make her way into the graving dock after dark yesterday.
Nicholas tended the stern. Previously she was Maria J.
Had she come around the bend by Hell Gate 15 minutes later, i would have missed this, since I had late afternoon chores waiting.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who is grateful to Steve Munoz for that early morning email from the UK.
Just for ships and figgles . . . have a glance at 155 and at 55 in this series. While we’re reconnoitering the past, here’s 5.
And here’s springtime 2019. Might this be the last view I get of tug Viking? Scuttlebutt’s bumped into me saying so. Her first (I believe) appearance on this blog was over 11 years ago here. She had some near twins, but none evolved quite as she did.
FB has this group I really enjoy called Freighters in the Night; I could submit this one. Jonathan C escorts an MSC box ship out.
Liz Vinik is a former fleet mate of Viking; I caught her yesterday entering the kills with a Cashman barge carrying barges. Click here for some photos of previous iterations of this boat.
A dark, slow-to-wake morning like yesterday provides lots of points of light. Here Joyce D. heads out, likely for her railroad work.
Enjoy these contrasts, Linda L. Miller and Hayward, two specialized boats.
Let’s end with a transient, sporadically seen in the sixth boro, a formerly Pacific Ocean Crowley tug . . . Morgan, out of New Bedford.
All photos e-watermarked with invisible metadata as taken by Will Van Dorp in the past month.
This was an iconic start to my morning a few days ago; the Vinik livery looks gorgeous on Liz Vinik, which I’d first seen as Maryland.
Closer up, I noticed she also wore colored lights, a great seasonal touch, subtle enough to avoid confusion with nav lights.
Then later, another surprise . . she came by pushing a petro barge, Stoddard Sea! Wow! I can’t say how long it’s been since I’ve seen that. In fact, most of my photos of the boat over the years show her light, possibly because her lines are so pleasing…
More Vinik surprises soon.
Photos by Will Van Dorp, who adds the never-used photos below from 2009 to contrast with her current look.
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