More Cargoes 18

See the two big shoes on the Nadro Marine barge pushed by Margot?  You might also call them “pedestals” for the New York Wheel.  Those are size 110-ton shoes.  A little over a month ago, NY Media Boat caught the legs arriving, the legs which will wear these shoes.

Here’s a close up with two crew getting prepared to offload these shoes.

Chesapeake 1000–which you’ve seen working here and here–did the lift.  In the photo below taken just prior to the shoes’ arrival, Chesapeake 1000 is offloading the “multi-axle” furnished likely by Supor.  Sarah Ann assists with the swiveling of the large crane.

Here’s a closeup of the multi-axle (there’s likely another name for that, but I don’t know it)

and the drone that someone is using to document the transfer of cargoes.

 

Here Margot finesses the Nadro/McKeil SV/M 86 with the shoes to the lift point.

Here’s another view of the same, looking east.

 

At this point, the barge is 110 tons lighter as the shoe is lifted and moved carefully onto the dock.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.  More shoes to come, although my Canadian cousins call them “boots.”

Click here for some details from SIlive.com.  And since it’s always good to see more Margot, click here.