People on the Boro 34

A couple days ago in the 77 Days post (which I’ve since learned added up to 79 days) I saw a mariner I know on the boro on a Maersk container vessel.

Most of the time though I don’t know the folks I see working on the water.  The folks in yellow and orange coats below are likely longshoremen mustering before ruunning in and driving all the vehicles out that are to be discharged here . . .  in the sixth boro.  

Note the mariners below preparing the messenger line down to the tugboat. 

The deckhand retrieves it, makes it to the tugboat, signals, 

and the ONE crew move forward to standby at the forward mooring area. 

Meanwhile, the deckhand secures the line. 

All photos, WVD.

Hat tip to the people out on the boro in all kinds of weather. 

 

Pink 2

Here was the first, but back then I had no idea what was to come.

On yet another gray day in the sixth boro, the pink cherry blossom magenta pink containers spiced up the load.  I saw my first pink containers on a truck heading through a small town in upstate New York already this spring, and it caught my eye, has continued to catch my eye.

ONE is the acronym for Ocean Network Express, a new consortium of Japan’s biggest container shipping companies.

I’ve alluded several times to ONE Stork, which I’ve missed twice because it arrived and departed in darkness.  But one of these times . . . .

Read that lettering above?  Check the hiragana.

To reiterate,

I like that new color in containers.  And consortiums make sense for the shippers.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.