Non-Random Tugs 12

The idea of recent posts in this series is to look at a single fleet.

As temperatures cool off, my perception is that demand for fuels rises, especially in the Northeast.  Let’s look at the Reinauer fleet, starting with a light Nicole.

Haggerty Girls exited the KVK into the Upper Bay a few days back.

 

Ruth M. does the same here, likely returning to rejoin her barge.

Dean made for the East River

after having left the KVK minutes earlier.

Janice Ann enters the KVK from the Upper Bay.

Matthew Tibbetts heads for the Sound . . .

 

followed by Dace . .  .

 

and then drops anchor beside Janice Ann.

who had been at the east end of IMTT a day or so earlier.

Christian waits with her barge before heading

somewhere in the Northeast.

All photos, any errors, WVD, who in the past has posted about these as bronze tugs.

Weather 13

Melville explains Ishmael’s signing onto the whaling ship as related to that damp, drizzly November in [Ishmael’s] soul, but this series shows that a windy, dark October can trigger running away too.  I’m thrilled that today’s forecast calls for sunshine, and some reason for optimism.  Here are previous weather posts.

A few days ago we arrived in the sixth boro under clouds swept along by winds.

Someone who’s not been along Manhattan for a few decades would not recognize the city.

Rebecca Ann assists a scrap scow alongside Nordic Barents, a bulker I saw on the Saint Lawrence discharging ore less than month ago.

 

Joyce D.  is likely over to assist James.

DAT’s Dong-A Metis and Humen Bridge transfer cargoes in Bayonne. DA

T (Dong-A-Tanker) seems an odd name for a PCTC RORO.

A container ship, rusty from the oceans, passes the salt pile over along Richmond Terrace.

RTC 145 moves out of the Kills

with all the horsepower supplied by Christian.

All photos last week by Will Van Dorp, who’s now heading out to enjoy the sunshine.

 

xx