Random Ships 105

Or . . . first “random ships” post since September 2023, even though I’ve seen a few.  

I could just leave this post with one photo.  In the background is the port of Bayonne, with a Fugro vessel Fugro Explorer tied up, likely for resupplying and/or crew change, but I’m speculating.  To the left is Vane’s Fells Point.  In the center is Avra Patros, a 2008 crude tanker.   Translate Avra Patros?  Or should that be “avra, patros”?  And who was the Fell of the point?  Answers follow.

Speaking of Fugro, the orange vessel here is Sea Gull, a regular of late in the boro.  A Dann Marine tugboat is off its bow, and a CMT tug off its stern.  On the opposite side of the e-crane is a bulk carrier, Strategic Venture.  I believe it was here with salt, but I’m not sure.   Why e-crane?

So what’s the Fugro connection?  Fugro has recently added Sea Gull to its fleet.    

Answers:  Back to the questions above, in order. 

Avra Patros translates as “goodbye father.”  Maybe it would make more sense as “goodbye, father,” and if so, what’s the deal there?

Here’s a chronology of the Fells and their point from 1726 to the present.

And finally, e- is short for equilibrium in the term e-crane.

Now for some photos of random ships, and if you have time at the computer today, you can dive into any of these rabbit holes, starting with

OOCL Chongqing,

Don Pasquale, 

Dubai Express, 

Sakura Belle, 

Zim Atlantic, 

Safmarine Nomazwe,

Grande Cotonou, 

Teno, 

and STI Duchessa and Asphalt Synergy.  They all have stories. 

All photos, any errors, WVD.

 

Sixth Boro Traffic 4

Traffic, when you’re trapped in it, is not fun.  Watching commercial marine traffic, for me, never gets old, as you might know.  The more things get, the more interesting the harbor seems.    A handful of sophisticated and expensive machinery and its skilled operators jam pack this image.  I see three Centerline boats, JRT, and Safmarine Nomazwe.

Roughly the same place and hour and some later, Thunder, just off the port side of Caroline M, shares this image with at least three other tugboats that almost blend into the cold humid morning.

Foreshortening makes Laura K and Doris Moran seem a lot closer together than they are. 

Here it’s Marilyn George, Coursen, Alex McAllister, and Wye River, I believe.

Besides the three tugs along the left side, that’s Alex, Kristy Ann with RTC 80, Barney, and Kristin Poling pushing Eva Leigh Cutler.  Between Barney and Kristin are at least two Kirby boats.

This was several minutes after the previous photo with some of the same boats.

Daisy Mae here pushes a CMT barge with a Vane unit in the distance, in front of an impossibly packed set of cliffs.

This is not so much packed as it is filled with very different examples of marine commercial traffic.

And in closing, clustered in front of USNS Red Cloud, clockwise starting from Cajun, it’s J. Arnold Witte, USACE Haward, and Marjorie B. McAllister.

All photos, any errors or omissions, WVD, who hits the road again tomorrow.  Peace on Earth!