Tag: tankers
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North River to North Fork
A trip out of town provides a fresh perspective on marine traffic heading into and out of the New York area and the port of New Haven. The bulker Dragonera was visible in the Sound on Friday off Greenport heading for anchorage outside of New Haven. Saturday saw the tanker MTM Mississippi heading in the…
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Back to the 60s—tanker edition
Being away from the river for the weekend is a good excuse to share some more photos from the family archives. These photos, taken in 1965 by a parent before I was born, show the tanker Texaco Kentucky heading south down the river at around 125th Street. The Texaco Kentucky was built in 1949 in…
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What’s in that tanker?
The MTM Kobe headed back to sea before sunset on Sunday, three days after passing us heading north to the Buckeye Terminal in Albany where she was docked until Saturday. Foreign flagged tankers like Kobe can carry foreign cargos to Albany or pickup export cargos there for shipment overseas. Moving product between U.S. ports restricted…
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Maiden voyage of the Knot Refined
Thursday began cool and rainy but ended hot and rather steamy. There was a lot of interesting traffic on the river for the first time in a while. Most notable was the arrival of Dann Marine’s Ruby Coast pushing American Sugar Refining’s (ASR) brand new 450-foot long barge cleverly named “Knot Refined”. The Knot was…
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