Yesterday evening I took a walk down to
Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 5. As I walked out onto the pier, the sun had already set, but its rays were still reflected from clouds to the west.
As I reached the end of the pier and looked south, I saw the tug
Miriam Moran "on the hip" of a barge loaded with cargo containers, taking them from the
Red Hook container port; their probable destination being a railhead in New Jersey. You can find another photo of
Miriam, and a link to an explanation of "on the hip,"
in this post.
The small container ship
Nefeli was docked further down at Red Hook. Most ships using this facility bring containers loaded with bananas from Central and South America.
Looking to the west, I saw my old friend the self-unloading bulk carrier
Alice Oldendorff coming through the channel between Governors Island and lower Manhattan, heading for her dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Like her sister
Sophie Oldendorff,
seen in this post, she will deliver a load of Canadian crushed stone.
The attractive motor launch
Kingston was moored at the north side of the pier, waiting for the next day's work.
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