REBECCA ANN DEPARTS, BBC XINGANG TO DEPART, MANITOWOC DUE

REBECCA ANN departed with WITTE 2302 this afternoon at 1550, bound for Oswego with the second of three hopper barges built for Donjon Marine by it's shipyard subsidiary.

BBC XINGANG is currently finishing cargo loading operations and expects to depart at 0600 on Thursday morning for Mozambique.

The first vessel of the year for sand replenishment will be MANITOWOC, due tonight at 2330 to unload stone. In the morning the ship will move over to Mountfort Terminal and begin loading sand for the North Pier, a process expected to take anywhere from 16-24 hours if all goes well.

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BBC XINGANG loading CLN 1807 on Tuesday.


Close up.


The XINGANG is using it's own cranes to load.


Another view.


Swinging the locomotive over the side. The loading process from the beginning of the lift to securing the unit in the cargo hold takes several hours.


Loading axles later on Tuesday evening.