Palanca Rio Comes to Baltimore August 20, 2020

According to BalticShipping.com this Marshall Islands flagged asphalt tanker is 133x23m (436x75ft). She was built in 2016 in Rijeka, Croatia by 3. MAJ, a subsidiary of ULJANIK for Sweden based Wisby Tankers. A Marine Insight article on the launching of the ship can be read here.

Here are two videos about the launching of this ship, this video which shows the ceremony and has some interesting footage of the shipyard and workers as well, and this video from under the ship as she is sliding into the water!

Check out this drone video posted February of 2020 of her on the Hudson River in New York. About half the video is blank, so once the closing credit comes up the video is done. Another drone video posted March 2020 shows her being assisted off a dock in East Providence, Rhode Island.

More videos of this ship are mentioned in a previous blog posting I made when I last saw this ship in October of 2019.

In my 8 minute video below she can be seen approaching on the Patapsco River toward Baltimore, Maryland having travelled up the Chesapeake Bay. The pilot boat Maryland is seen alongside the ship after having put a pilot aboard. A barge which appears to be hauling gravel is being oushed out of town by the tug Night Hawk. As she passes under the Key bridge the tugboat Timothy McAllister is seen coming alongside to provide docking assistance. In the next scene the tug Bridget McAllister is approaching from astern.

After jumping to a new location both tugs are seen assisting the ship on Curtis Bay as daylight begins to wane. Container movements can be seen in the distance. After coming alongside the dock tugs Timothy McAllister and Bridget McAllister swing around to push the Palanca Rio onto the dock.

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