Tanker Lara Comes to Baltimore May 11, 2019

According to FleetMon this ship is 183x32m (600.4×104.99ft). The last time I saw the symbol on her funnel it was on the Empire Bulkers owned Michalis on December 3, 2018. I was a little puzzled since this ship is definitely not a bulker. I found that she is instead owned by Empire Navigation which is also based in Greece. She was built in 2007 by SPP Shipbuilding in South Korea. I was unable to find a working website for this company at the time of this writing but if I find one later I will edit it in.

In the video below I included a bit of B roll which makes this video a bit longer than the usual arrival video. I was also able to get footage of the ship being helped to dock by tugs April Moran and Harriet Moran. The pilot boat is Maryland. Early in the video tugs MS Janet and MS Debbie (barely visible) are seen pushing a loaded coal barge. After the pilot boat Maryland but before the cable layer Decisive a Black Crowned Night Heron can be seen. After the Decisive heads out of the Patapsco River for the Chesapeake Bay the pusher tug MS Debbie can be seen returning to Baltimore, Maryland. Finally the tugboat MS Janet can be seen returning with an empty coal barge.

The last tanker I saw come to town was the Emanuele S on January 6, 2019. A lot of tanker traffic came and went in between, that was just the last time I saw one.

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