Horizon Dry Docks Boxship In Brooklyn

摘要

If you are in New York long enough, you'll see just about anything. New Yorkers that were on the East River on the afternoon of Feb. 9 saw the Horizon Producer sail under the Brooklyn Bridge. What makes that so unusual is that the Horizon Producer was "the first container-ship to be dry-docked here in more than 15 years," says Joe Breglia, Horizon Lines vice president and general manager of Ocean Transportation Services. The 1974-built, U.S.-flag containership was in for a "shave and a haircut" at GMD Shipyard, which is located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. While it was in dry dock for 28 days, the Horizon Producer had its hull, hull components, propeller, engines, turbines and boilers surveyed, repaired and upgraded.