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The Big Reveal
 On Friday June 28 the Minister of National Defence announced Canada's largest shipbuilding project since World War II. Irving Shipbuilding Inc will build fifteen destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy...
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Annual Events
 The arrival of the Queen Mary 2 for the first time each year brings out the crowds for both the ship's arrivals and its departures. This year's arrival on July 1 was seen by very few as the harbour...
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CMA CGM arrives and CCGS sails
 The large container ship CMA CGM Lapérouse arrived today on the Ocean Alliance service from Colombo via the Cape of Good Hope. This is not the ship's first visit to Halifax, but due to its size it was...
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Some of Each
 It was a sort of smorgasbord of shipping in Halifax today, July 7, 2024, with representatives of most of the various types of ships that call here.At PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway there were two...
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Asian Dynasty - back again
 The auto carrier Asian Dynasty was back in Halifax again today, stopping first at Richmond Terminals, Pier 9C to unload RoRo cargo then at Autoport for cars. Since the ship was last in Halifax January...
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Superyacht Samsara
 I don't pay too much attention in these posts to yachts, particularly "super yachts" but the recent Halifax visitor Samsara is worth a mention simply because of the mind boggling dollars involved in...
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MSC Levina III
 The container ship MSC Levina III arrived this morning, July 11, on the Canada Expresss service from Montreal for London, Antwerp and Le Havre. The ship will take on cargo here that could not be...
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Tankers with a difference
 There were two tankers in Halifax today, July 12, but they did not follow the usual routine and tie up at Imperial Oil or Irving Oil.The larger of the two ships arrived in the wee hours of the morning...
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Twelve more
 Mounting criticism from NATO allies that Canada is not living up to its commitment to the alliance revolves around Canada's failure to meet the figure of 2% of GDP dedicated to defence spending. At...
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Paving the way
 It is paving season in Nova Scotia, and the demand for asphalt must be at its peak. Last week Miller McAsphalt (the Canadian subsidiary of Colas, the multi-national from France) brought in a full...
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Hapag-Maersk - Gemini Cooperation Agreement
 The plan for Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to work together under the Gemini Cooperation Agreement has run aground - at least temporarily, but has not yet been written off as a total loss.The lines'...
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Catching Up and an Explanation
On Monday July 15, 2024 my aged computer began to show distressing behaviour and had to go to the repair shop. After a week in "drydock" and a new hard drive it is back in operation, but with almost a...
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More USCG
Last week's visit of the USCGC Eagle was followed up today, July 23, with a somewhat smaller, but much newer, member of the service. USCGC Melvin Bell WPC 1155 is the sixth Sentinel class Fast Response...
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Lightering
 Friday, September 13, 2024 Lightering  There were four cruise ship in port today, Septmber 13. Due to the limited nunber of acceptable berths for cruise ships the Emerald Princess once again anchored...
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Partial Eclipse of Shipfax
 Thursday, September 12, 2024Partial Eclipse of Shipfax This is to report that I was away from Halifax from July 27 until today - September 12. I was expecting to have internet access while at my...
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Old amongst the New
 There was a mixed bag of shipping in the Port of Halifax today, Saturday, September 14. Some ships were new (or new to me) and others not so new.The container ship APL Paris started the list of ships...
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Morning Pilot
 Today, Sunday, September 15, the car carrier Morning Pilot followed the now familiar routine of docking first at Autoport to offload automobiles then moving to Pier 9C to unload RoRo cargo. This is...
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More Lighetring
With three cruise ships in port today, there was only room at the usual passenger berths at Pier 20 and Pier 22 for the Viking Mars and Enchanted Princess respectively and they occupied the entire...
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ACL and H-L call it splits
 The fallout from the Maersk / Hapag-Lloyd "Gemini Cooperation" began earlier this year. As soon as the arrangement was announced H-L stated that they would be leaving THE Alliance effective early...
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Two Tankers
 There are two tankers in port today, September 22 - one alongside and one waiting at anchor.Arriving early this morning the CL Xunjang tied up alongside Imperial Oil's number 3 dock to offload product...
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Shorter Days: Cruises and Tanker Updates
 With autumn comes shorter days, but more intensive cruise ship activity. It is therefore a challenge to get photos before the sun sets. Fortunately today, September 24, both cruise ships sailed on...
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British arrivals, new cruise news and another tanker update
 British Arrival #1 As usual when Cunard's Queen Mary 2 visits Halifax people flock to the waterfront to see it arrive and depart. This morning's (September 25) arrival was delayed, with its ETA at the...
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Tenders Ahoy
 There were three large cruise ships in Halifax again today, September 26. The Arcadia (84,342 gt, 285 meters) was assigned to Pier 20 and the Enchanted Princess (145,281 gt, 330 meters) to Pier 21-...
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Cruise Triple Header
 It was another three cruise ship day today, September 28. All three ships were able to tie up at piers, so there was no need for any ship to anchor and ferry people ashore in tenders.First arrival was...
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 Halifax has hosted numerous "protest vessels" over the years, many related to Capt. Paul Watson. He came to notice among those opposed to the seal hunt and later to whaling. Names of some of the...
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