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MSC Sagitta III - unusual diversion
 The container ship MSC Sagitta III made a diversion from its usual northbound route on MSC's Canada Gulf Bridge service from Mexico to Montreal, arrriving in Halifax April 2. Instead of berthing at...
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Eco cargo, Eco cars, Eco tours
 There were lots of references to the environment and ecology in the Port of Halifax today, April 4. Only history will tell if these measures are futile. [Glass half full readers may wish to skip...
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More newbies and Pier 9C update
 There were two "new to Halifax" ships in port today April 5 and as we are now into Invasive Species season, both anchored for Canadian Food Inpection Agency (CFIA) examination before docking.MSC...
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E-Ship 1 offloaded
 The cargo ship E-Ship 1 completed offloading today, April 8, despite 5cm of wet snow. Fortunately I was able to get some photos before the snow fall. The ship's cargo would now be largely invisible,...
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More Shocks
 Shipping companies and ports have already begun to feel the effect of tarifs on goods and on certain (Chinese built) ships. The United States of America has imposed these tarifs in the misinformed and...
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Algoma East Coast
 The new product tanker Algoma East Coast arrived in Halifax today, April 13, on its delivery trip from the Hyundai Mipo shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.  The ship, which is carrying the Liberian flag...
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Aircraft components and Euro fuel
 The multi-purpose general cargo ship Unistar arrived this morning, April 14, at Pier 9C to offload aircraft components from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Despite the pier being full of wind farm parts...
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More Cars
 A new to Halifax auto carrier arrived in Halifax this afternoon, April 15, after spending some time anchored offshore. The Morning Chant is on the usual Wallenius Wilhelmsen transatlantic service from...
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Polar Prince
 The privately owned icebreaker Polar Prince got away from its winter layup berth at COVE (the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship) this morning for a day at sea. Since 2021 the ship has...
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Yellowbill - new for Canfornav
 Canada Forest Navigation, CANFORNAVfor short, is a growing Canadian based deep sea shipping company. Its current fleet of 47 ships trade internationally in and out of the Great Lakes. All owned or...
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MSC Cagliari IV for Montreal and other Chinese built ships
 The MSC Cagliari IV on MSC's Canada Express service called today, April 19, at PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub, Pier 42. The ship's last port was Antwerp and it is en route to en route to Montreal. The ship...
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l'Atalante, Endeavor and research
The French research vessel l'Atalante arrived in Halifax this afternoon, April 22 and tied up at the Bedford Institute. It is on a month long mission from its base in Brest, France. An impresssive ship...
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Carnation Ace
 The cars keep on coming, but today's arrival (April 23) was a bit different. The Carnation Ace, unlike most of the ships arriving at Autoport, did not come from a European port. Instead it arrived...
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MSC over Maersk
 Since over taking Maersk last year the Mediterranean Shipping Company has increased its lead as the largest container shipping company. As reported in the previous post, MSC now counts more than 900...
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Big Tanker for the Basin
 The crude oil tanker Goldway arrived in Halifax this afternoon, April 25, and headed directly for an anchorage in Bedford Basin. Built by Sungdong Shipbuilding in Tongyeong, South Korea, the 81,545...
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Algoma East Coast - good bye kiss
 The new tanker Algoma East Coast arrived in Halifax April 13 fresh from the Hyundai Mipo Shipyard. It carried the Liberian flag for the delivery trip, but was registered in Saint John, NB on April 14....
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Amazoneborg delivers
Ships of the Durch company Royal Wagenborg are well known at St.Lawrence River ports where they load "forest products" - generally paper, but also aluminum ingots. They have a variety of ships...
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Mixed Bag
 Halifax harbour is noted for its variety of shipping activity. Today, April 28, lived up that reputation, as follows:An unusual early arrival was the ferry Fundy Rose in for a week's in-water refit....
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Contship Cup - back again and Franbo Lohas move
 Contship CupThe ZIM feeder ship Contship Cup is back in Halifax after making a month-long loop to the west coast of South America. It made its first arrival here on March 25 on the ZCA service, and...
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Grain from the Lakehead
 The first shipment of western Canada grain arrived today, May 1, on the Radcliffe R. Latimer. The ship wasted no time, and using its own self-unloading gear, began to discharge at Pier 25-26. A...
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Tanker In - Tanker Out
 Jag PrachiThe Imperial Oil berth was kept busy today, May 2, as the coastal tanker Algoscotia sailed with refined product for regional distribution, first for Corner Brook. After waiting at an outer...
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Alliances working it out.
 With the dissolution of THE Alliance earlier this year, shipping companies are still settling in to their new configurations. Hapag-Lloyd left THE Alliance and formed a new alliance with Maersk called...
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Marti Cloud for ZIM
 The ZIM service from the west coast of South America, called ZCX Colibri Express, has had a variety of ships since its inception in 2024. Most appear to be on short term charter, which is not unusual...
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Billboards on Boxes
The gazilllion cargo containers that exist in the world today (no one knows how many but 65 million seems to be one popular estimate) usually show the owner's company name in some way - often with...
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Cars keep rolling
Car carriers continue to call in Halifax, despite the upheaval in the auto industry due to US import restrictions and duties. Most of the ships that call here are en route from Europe to the United...
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