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Shipyard Find
 A CBC Radio interview today, December 17, reported that portions of the ill-fated French ship Mont Blanc were recovered during dredging operations at Halifax Shipyard. The "large" pieces were removed...
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Two ACLs and Fairivew Festivities
 Atlantic Container Line is a pioneering company in the shipping container revolution and a prime customer of the Port of Haifax since 1969. It currently operates five Container and RoRo ships (CONROs)...
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ONE Minato - back again, ditto for H Mercury and NYK Rumina
 ONE Minato The ONE Minato was back in Halifax again today, December 18, after a month. The ship first called here on November 18 on THE Alliance's EC5 service. As reported here, the ship is the tenth...
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Ferry news - good and bad REVISED
 1. Mostly good news on the Northumberland StraitAs a bit of an update on the previous post, November 13, the Northumberland Ferries Ltd service did resume on December 4 after repairs to the...
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Fednav for top up - amended
 The Canadian owned shipping company Fednav continues to grow and now has a fleet of about 120 ships. That represents some 64 owned and 97 long term chartered. It also employs ships for short term and...
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Big Move to Make Room
 Two large offshore inatallation vessels have been languishing in Halifax since August and September respectively. The Connector arrived August 30 and the Symphony on September 6. Aside from some DP...
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UBC Tarragaona at PSA
 An unusual caller arrived at PSA Fairview Cove on Monday, December 23. The UBC Tarragona is classed as a multi-purpose / dry cargo vessel and is not rated for carrying containers. However once...
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Bulkers Take a Break
 Most ships spend Christmas at sea. They thus avoid costly overtime charges for working during the holiday. Longshore worker wages can be triple the normal rate if the port or terminal is working. It...
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Back to Work
 After the Christmas break things begin to get back to normal. Ships put out to sea, terminals open up and before long there is a return to routine, perhaps even to clear an accumulated backlog.That...
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Clear Sailing
 After two days of intense fog (and the melting off of about 10 cm of snow left over from Christmas), today, December 31, there was a clear view of harbour activity.Yesterday's arrival, the Coastal...
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Oberon - takes the ribbon
 As a year round port Halifax rarely celebrates the first arrival of the year. (Such ports as Montreal and Quebec City historically celebrate first arrivals dating back to the days when they were...
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IT Infinity - another transformation
 The cable ship IT Infinity returned to Halifax today, January 3, after a major refit in Norway. The former offshore supplier is now a state of the art vessel, fitted with the systems and equipment to...
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Connector - gone south
 The offshore construction ship Connector sailed from Halifax today, January 4, after a lengthy stay in port. It is destined for Boston, presumably to be closer to the Vineyard Wind project.The ship...
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Nord Ling back with new name
 A ship that has changed name twice since it was last here tied up at Pier 9C this morning, January 6, from Jacksonville, FL.  The Nord Ling has the familiar profile of a series of ten ships built by...
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CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V.
 It will be a sad end for the CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. On November 17, 2018 vandals cut mooring lines while the ship was drydocked at Sambro, NS. The ship slipped off its cradle and partially...
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East Coast - countdown
 The tanker East Coast arrived today, January 8, at Irving Oil's Woodside terminal with more product from the Saint John refinery. This may be one of the ship's last calls in Halifax as its replacement...
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Algotitan at Pier 9C
 The Canadian flag coastal tanker Algotitan moved today, January 9, from Imperial Oil to Pier 9C for a maintenance period.The ship looks a bit rugged, having worked intensively in and out of the Great...
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Exodus from Bedford Basin - Part 1
 It was a day of departures from Bedford Basin as several ships put out sea despite storm warnings. After several weeks of up to three ships at anchor in the Basin at any one time, the anchorages...
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HMCS Margaret Brooke - (Exodus from Bedford Basin - Part 2)
 Bedford Basin, that circular body of water at the head of Halifax harbour, has been a sheltering haven for ships for centuries. During the First and Second World Wars it was an assembly area for...
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PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub
 PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub, had both berths operating the South End Container Terminal for a brief time this morning. The ONE Madrid sailed from Pier 41 soon after the MSC Shannon III arrived ar Pier...
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Cargoes in Quantity
 The Port of Halifax is known as a container port, although not huge on the wortld scale, it did exceed the half million TEU number in 2023 handling 546,143 TEU. This was down significantly from...
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MSC goes alone and big small(er) moves
 The Mediterranean Shipping Company is now the world's largest container shipping company and quite likely the Port of Halifax's largest customer. With nearly daily arrivals, it is hard to keep track...
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IT Intrepid to the rescue
 A fast track application was made to the Canadian Transportation Agency on January 14 for a temporary coasting license for IT International Telecom's cable ship IT Intrepid. The ship is needed to...
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Your Roots are Showing
 When ships change owners they often change names, funnel markings and other identifiers, but it is a major expense to change hull colours. That change is generally made during a regular drydocking,...
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Titania at Autoport
 The Wallenius Wilhelmsen auto carrier Titania is today's (January 20) caller at Autoport, on the North Europe to North America service from Bremerhaven, Zeebrugge and Southampton. Unlike the subjects...
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