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Cars and Gas for Same
The harbour seemed to be catering to automobiles today with an autocarrier and tankers arriving. Elka Angelique arrived from Amsterdam for Irving Oil, but anchored until the company tanker Acadian...
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Containers: big and twice as big
ONE Magnificence made another visit to Cerescorp, Fairview Cove. The former MOL Magnificence made its debut in Halifax in April 2020 as the first ship to call with the Ocean Network Express (ONE)...
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Whole lotta nothin'
The dearth of posts in the last weeks has been occasioned by a lack of interesting activity in Halifax harbour. The (Canadian) Thanksgiving holiday (October 12) may be part of the cause, but blanked...
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Jonquière Bank activity
Dominion Diving's workhorse vessel Dominion Victory has been at work in Bedford Basin in an area known as Jonquière Bank. Along with the barge Dominion Jupiter there is some sort of underwater...
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Cadboro Bay - first of two
CCGC Cadboro Bay arrived in Halifax today on its delivery trip from the builders.Crew use the flying bridge as the boat arrives in Halifax after a leisurely 20 knot run down the coast in ideal...
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Making a Dent
Despite being the (Canadian) Thanksgiving holiday the container ship Glasgow Express was busy loading at Cerescorp Fairview Cove today.The ship arrived from Montreal early this morning, carrying no...
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Florencia Bay - second of two
The second of the new Canadian Coast Guard Bay class lifeboats, Florencia Bay arrived in Halifax late this afternoon (October 13) in advance of some stormy weather.Not quite as nice a day as it was for...
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New Ships
Despite the global pandemic shipyards are still managing to deliver some new ships to shipowners. Two ships dating from 2020 are in port today.The tanker GW Dolphin arrived at Imperial Oil from...
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Not on Schedule
The unscheduled arrival of the autocarrier Horizon Highway was brought about by a power failure of some sort about 120 miles off Halifax. The tug/supplier Siem Commander was dispatched early yesterday...
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MOL Marvel- still a novelty
It has been nearly two years since ships began to appear in the "cherry blossom magenta" colour scheme of Ocean Network Express (ONE), but it may be some time before the novelty wears off. ONE, the...
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Contship Ice - CMA CGM feeder
With several weather related schedule disruptions, and still with stranded containers in Halifax from strikes and blockades elsewhere, lines are making unusual moves to reposition containers and find...
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Barge Day
Today (October 24) should have been designated "barge day" in Halifax as there was one large barge arrival and one even larger barge move.The arrival was the barge Glovertown Spirit from Sydney, NS in...
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Lois M back again
A sometime visitor, Lois M has made another arrival in Halifax. It arrived October 24 with the flat deck barge Glovertown Spirit to take away a heavy load.Both vessels are owned by McKeil Marine of...
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PSA Halifax - bigger but not yet better
The Port of Halifax and southend terminal operators PSA Halifax celebrated the expansion of the facility in a ceremony on Friday, October 23 with a ribbon cutting. The pier extension is now fully...
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CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci at PSA
CMA CGM brought in another large ship on its Columbus JAX service, and as usual the ship's name commemorates a discredited explorer.The ship was built in 2010 by Daewoo, Okpo and is a 152,991 gt,...
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Salarium to the scrappers
A ship with a long connection to Halifax has been retired and designated for scrap.Built in 1980 as Nanticoke the ship was among Canada Steamship Line's "salty lakers". These were ships of maximum...
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Herring Cove Breakwater
Just off the mouth of Halifax harbour is the settlement of Herring Cove. The sheltered inlet was long the home of harbour pilots and even now provides a drop off or pick up point for the pilots,...
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Yulia off to Thunder Bay
The bulk carrier Julia sailed this evening after a day in port, arriving at 0730 hrs this morning.The ship docked at pier 27 and may have taken on a tiny quantity of left over grain before buttoning...
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Bridge
An unusual tow left Halifax harbour this afternoon, but if you missed it you may have three more chances. Essentially it was the tug Lois M. and the barge Glovertown Spirit, but it was the barge's...
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Thunder Bay for National Gypsum
Canada Steamship Lines'Thunder Bay arrived today to load at National Gypsum. The sun was a little more co-operative than it was in May when I photographed the ship last:...
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