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Tancook Ferry to be replaced
The Province of Nova Scotia announced yesterday that there will be a major change in the Tancook Islands ferry service. Tenders will be issued for construction of a new vessel to be delivered for...
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PSA crane demolition
PSA Halifax is shedding another crane. After adding a new Super Post Panamax crane last summer, it appears they are scrapping the one remaining old Panamax crane.Stationed at pier 36-37, the crane...
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Swiftly doth daylight flee...and other seasonal thoughts
Most ships coming and going from Halifax tend to align their movements with the normal working day of longshoremen to avoid overtime rates if they can. Now that we are back to Standard Time it will be...
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Comings and Goings
The Port of Halifax is seeing the usual arrivals and departures and some unusual ones.Boreas arrived at Pier 28 this morning, likely for bunkers, however it also seemed to attract the attention of the...
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PSA full steam - plus (revision)
PSA Halifax was working two ships today, with lots of room at its newly expanded pier.At pier 41 it was MSC Martina in from Sines, Portugal. A fairly typical MSC ship (generally older than average) it...
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CITIES
Container Lines are fond of naming ships after cities - usually ports - but also those centres where cargoes may come from or are destined for. Three arrivals today more or less fill those...
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Sanderliing makes a RORO only trip
Due to a backlog of automobiles destined for Newfoundland, Oceanex Sanderling made a rare mid-week, RoRo only trip to Halifax today. It usually sails on Friday with container and RoRo cargo. On this...
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Grain, more grain, and oil - with a diversionary preface
PrefaceThere was not a great deal of port activity today, November 11, since most people took time off for Remembrance Day. It is a particularly poignant day for Halifax since lives were lost...
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Cormorant - South Shore Report #1
The former Royal Canadian Navy dive support ship HMCS Cormorant has often been in the news - perhaps more in its post navy days than before, but even then it made the headlines from time to time.It...
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Tancook Ferry - South Shore Report #2
There has been a mixed response to the news that the Tancook ferry is to be replaced and the terminal changed from Chester to Blandford. See previous post:...
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Saturday after the blow
Some windy weather blew through Halifax over night last night (November 13-14) resulting in suspension of pilotage assignments until this morning when things calmed down. It was therefore quite busy...
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Sunny Sunday
There was very little interesting commercial activity in Halifax harbour today, November 15, but it was so beautifully sunny that it seemed a shame to waste an opportunity to take some pictures even...
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Basin boats, and cars and boxes
There is no particular theme to today's post - it is more a random collection of my observations.There was lots of room in Bedford Basin for various activities. HMCS Fredericton moved, with tug...
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Eimskip - special delivery
Eimskip, the Icelandic shipping company was the subject of good news and bad news this week.First the good news: The line was selected to deliver a Christmas tree from Nova Scotia. Since 1971, the...
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Algoma Dartmouth - return engagement
The bunkering tanker Algoma Dartmouth arrived at Imperial Oil dock #3 in Dartmouth in the wee hours of the this morning November 18. It is the first time the tanker has been back in its namesake port...
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ONE Maxim shows up
I am not sure when the novelty of Ocean Network Express ships painted in vivid magenta will wear off - not for a while I guess. As each ship is repainted or new ones delivered, it is still a shock to...
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Busy, busy - catch up
There was a lot of activity in the harbour as the port caught up with weather delays. Very high winds starting yesterday resulted in suspension of pilotage operations until this morning when ships...
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Port Patrol- amended
The Halifax Port Corporation is responsible for most of the geographical area we know as the Port of Halifax. However they have contracted with the Halifax Regional Municipality for police services on...
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Leonardo
Before De Caprio there was Da Vinci, one of the great minds of all time. It was therefore no wonder that the Italian Line chose the name Leonardo Da Vinci for the replacement of the ill-fated Andrea...
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CCGS Jean Goodwill arrives
The CCGS Jean Goodwill, the second of three "interim" icebreakers acquired by the Department of Fisheries + Oceans for the Canadian Coast Guard, reached its home port of Halifax today. The ship sailed...
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