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Onego Deusto brings More Rails
The Canadian National Railway, known as CNR or simply CN is celebrating 25 years as an independent company. Formed in 1919 by the Canadian government when it folded its own government railway into a...
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Grande Houston - new for Grimaldi
The Grande Houston was delivered to the Grimaldi Euromed SpA by Yangfan, Zhoushan, China in January and entered service in March of 2020. Although slotted into Grimaldi's Mediterranean / North America...
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Business - not as usual
Very high winds have had widespread effects on navigation and marine activities in the Atlantic region today. From cancellation of ferry service between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and delay...
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An Ill Wind
High winds and rough seas continue to cause delays to harbour traffic. Movements within the harbour are possible, but conditions are too rough at the pilot station to embark or disembark pilots.CSL...
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Tankers Coming and Going
The oil terminals were busy today with arrivals and departures. The familiar Elka Nikolas arrived at Irving Oil, Woodside. This tanker has been in Halifax several times, mostly recently in September...
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CSL TACOMA - light load
The self-unloading bulk carrier CSL Tacoma sailed today with less than a full load of gypsum. Built in 2013 by Chengxi, Jiangyin, it is a 43,691 gt, 71,552 dwt ship that can load to a draft of 13.5 m...
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Three's Company at PSA Halifax
The benefit of the recently completed pier extension at PSA Halifax is not restricted the Ultra size (10,000 TEU and larger) container ships. Today the terminal accommodated three ships at once and...
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Odd goings on
It was a day for some non-typical activity in the harbour. The ZIM feeder ship Taipei Trader (see yesterday's post) moved from Pier 36 to anchorage in Bedford Basin. The ship appears to be fully...
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End of the Road for Salarium
The bulker Salarium has reached Aliaga, Turkey today on the end of a tow line and will soon be reduced to scrap. Renamed Sal for the trip across the Atlantic, the ship left Montreal October 27 in tow...
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Weather again
The port is on weather watch again, with pilotage operations suspended. Gusty winds and very lumpy seas outside, have resulted in canceled arrivals and departures.Before condiitons deteriorated last...
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I will be on the lookout tomorrrow (December 8) for the arrival of CMA CGM Chile a 15,128 TEU container ship, due at the pilot station at 1130 hrs AST. It will be berthing at PSA Halifax around noon....
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CMA CGM Chile arrives
The third 15,000 plus TEU ship to call at PSA Halifax made its arrival at midday today. CMA CGM Chile follows two ships of the same class that called in September: CMA CGM Brazil on September 10 and...
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Dutch Day
Even though April 27 is the Dutch national holiday, one would be forgiven for thinking that today (December 8) was some sort of special event for the Netherlands.A procession proceeded up harbour this...
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No More Offshore
I used the same title for a post on my companion blog Tugfax on November 29 to mark the end of Nova Scotia's involvement in offshore oil and gas. With the completion of removal operations for the last...
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Good bye to Deep Panuke
The topsides structure of the Deep Panuke gas installation left Halifax today on the BOA Barge 34 towed by the tug Atlantic Kestrel, assisted by Atlantic Kingfisher and Atlantic Larch. The destination...
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ZIM Qingdao in the Basin
There was the rare sight of a ZIM ship in Bedford Basin today. The ship went out to anchor Friday evening from its normal berth at PSA Halifax. It returned to PSA this afternoon (December 12), but...
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MSC Poh Lin and Carmen
Another MSC ship arrived in Halifax today. This one is a first time caller, unlike the December 12 arrival MSC Brianna which was here before August 24.MSC Poh Lin is slightly larger at 54,774 gt,...
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Halifax - lots of integrity
Use of the word "integrity" seems to be on the increase. Once it was just an assumed characteristic of most people and things. It now seems necessary to assure others that you, your company or its...
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NIOVI.GR - new twist in naming
In some of my more curmudgeonly posts, I have decried current naming themes for ships, due to lack of originality [oh yes - see previous post] but today's subject is a member of a fleet with an...
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Full House at BIO
The Bedford Institute has a full house for the holidays and as a result is farming out some of its craft to other locations in the harbour. The Canadian Coast Guard in Halifax has added two ships to...
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