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BBC Edge - back again
The general cargo ship BBC Edge arrived at Pier 9B this afternoon. This is a return engagement for the ship, which was here before in September 2020.The ship is in port this time to load racks to...
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Another sign of spring - maybe
Despite 10 cm or so of fresh snow on the ground, there was another sign of spring in Halifax today: the arrival of the first ship for Asian Gypsy Moth inspection. Every year the Canadian Food...
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Big Tanker
The Port of Halifax has no oil refineries, so crude oil tankers are rare visitors. Today's arrival of Ridgebury Lindy B is one of those occurrences. Fresh from discharging a cargo of crude oil at...
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Updates - Ridgebury and PSV
Update 1The crude oil tanker Ridgebury Lindy B, the subject of yesterday's post sailed this evening, just about 24 hours after anchoring.Interesting that the ship is giving Come by Chance,...
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MSC Veronique at last, and MOL double header
The container ship MSC Veronique tied up at PSA Halifax this morning after better than two weeks anchored outside the port. The ship arrived from Sines, Portugal on March 7 and has been at anchor or...
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Imedghassen sails
The Algerain ship Imedghassen finally sailed this evening after being under repair since it arrived January 9, 2021: http://shipfax.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-for-melfi-imedghassen.htmlInitially...
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Legendary mv Arctic sold for scrap
Shipfax doesn't deplay the word legendary very often, but the recent news that Fednav has sold their Arctic for scrap after 43 years of service surely warrants at least a few superlatives. The Arctic...
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Suez Dilema
On March 23 the ultra large container ship Ever Given drove its bow into one bank of the Suez Canal. Its stern then swung outward, effectively blocking one of the world's busiest waterways. Initial...
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Nova Scotia Icons
There are several Nova Scotia marine icons (see also today's Tugfax) but the best known is probably the schooner Bluenose. The original schooner was built to win the international schooner races...
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Saturday Round UP, PSA, Irving Oil and Autoport
Several things were happening in the port today, so I am rounding them up into one post.At PSA Halifax, ZIM had a different feeder ship in today. Contship Leo is a 9957 gt, 13,803 dwt ship with a...
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Business as usual - for now
The container business is in disarray at the moment with the Suez Canal blocked by a grounded ship, and longshore labour uncertainty in Montreal. So far at least the Port of Halifax is keeping up, but...
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Morning Activity
With the harbour activity shut down most of the day yesterday due to high winds, there were several ship movements after dark, and some catching up this morning. The early morning arrival was Pictor...
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CCGS Jean Goodwill - back from the Gulf and another CCG update
CCGS Jean Goodwill returned today from its first ice assignment with the Canadian Coast Guard.Although I was not tracking the ship carefully on AIS I did notice it working around the Gulf of...
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Kopit Hopson 1752
Thanks to the blog Halifax Shipping News we have learned that the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has quietly renamed CCGS Edward Cornwallis. As per yesterday's post the ship is still in refit at...
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Sikania for AGM inspection
Once again a bulk carrier has arrived for Asian Gypsy Moth inspection. However instead of departing for Quebec to load iron ore or grain this ship is giving its next port as Saint John, NB.Sikania is...
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Caruso
It appears that the ship Caruso will finally be removed from its resting place in the village of Marie Joseph on Nova Scotia's eastern shore. A notice appeared in Saturday's newspaper issued by...
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Tankers and Scrubbers
Product tankers of the Medium Range size (35,000 to 55,000 deadweight tonnes) are frequent callers in Halifax as they are used to transport "clean" / refined products throughout the Atlantic Basin...
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Mersey Phoenix
Although the commercial fishery is a major component of the Nova Scotia economy, we see few fishing vessels in Halifax these days. At one time the waterfront was lined with fish plants and trawlers...
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Tannhauser - first stop
The auto carrier Tannhausen made its first North American port call in Halifax April 8-9. The 73,358 gt giant was completed by CISC Tianjin Xingang in China in September 2020 and arrived in Europe on...
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Arrivals
There were three arrivals of interest today. The early bird at 0600 hrs was the container feeder Ilios on ZIM's Canada Feeder Express service.The ship appears on ZIM's schedule for the next several...
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