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To and From Newfoundland
There were two Canadian ships in Halifax today, May 23, one arriving from Newfoundland and one departing for Newfoundland. These were not the regular container RoRo ships Oceanex Sanderling and...
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Ionic Ariadne - bug free
Crude oil tankers are rare in Halifax, so today's arrival of the Ionic Ariadne was a bit of a treat. The 60,435 gt, 112,077 dwt ship anchored in number one anchorage in the lower harbour while the...
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Peggy's Cove wreck - fifty years ago
If Nova Scotia could claim a single iconic image it would likely be the Peggy's Cove lighthouse -destination by bus excursion for thousands of cruise ship passengers (when we had cruise ships) and...
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Federal Kibune for AGM inspection
The Canadian shipping company Fednav, operates 120 dry owned or chartered bulk carriers world wide. Although all but two of those ships are foreign flagged, Fednav is the leading international user of...
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Fidelio in, Sea Horizon out
An arrival and a departure in quick succession late this afternoon, May 30, was in fact a well coordinated operation typical of Halifax harbour where ships move in opposite directions frequently and...
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Conti Annapurna - big ship for Fairview
As previously reported THE Alliance (HAPAG-Lloyd, Yang Ming, ONE, Hyundai) has been adding larger ships to its EC5 service. Some of those ships will be too large to reach Cerescorp's Fairview Cove...
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Tugela, pretty in pink
The Wilhelmsen Lines Large Car and Truck Carrier Tugela paid a visit to Autoport today. Unlike many of its fleet mates it has yet to be repainted on the new colour scheme adopted by the combined...
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Meteoric Return
THE Alliance's AL5 service had another returnee today. NYK Meteor, one of twelve sister ships that used to be regular callers here for the previous G6 Alliance.Interestingly, the ship appears to have...
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Thorco Liva Returns
The multi-purpose general cargo ship Thorco Liva is back in Halifax. By my count this is the ship's fourth visit since 2016, and for the same reason. On first arriving early this morning the ship...
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Container Veterans
Larger and larger new container ships get the headlines, but a lot of the container carrying work is done by smaller sized vessels, some getting on in years. Adding to the longevity and value of these...
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Hyundai Faith
A new to us ship on THE Alliance's EC5 service arrived in Halifax June 11. Hyundai Faith is a 95,681 gt, 98,967 dwt vessel built in 2008 by Hyundai Samho, with a capacity of 8562 TEU. It is among the...
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Repeats and a bonus
The harbour was busy today June 12, with several ships at the container and breakbulk piers. All are repeat visitors, although one is under a different name.At Irving Oil the European Product Carriers...
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Sunday Departures
Weekends are frequently busy times in Halifax Harbour. At one time that was due to excessive weekend overtime rates for longshoremen in New York. Ships would clear out of New York on Friday and come...
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Beatrice
Most foreign flag tankers that call in Halifax are in the 50,000 tonne deadweight size and fall into the Mid Range MR2 category. They bring in refined petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel fuel...
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NYK Constellation
NYK Line has a total of twelve sister ships of the same class, all named for constellations except this one, NYK Constellation which summarizes all the names. Most of the ships are Halifax callers on...
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Tavrichesky Bridge
Tankers from the Russian Sovcomflot (SCF) are fairly common sights these days. This is not particularly surprising as the 143 strong fleet, totaling more than 12,5 million dwt trades internationally...
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Another fire boat
Halifax has taken delivery of its new fireboat.One of the on again off again discussions at the City Council of Halifax since the early days of the 20th century has been the topic of fireboats. The...
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Bulker for AGM inspection
Another bulk carrier cleared Asian Gypsy Moth inspection today and sailed for its destination of Sorel, Quebec.The Maltese flagged PS Valletta occupied number one anchorage in the lower harbour for a...
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Big RCN Day (number one)
Today, Friday June 25, was the first of two big days for the Royal Canadian Navy. HMCS Sackville, Canada's World War II Naval Memorial, returned to its summer station at Sackville Landing on the...
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More bulkers
Two more bulkers called in Halifax today, June 26, but neither one came for cargo. (The only bulk cargo usually handled in Halifax is gypsum -see footnote.)The first arrival was the Panama flag, but...
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