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The Idiot Factor
The Idiot Factor I refer to is a non-scientific measurement which operates in direct proportion to the number of Personal Water Craft. The more PWC's - the more idiots. However there is an "escalator...
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The way it was at Richmond Terminals Pier 9 to Pier 9C
The Richmond Terminals area, Piers 9 to 9C, at the extreme north end of the harbour, are not highly active parts of the waterfront these days. Of the three large transit sheds, only one remains in use...
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Cape Corfu - new in town
Today (September 27) saw the first of several unscheduled container ships to call over the next weeks. These ships have been brought in to deal with delays in other ports (meaning ships cannot meet...
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Morning, Night and Noon
The PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier) Morning Claire arrived yesterday morning at Autoport and after discharging automobiles it moved over to Pier 31 to offload non-automobile RoRo cargo. Unusually...
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Business, more or less as usual
September 30 was observed as a Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. However it was not declared as a statutory holiday, so some businesses remained open. Others closed out of...
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Departures
Shorter days in our latitude (roughly halfway between equator and north pole) mean that most ships arrive in darkness and now the light is fading for many departures. There was barely enough light for...
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New and Repeats
Another "extra loader" container ship arrived today at PSA Halifax. These non-scheduled ships are not assigned to any particular route, but can move loads when the regular ships are held up in other...
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Green Bulk Carrier
Aegean Eco Carriers SA operates tankers and bulk carriers. Among the latter are six sister ships with sequential numbers as part of their names. Today, October 4, the Green K-Max 5 sailed from Halifax...
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MSC starts Indus 2
The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has now included Halifax as a stop on its Indus 2 service, linking ports in India with east coast North America. Today (October 5) marked the first arrival,...
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MSC out, MSC in
MSC Stella departed this morning after its inaugural call on MSC's Indus 2 service. This was the first visit to Halifax for the 6724 TEU capacity ship, which is now underway for Norfolk.This...
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Unscheduled for ZIM, more reefer madness and other business
PSA Halifax, operator of the southend terminal is stacking them high these days as they are chock-a-block with boxes, particularly reefers.Granted it is harvest season and more perishables are passing...
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Vivienne Sheri D - and Sackville end of season
The container ship Vivienne Sheri D arrived today October 8, on the eastbound leg of its regular trip from Iceland to Portland ME, via Argentia and Halifax, and return. This is the second rotation...
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In from the cold
Recent warm weather may be cause to forget that there is cold weather ahead. However two of today's arrivals have put the cold weather behind them - at least for a while.CCGS Jean Goodwill returned to...
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USCGC Tahoma
The USC GC Tahoma sailed this morning October 10 after a three day stay in Halifax. The Kittery, ME based cutter makes occasional courtesy calls here - the last in August 2020.In April 2021 the ship...
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Tanker New England, a rare caller (amended)
Irving Oil has a large marine terminal in the Woodside area of the Dartmouth side of Halifax harbour. Domestic and foreign tankers bring in refined product where it is stored in tanks onshore. It is...
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All in a day's work
Halifax is a great harbour for shipwatching because of the great variety of shipping that can be seen on a given day. Of course container ships get most of the glory due to their size and colourful...
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MSC Susanna on Indus 2
The second ship to arrive on Halifax on MSC's Indus 2 service put into port today, October 14. MSC Susanna is a sizeable ship of 108,930 gt, 117,095 dwt with a capacity of 9178 TEU, including 700...
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Tulane
The Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean ship Tulane arrived in Halifax October 14, unloaded some RoRo cargo at Pier 31 then moved to Autoport and sailed today. On sailing it exhibited one of the scruffiest...
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Contship Leo - new ZIM feeder
Ever since ZIM started its East Coast North America feeder service, called Canada Feeder Express (CFX), in April 2018 it has been using short term charter ships. All have been about the same size and...
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Maria S. Merian
The German research vessel Maria S. Merian has completed its summer projects in Canadian waters and will be moving on to its next project off northwest Africa. After refueling this morning it shifted...
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