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Afternoon Arrival - Afternoon Departure
With the return to Standard Time it is touch and go for late afternoon ship photos, but today two ships moved in good time. One was a scheduled 1530 sailing and one a 1600 arrival. [Both times are the...
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More MSC Indus 2
The Mediterranean Shipping Co, MSC's, Indus 2 weekly service is on its sixth "new to Halifax" ship as it works its way through a rotation of eight or maybe nine ships for the first time. Today,...
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HMCS Fredericton
An engine room fire aboard HMCS Fredericton immobilized the ship for a time in the early morning hours of November 18. Fortunately the fire was soon extinguished and the ship was able to make its own...
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Morning Peace - extended stay
Most car carrying ships spend very little time in port. They arrive and sail within a working day, since they can discharge cars at a high rate of speed. Some car carriers stay a little longer since...
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Container Feeders
As container ships get larger all the time, the ships calling in Halifax keep getting bigger too. However "small" container ships are also important and operate where cargo volumes do not warrant large...
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Jean Goodwill - on patrol
The CCGS Jean Goodwill (ex Balder Viking) sailed this morning on SAR patrol. With CCGS Earl Grey in refit the ship will head for the areas east of Halifax. CCGS Sir William Alexander is covering the...
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South End terminal reaches fifty-one
On November 21, 1970 the container / RoRo vessel Atlantic Cinderalla (738 TEU) became the first ship to tie up at the new Southend container terminal in Halifax. Container ships had been calling at...
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Dee4 Dogwood
The unusually named Dee4 Dogwood arrived in Halifax this morning, November 21 from Amsterdam. The ship anchored for a few hours until the Acadian sailed from Irving Oil's Woodside terminal, then it...
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A Touch of Winter Weather
A major storm passing through the region over the last two days (November 22-23) caused many delays to arrivals, departures and work in the harbour. Extreme high winds, with gusts up to 90 kph and...
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Polar Prince - a new owner and career
The Polar Prince, a former Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker will be embarking on a third career following its recent sale to new owners.CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert emerging from Halifax Shipyard with a...
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Algoma Days
Algoma Central Corp has become a major shipping operator in recent years. After nearly a century serving the Great Lakes it expanded its bulk carrier activity to international waters through its...
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Algoma Days - Part 2
Another day, another Algoma. After yesterday's two Algoma ships, there were again two today, November 27, with Algoma Integrity arriving for another load of Gold Bond gypsum. Purpose built to serve...
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BBC for 9C
Another ship arrived today to be fitted for steel frames to carry submarine cable. This time it is BBC Direction a 2007 product of the Viana do Castelo shipyard in Spain. Built as Vela J. it was...
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Oceanex Sanderling - extra trip
When extensive flooding in Newfoundland cut off road access to Port aux Basques last week Marine Atlantic was forced to shift its Newfoundland terminal operations to Argentia until roads and bridges...
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Morning and Afternoon
There were two first time ships in Halifax today (November 30). One arrived yesterday afternoon, and one this afternoon. The combination of short daylight hours and driving rain meant that I was not...
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Beans Out - Grain In
It has been an unusually busy time at the grain piers in Halifax. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating for several days, causing delays for two ships. The bulk carrier St.Sophia arrived...
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Kitikmeot W. and Pier 9c
The Canadian flag tanker Kitikmeot W. arrived in Halifax this morning (December 2) from Matane, QC and tied up at Pier 9C. Built in 2010 in Turkey by Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanagi to its...
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Kotor Bay in for MSC
MSC's weekly Indus 2 service brought in its eighth ship today (December 3). So far all the ships on the service have been new to Halifax and Kotor Bay is no exception. Built in 2009 by Hyundai Samho as...
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Follow Ups
Several posts during the last week are in need of follow up, so this post combines three updates.Update#1 Oceanex (from November 30)Oceanex Sanderling arrived back in Halifax today (December 4) after...
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Some call it nostalgia...
Having been around for a while I do recollect things that happened long ago. I realize however that my definition of long ago has changed and now must include events in years that seem fairly recent....
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