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ZIM to CMA CGM
Zim Tarragona meets a CGM ship April 27, 2016.I noted on an international shipping news site that two familiar ZIM ships have just been sold to CMA CGM. The sister ships ZIM Constanza and ZIM...
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More Big Ships
It is always impressive to see big ships, particularly when their arrivals and departures are carefully coordinated for safe passing and meeting. Early this morning June 21 the bulk carrier Berge...
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Busy, Busy, Busy
Halifax has now joined many other ports in the world with container ships waiting for berths as the terminals seem to be working full out. It is still nothing like the west coast US ports of Los...
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More busy
Container traffic was only part of the activity in Halifax harbour today, June 23. The long awaited (and waiting) Vistula Maersk arrived on the joint Maersk and CMA/CGM St.Lawrence River service. This...
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Acadia Desgagnés
As summer is now here (even if the weather has not been told yet) Canadian ships that flag out for the winter are returning to Canadian registry. In the past few weeks several Transport Desgagnés,...
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THE Alliance for the Atlantic Hub
With Halifax's two container terminals under the common management of PSA, ships are docking at whichever terminal can handle them best. The Fairview Cove terminal is limited to ships that have air...
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MOL Maestro - to Fairview Cove
MOL Maestro arrived this afternoon, June 3, and docked at PSA Fairview Cove. It is on THE Alliance's EC5 service, and is eastbound. Oddly it is the second EC5 eastbound caller this week. The other...
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THE Alliance for the Atlantic Hub
With Halifax's two container terminals under the common management of PSA, ships are docking at whichever terminal can handle them best. The Fairview Cove terminal is limited to ships that have air...
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Look What the Fog Dragged In
Despite the legendary pea soup fog this morning (June 26) five ships arrived in Halifax and four took up positions in the harbour anchorages. As the fog slowly retreated back to sea, the ships were...
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MSC Rossella - just passing through
The container ship MSC Rossella arrived at the pilot station at 2359 hrs, June 26 and proceeded in to number one anchorage.Halifax is not on the ship's normal route, so it did not tie up at any...
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Navy News
I have been neglecting navy news for the last few days simply because there was so much other shipping activity in Halifax Harbour. The week started off on Sunday, June 26 with the sailing of two RCN...
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Leveling off
Container ships can be loaded to capacity either by volume or by weight. In the former, they load the maxiumum number of containers that the hold and deck have space for, while preserving visibility...
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Ro Ro Ro and more CFIA
There was welcome RoRo action in Halifax today June 29 and more work for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. RoRoRoThe autocarrier Elektra actually arrived early yesterday at Autoport and spent two...
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Pier 9C crowd and another MSC
Pier 9 was busy once again today with two ships unloading. The autocarier Carmen discharged a variety of machinery and the heavy lifter River Mas has mystery cargo.[I will amend this when more is...
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Miscellaneous Dutch-built arrivals
This a grab bag about today's harbour arrivals (June 30).A sleek yacht named New Secret arrived at the C.O.V.E dock. The 74m / 243' long vessel, built in 2019 by Amels, Vlissingen has the customary...
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Break Bulk and Bulk
In ysterday's post I mentioned the grain loadout gallery at pier 28, and today the facility was in use loading the bulk carrier Tomini Ghibli.A series of conveyors from the grain elevator silos...
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HMS Protector sails (updated)
The Royal Navy's icebreaker research ship HMS Protector sailed this afternoon (July 2) after is multi-city visit to Canada, apparently headed home to HMNB Devonport, but in any event not northward....
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STI Battery
Another short term visitor to number one anchorage on Saturday July 2 was the tanker STI BatteryBuilt in 2014 by Hyundai Mipo in Ulsan, it is a 29,899 gt, 49,990 dwt tanker operated by the Monaco...
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Chebucto Head
One of the best ship viewing spots in Halifax is Chebucto Head, which is actually not within the harbour itself, but at the traditional entrance point well out on the coast.It is marked by a...
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Oceanex - bumper to bumper
A shortage of cars in Newfoundland, particularly rental cars, may be alleviated somewhat by a mid-week call by the Oceanex Sanderling today, July 4. The ship arrived and sailed from Autoport, taking...
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