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Mysteries - partly solved
The arrival (June 29) and departure (July 4) of the ship River Mas remains only a partial mystery. As previously reported the ship unloaded some huge shrink wrapped fabrications (not boats!) and fifty...
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Scrubbers on duty
There can be little doubt that exhaust gas scrubbers have been a boon to the shipping industry. The devices have been fitted to many ships that otherwise would not be able to operate under new...
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IJzerborg for Nirint and other things
Nirint Shipping, based in Barendrecht, Netherlands, operates a regular general cargo and container service between Rotterdam, Netherlands, Bilbao, Spain and the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and...
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Quebec Report
Shipfax has been "off the air" for the past week due to a trip to Quebec. Several Halifax related (and some unrelated) news from that area: 1. Svanøy In ServiceThe former Norwegian ferry Svanøy which...
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Cars and Gasoline for Cars
The supply of new cars from Europe continues with another Volkswagen charter at Autoport today. SFL Conductor may be a first time caller. (its fleet mate SFL Composer was here June 22.)Built in 2006...
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RCN
It was a busy morning (July 15) for the Royal Canadian Navy. Two frigates returned from NATO assignments, accompanied on the last leg of the trip by a supply ship.The first movement however was the...
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Friday Roundup
There were also several civilian ship movements in Halifax on July 15.First was the arrival of the Netherlands flag Donaugracht for Fairview Cove. It is unusual to see ships of the Spliethoff fleet in...
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Odd Day
It is an odd day when there are no commercial arrivals in the Port of Halifax. Today, July 16, was one such day. The only arrival was the patrol vessel CCGS Constable Carrière.Normally based in...
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MSC Maeva
Another first time caller arrived today July 17 on MSC's Indus 2 service from North India via the Med and Sines, Portugal.Hanjin Heavy Industry + Construction in Busan, South Korea built the MSC Maeva...
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Some New Names, Some Familiar
There were some "new to Halifax" arrivals today, July 18 and some familiar returns. New 1An early morning arrival was the IT Infinity, an offshore support vessel re-purposed for cable work for IT...
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More Heavy Weights
The size of ships on various routes continues to increase as shipping lines cope with demand and backlogs. In some cases lines are going outside their own stable of ships with charters, but other...
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AOPS 3 Max Bernays
AOPS 3, the third Arctic Offshore Patrol vessel, the future HMCS Max Bernays, left Irving Shipbuilding Inc's Halifax Shipyard for the first time today, July 22, for sea trials. Initially it went to...
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Vistula Maersk
The joint Maersk / CMA CGM North Atlantic service changed three of its ships in the spring of this year, and the "new" ships are now regular callers. I am sure I will have many opportunities for...
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Return of the Rhone
The French naval vessel Rhône paid a return visit to Halifax this morning - emerging from thick fog as it approached Jetty 3 in HMC Dockyard. Built in 2017 by Kership, Concarneau and commissioned in...
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Romulus and Remus
The twin sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia, in Roman legend, were raised by a wolf and had a falling out over where to build a new city. Romulus (or his friends) slew Remus and founded Rome on the Palatine...
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Violet Ace for Autoport
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Japan, operates an auto carrier fleet of more than 110 ships (according to their website), called Auto Carrier Express, but usually abbreviated to MOL ACE. They maintain...
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MSC Ins and Outs [revised due to gremlins]
It was a quick change at PSA Atlantic Hub today with the departure of one MSC ship followed within and hour or so by another MSC arrival.MSC Rossella arrived over night and tied up in the early hours...
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Busy Day
Today, July 28, was a busy day in the harbour with both civilian and military shipping activity. Among the arrivals were a US Coast Guard cutter and a Danish frigate.USCGC Bear WMEC-901 is a Famous...
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IT Infinity - off to Aberdeen
The cable repair ship, former offshore support vessel, IT Infinity, sailed this afternoon, July 29, for Aberdeen, Scotland after a work period in Halifax.The 4277 gt, 4867 dwt vessel arrived in...
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More Autos
Despite the world wide shortage of auto components, especially computer chips, new cars keep rolling in to Autoport. Today (July 31) it was Morning Lisa working for Wallenius Wilhelmsen's...
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