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Odd Duck
Bulk carriers of Canfornav Inc (Canadian Forest Navigation), named for species of ducks, are only occasional callers in Halifax usually for grain cargo top ups. Therefore today's (September 15) arrival...
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MSC Fabienne and company
 Another ship on the Mediterranean Shipping Company's Turkey-Greece to US service arrived yesterday and sailed today (September 17). MSC Fabienne is a product of the Hyundai Samho shipyard, and was...
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Canals and Avenues
 Cities around the world abound in famous streets, but some cities use waterways as streets, among them Amsterdam where their picturesque canals are justifiably well known. Some streets however are...
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Back to Normal (for now)
 Over night Tuesday - Wednesday September 20-21, pilotage operations in Halifax were suspended due to the sea state at the harbour entrance. Swells were such that it was too dangerous to embark and...
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Here they come, There they go and a no show
Today (September 22) was a busy day for shipping as several ships made port and hustled to work their cargo in advance of the oncoming Fiona. Expected to be a post tropical storm when it reaches us...
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Battening down the hatches
 Now mostly just a figure of speech, "battening down the hatches" no longer describes the process of making hatch openings ready for sea. At one time it was necessary to seal a ship's hatches with...
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Post post tropical storm Fiona
Post tropical storm Fiona was the most powerful storm ever to hit Atlantic Canada. On September 23 and 24 it tore through eastern mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, southeastern...
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Update - corrected
 With the return of sunny and mild weather today, there was little to remind anyone that there had been a post tropical storm less than a week ago. Nevertheless harbour traffic could not be considered...
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More and More Containers and other traffic
 PSA Halifax's Atlantic Gateway terminal is looking at a busy few days, with all berths occupied and ships waiting.Today it was the ZIM feeder AS Felicia at Pier 42 (see yesterday's post) and the...
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Still More and More Boxes
 The continuous stream of ships at PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway continued today with little let up. The COSCO Shipping Himlayas sailed last evening and this morning another similar sized ship arrived....
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BBC Nagasaki with plane parts
The general cargo ship BBC Nagasaki arrived at Pier 9C this morning (October 2) from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The 6351 gt, 9739 dwt ship's shell was built in 2011 by Jiangsu Changbo Shipyard Co in...
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Still at full steam and "Why This"
PSA Halifax's Atlantic Gateway is still processing a quite steady stream of ships. They continue to arrive, some from offshore anchorage where they have been waiting their turn.Today's arrivals...
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The British are coming (and going) and shipyard news
 It was a minor British invasion of Halifax this morning (October 5) as P+0's Aurora and Cunard's Queen Mary 2 (both actually part of Carnival PLC) tied up at adjacent berths. What with gloomy overcast...
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MaxPax and other action
 Today (October 6) was the busiest day of the cruise ship season with a reported 10,000 visitors disembarking from Caribbean Princess (3100 passengers / 1200 crew), Enchanted Princess (3560 passengers...
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From Russia, but not with love
 The Norwegian owned icebreaker Polar Circle pulled in to Halifax this morning and tied up at Pier 9B. Although I have no direct confirmation, I understand that it will be undergoing some maintenance,...
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Big Day and what's going on
 Despite being the Sunday of a holiday weekend (Monday, October 10, is Thanksgiving Day in Canada), the port was going almost full out with activity today (October 9).Arriving for Pier 9C with RoRo...
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New Cruiser
A new cruise ship made its first Halifax call today after a northern expedition cruise.The 10,617 gt SH Vega was completed by the Hietalahti Shipyard in Helsinki in July for Swan Hellenic Cruises....
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Five cruise ships and other traffic - amended
 Welcoming three or even four cruise ships together in the Port of Halifax is not unusual, but having five ships in port at once is rare. Today, October 11, is the only day this season when that number...
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Esso stocks up
 Imperial Oil (Esso in Canada) acquires refined product for the eastern Canada region from various sources, including their own refineries in Ontario, sometimes from other Canadian producers and in...
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Esso Stocks Up - Part 2 - REVISED
 See IMPORTANT Revision in bold itlalics As per yesterday's post, the tanker Algonova arrived at Imperial Oil today (October 13) from the Esso refinery in Nanticoke, ON. The ship was built by Med...
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