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Louisbourg for sale
The former CCGS Louisbourg recently renamed 2013-03, is now listed for sale. Laid up at Sorel-Tracy, QC since October 2012, the patrol craft is offered for a minimum bid of $385,000.Built in 1977 by...
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Cap Victor - quick visit
The tanker Cap Victor, bound for Quebec City, made a short stopover in Halifax mostly during the hours of darkness. The Greek flag ship is a regular caller at the Ultramar refinery in the St-Romuald...
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Wellservicer - refueled by Algoma Dartmouth
Since mid-November the Wellservicer has been working on the Venture gas field pipeline, renewing some of the elements and making periodic brief calls in Halifax. It returned to Halifax Wednesday...
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Boston Express - in tow
The Hapag-Lloyd container ship Boston Express is reported to be trouble in the North Pacific.Built in 1998 and serving as Essen Express until earlier this year, the ship is part of the H-L's Pacific...
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HS Beethoven (again) icky, srticky, mess
I hear that HS Beethoven is likely to be in Halifax for a long time. Currently there are containers still in the ships hold, coated in heavy fuel oil, and unreachable by the container crane spreader....
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Tow parted in storm off Gaspé
More bad luck in late season towing for Groupe OcéanThe tug André H the former Point Valiant (i) ex Foundation Valiant was towing two self propelled spoil carriers during Sunday's storm, when the tow...
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Polyneos - grain to go
The bulker Polyneos arrived at pier 28 yesterday for a top off load of grain.Due to St.Lawrence River draft limitations ships of this size usually can't take a full load in ports such as Quebec City,...
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Travestern - now in full Woodward paint scheme
This afternoon Travestern left the Novadock floating drydock at Halifax Shipyard, showing of its new Woodward paint job.1. With Atlantic Larch pulling on the bow, Atlantic Oak guiding the stern and the...
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Tankers, tankers, more tankers
Despite the loss of big tankers coming into Halifax with the closure of Esso's refining operation, there are still lots of tankers calling in Halifax. Today there were three in port1. Freshly out of...
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CSL Acadian- another ex tanker
As posted last week when CSL Metis called to load gypsum, CSL Americas (at the time CSL International) needed ocean going panamax self-unloaders, and instead of building from scratch, they found...
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Cornelia - in for repairs
The geared bulker Cornelia arrived yesterday and tied up at pier 23. The ship came to Halifax for minor hull repairs, which are apparently underway, but on the ship's port side, and thus invisible from...
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HS Beethoven - out for repairs
The container ship HS Beethoven put out to sea this evening bound for the repair yard. After three weeks in port to clean up the mess in its hold from a punctured bunker tank, the ship was finally in...
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Merry Christmas
Shipfax will take a break for Christmas.Christmas is often a time of reflection on days gone by. The following photo is certainly that.September 11, 1969, the ship Hanseatic has brought in a cargo of...
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Not always a quiet Christmas
There is usually very little harbour activity on Chrismtas Day and Boxing Day, since the longshoremen are on holiday. However ships not requiring those services do come and go, with pilots, pilot boat...
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A. LeBlanc - getting ready
Halifax Shipyard is getting ready to launch the newest CCG Hero class patrol boat. Last week the shelter over the deck forward of the wheelhouse of A. LeBlanc was removed. A scheduled January 4, 2014...
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Happy New Year
Halifax welcomes 2014 with record setting cold temperatures and an incoming blizzard, so this may be the only shipping photo we will see for a few days.White on white. The George's Island lighthouse...
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BBC Kwiatkowski - trying conditions
Arriving just as a blizzard got under way January 2, BBC Kwiatkowski had to cool its heels all day yesterday as the snow continued blow around and pile up. Once the storm had passed late last night it...
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Dalian Express gets away
Hapag-Lloyd's Dalian Express finally got away from Fairview Cove at 0600 today. The ship arrived on Friday January 3 but had to wait out the day's blizzard, and the snow clearing operations which...
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Tanker Parade - never ending
Halifax has become a parade ground for tankers- the seemingly never ending parade continues today with two more tankers in port.Arriving last night Mariannne Kirk is a product tanker of 29,955 grt/...
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We're not in Kansas anymore... Topeka sails
The autocarrier Topeka sailed at 0800 this morning after cancelling last night's scheduled departure. The ship arrived yesterday afternoon at Autoport and after discharging it was ready to sail at...
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