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Algo, Algoing, Algone
The tanker Algo sailed from Halifax this morning (January 21) to take up its new career. After serving Algoma Tankers Ltd as Algoma Hansa since 2008 it is headed for refit in one of the shipyards in...
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Iver Ambition
The Dutch company Iver Ships BV has fleet of about 100 ships, which includes around 40 offshore service vessels. Earlier this months a group of banks took over control of the company from the Vroon...
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Christmas Day news: Augusta Luna
News coverage is hard to find on Christmas Day as most news outlets and reporters are enjoying a well earned day off. Thanks to Facebook and a few enthusiast posts some news does seep out. It was from...
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Iver Ambition
The Dutch company Iver Ships BV has fleet of about 100 ships, which includes around 40 offshore service vessels. Earlier this months a group of banks took over control of the company from the Vroon...
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Last Man Standing
The Ocean Terminals piers recently had four ships alongside but the last one will be sailing today, January 25. The Algoma Tankers'Algotitan (ex Chantaco) moved from Pier 27 via anchorage yesterday to...
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Right Time, Right Place
Sometimes you just get lucky. Hoping for a photo of the Algotitan underway, I ventured to Dartmouth this morning (January 27). The ship had returned to anchor yesterday morning to sit out the 100 km...
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Ale moves
The bulk carrier Ale shifted berths today (January 28) from Pier 9C to Pier 9B. Because the ship is not self-propelled, due to rudder, propellor and hull damage, it took three tugs to perform the...
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Meet and Greet
The navigation channels leading into Halifax from sea and within the harbour itself can be narrow in places (viz. The Narrows) and therefore large ships heading in opposite directions need to...
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Polar Circle - heading north
The icebreaking tug supplier Arctic Circle made a splendid sight when it sailed this afternoon (January 30) for St.John's, NL.Its Norwegian owners, G.C.Reiber Shipping AS, withdrew the ship from work...
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More Algo
Algoma Tankers Ltd continues to make the news, this time not with a purchase, but with a sale. The Algonorth a frequent visitor to Halifax has been sold to an Algoma partner company Furetank and is en...
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BBC Topaz at Pier 9C
The heavy lift ship BBC Topaz arrived at Pier 9C this morning, January 31, to load a consignment of four package boilers, which arrived in Halifax some time ago on rail cars. The boilers were built by...
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen - double header
Autocarriers from Wallenius Wilhelmsen are such familiar sights in Halifax that they draw little attention. However when there are two in port at the same time, it is worthy of mention.Don Carlos picks...
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Fairview - big ship, big change
The view of PSA's Fairview Cove container terminal is changing gradually as the oldest crane is gradually being dismantled. The crane has not been operable for some time, and is too small for some of...
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Back to Normal
After a brief period of record cold temperatures February 3-4 when the mercury dropped to -25 degrees C (-13 F) in Halifax, there was a quick return to normal, and above, on February 5-6 when the high...
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Alfred Needler and other old government ships
The Canadian Coast Guard announced February 9 that it will not be repairing the CCGS Alfred Needler after the most recent incidents (See previous posts of December 22 and January 19) when the ship had...
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Where are the boxes
The work week of Monday February 6 to Friday February 10, 2023 in Halifax was one of the quietest weeks for container shipping in some time. After the activity on Monday as per my previous post, there...
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Morning Lena, return engagement
The autocarrier Morning Lena is becoming a regular on the Walllenius Wilhelmsen Ocean transatlantic service. It called at least three times in 2022 and on its May 11 visit discharged RoRo cargo at...
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Camarina sails
The tug Kamarina sailed for Portugal today without its intended tow - and thereby must hang a tale.The Kamarina returning to anchor after bunkering February 10.The tug departed Schiedam, (greater...
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The future of the Ale
The damaged bulk carrier Ale remains at Pier 9B as per previous posts, including yesterday's. That post reported the departure of the tug Kamarina without the ship in tow. I noted that the tug had...
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Scorpio Delivers
Scorpio Tankers Inc (STI), operates the Scorpio MidRange Pool, a spot market fleet of sixty some ships. STI has a total fleet of 113 tankers of all sizes and the parent company also operates cargo...
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