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Cable Vigilance
The cable ship Cable Vigilance made a brief stay in Halifax today, April 27. It arrived at the pilot station at 1400 hrs ADT and ordered a pilot for 1800 hrs ADT to sail from anchorage. That would...
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Two for One
PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway was a busy spot today, April 27. No sooner had they completed work on one ship, but two arrived to take its place.The 14,026 TEU ONE Stork arrived yesterday [see previous...
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Another double and more RoRo
The Mediterranean Shipping Company had two ships in Halifax today April 26 - one for each container terminal.First in was MSC Soraya on the Turkey-Greece service - usually these ships use the PSA...
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Saturday Report
The CMA CGM Osiris was a first time caller when it arrived in Halifax this morning April 29.The ship used two stern tethered escort tugs and took the western, deep water, channel inbound, giving a...
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Sunday Report
There was considerable activity in the port spread out over the day today, April 30, 2023.Early morning arrivals at PSA Halifax Atlantic Gatewaywere the two regulars EM Kea on the St-Laurent 1 service...
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Big and BIG, et cetera
There is big and there is BIG, and certainly the crane ship Orion qualifies in the latter category. The ship arrived yesterday, May 1, and tied up at the IEL dock in Dartmouth. There was no clear view...
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Northern Jamboree
Another new name on MSCs Indusa service - and this time with a twist. The Northern Jamboree has a most unusual name for a ship built in 2010 by Daewoo Shipbuilding + Marine Engineering Co, Okpo. The...
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The Ins and Outs of it
Ships arrive and sail and sometimes they sail and arrive. In the former case are ships calling in Halifax on schedules or single voyages. In the latter case are ships that are based in Halifax and put...
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PSA Shuffle
With PSA operating both container terminals in the Port of Halifax, they have the option of moving ships to available berths. Today was an opportunity to maximize berth usage, and eliminate possible...
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Gypsum in Demand (ii)
The demand for gypsum continues strong and there was another geared bulk carrier at Gold Bond Gypsum this week. On April 17 it was the Ocean Pearl, a four crane vessel, instead of the usual gravity /...
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Saturday traffic
Aside from the departure of the bulker EBC Tampico (see previous post) today, May 6, there was notable other traffic in the harbour.The auto carrier Bess made a call at Pier 9C to unload RoRo traffic...
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Containers everywhere
Most of the activity in Halifax harbour today, Sunday May 7 involved container ships, and most of those at the South End Container Terminal (SECT) operated by PSA Halifax as the Atlantic Gateway.An...
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Cars and Gas for Same
Halifax is the entry point for imported automobiles, and in a perverse sense of logic it is also the entry point for imported petroleum products to fuel them. In the past few days the tanker Largo...
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Meet and Greet
There were some "meets" in Halifax harbour today as arriving and departing ships arranged for passing in the Middle Ground area off Point Pleasant Park.One interesting "meet" was a sort of Hallå /...
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ONE Hawk
The second of the Ocean Network Express Bird class ships arrived at PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway this morning, May 10. The ONE Hawk is on the Atlantic Loop, EC5 service for THE Alliance ( Hapag-Lloyd,...
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Taipan for Autoport
The auto carrier Taipan called at Autoport today, on the usual Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean route from Goteborg, Bremerhaven, Zeebrugge and Southampton. It sailed early this evening for New...
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MSC double date
As befits the world's largest container line, the Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) had two ships in Halifax today, May 12, one for each container terminal. First to arrive was MSC Tianping but before...
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Big Arrivals
A couple of big ships were among the arrivals in Halifax this morning, May 14. The container ship CMA CGM Marco Polo docked at PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway with the last of the morning's fog...
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CMA CGM - something new
The French container line CMA CGM has a significant presence in Halifax because it brings in the largest ships to use the port, such as yesterday's caller CMA CGM Marco Polo, 16,020 TEU. Today, May...
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Third Bird and Silver Birds (to be)
Magenta Bird (not pink)The "Bird" class ship ONE Eagle arrived this afternoon, May 15, on the EC5 service of THE Alliance. It is the third ship of its class to be introduced to the line which is...
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