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Box Ships and Cruisers
The cruise season is now well underway and today, March 16, marked the arrival of both a familiar ship and a new ship to Halifax.The Pearl Mist ought to be familiar because it was built by the Halifax...
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Tanker Shortage
There is a looming shortage of Canadian tankers. Both Petro-Nav and Irving Oil have applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency for coasting licenses for as yet unnamed foreign flag ships.Mia...
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The Usual Suspects
Today, Thursday May 18, saw the variety of ship movements, typical of the mixed bag that Halifax is known for. The earliest arrival was the return of the 14,026 TEU ONE Stork on the eastbound leg of...
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MSC Santa Maria decants
The MSC Santa Maria arrived in Halifax this morning May 19 to off load some cargo to meet St.Lawrence River draft restrictions. The ship is on MSC's CANEX1 service from the Mediterranean and Sines,...
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More MSC
Following up on the May 19 post, MSC will still reach the 5 million TEU tally in the next few weeks, but perhaps not exactly as predicted. A recent report has one of its ships, MSC Pilar arriving at...
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CMA CGM G. Washington
It was another ultra size ship at PSA Halifax today, May 20, on the OCEAN Alliance's weekly Asia-North America service. All ships on the service are provided by CMA CGM and today's was a repeat...
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Fog and Drizzle
The fog and drizzle season is upon us (usually May and June). Today, May 21, is an example of what we may expect for the next few weeks as warm air meets cold seas. Although visibility may be reduced...
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Morning Calypso - tidy ship
Maintaining the appearance of a ship may not be at the top of the shipowner's ToDo list, but deterioration of the steel hull can be delayed by the quality of the paint coating, both above and below...
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Tanker Time
Halifax once had two oil refineries on its shores, Imperial Oil and Texaco Canada, but both have long since closed. Imperial (owned by Exxon Mobil) ceased refining in 2013 and uses only one of its...
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Busy, Busy
Perhaps as the Tuesday following the Victoria Day long weekend, today, May 23, was little busier than usual in the port of Halifax.There were ships at both container piers, with MSC Sandra docking at...
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Warnow Master - new for ZIM
ZIM Integrated Services Ltd operates two container services through Halifax: ZCA - ZIM Container Atlantic, and CFZ - Canada Feeder Express. The latter runs to the Kingston, Jamaica hub via New York...
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Liberty of the Seas - biggest yet
The Liberty of the Seas is the biggest cruise ship to call in Halifax so far this season. At the time it was built in 2007 it was considered to be the world's largest cruise ship, and shared the title...
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Morning Lynn, EM Kea
Autoport hosted the auto carrier Morning Lynn today (May 26) on the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Europe / North America route. It called in Bremerhaven, Goteborg, Zebrugge and Southampton en route to Halifax...
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Picture Perfect and Imperfect
In today's world of digital photography taking pictures is nearly idiot proof - unless of course you forget to check the setting and forget to check the image immediately after taking the picture....
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Orion departing
The offshore installation ship Orion sailed this afternoon (May 27) on its first trip to the Vineyard Wind project site. While in Halifax the ship loaded the monopile and transition pieces for six...
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ONE Blue Jay
The third of the Ocean Network Express "Bird" class ships arrived today, May 29, on THE Alliance's EC5 service. ONE Blue Jay is sailing directly from Colombo via Suez. It is an NYK Line ship, built as...
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Another Box and Pax day
May 31 was another day for containers (boxes) and passengers (pax) in the Port of Halifax.The ultra size container ships ONE Blue Jay (see yesterday) sailed and its sister ship ONE Hawk arrived....
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Oasis that should be a mirage, and a lake
The mega cruise ship Oasis of the Seas made a return visit to Halifax today (May 31), making a late morning arrival. The ship was here in June last year for the first time, and drew crowds then. It...
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One Place
With my usual observation position unavailable today June 1, (see yesterday's post - Point Pleasant Park is closed due to fire hazard) I positioned myself instead on the Halifax waterfront boardwalk...
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Bulk Cargoes
It is not the intention of this blog to cover every ship arrival and departure in the Port of Halifax, but chiefly the noteworthy ones. The arrival and departure of bulk carriers is not particularly...
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