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Scrapping Begins
The last couple of years have been very good to the world's shipping companies. Rates went through the roof and vessel values rocketed. The companies, awash in cash, ordered scads of new ships and...
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AOPV parts
Irving Shipbuilding Inc has three main facilities in Halifax. There is a steel preparation operation in Lower Burnside, a component fabrication facility in Woodside and the main shipyard site. From my...
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BBC ships to Canada
Two ships from the large German heavy lift operator BBC Chartering will be working in the Canadian far north this summer with new names and flying the Canadian flag.1. SivumutA ship that was in...
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Algoberta calls home
Algoma Tankers announced in December last year that they had acquired three tankers to replace older ships in their fleet. As reported here the first of the ships was the Chantaco which had been...
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ONE Cygnus
Another of the ONE bird class ships arrived today, June 7, on THE Alliance's EC5 service. ONE Cygnus was built by Japan Marine United in 2019 is the last of the ten ships of the bird class. All but...
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Whole lot of RoRo goin' on
Halifax is in the midst of a couple of days of busy RoRo activity. It began this morning, June 7, with the arrival of the auto carrier Sunshine Ace from Emden. The ship has been a regular caller in...
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Santa Ines - cleared
The Panama flag bulk carrier Santa Ines made a brief call in Halifax today, June 9. The ship was only in port long enough for the Canadian Food Inpsection Agency to conduct an examination for invasive...
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Bluer than Blue at PSA Halifax
PSA Halifax welcomed two blue ships today, June 10, at its South End terminal, Atlantic Gateway. First in was the Ultra size CMA CGM Adonis. At 154,839 gt, 155,502 dwt, it has a capacity of 15,536 TEU...
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Costa by Carnival - are we having fun yet
The newly rebranded and renamed Carnival Venezia arrived in Halifax this morning, June 11. The elegant ship is on its first voyage since its transition from Costa Crociere (a Carnival Cruise Lines...
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MSC in, NYK out , ONE in, (updated)
A well organized meeting of container ships took place late this morning, June 11, as the arriving MSC Elma took the western, deep water, channel leaving the smaller NYK Nebula a straight run outbound...
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HMCS Harry DeWolf puts to sea
HMCS Harry DeWolf AOPV 430 put out to sea today June 12. As lead ship in the Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessel program, it has had its share of issues. Delivered by Irving Shipbuilding Inc's Halifax...
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Taipan and Hafnia Mikala
The autocarrier Taipan arrived off Halifax yesterday, June 12, and then entered port in the late afternoon. It tied up at Autoport and remained there until late this afternoon, June 13. It is unusual...
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Welcome back
The population of harbour gulls welcomed two herring seiners today, when they arrived and offloaded their catch to waiting tank trucks.The Lady Melissa (foreground) and Morning Star (background) tied...
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Odds and Ends
Today, June 15, was one of those days when Halifax Harbour was the scene of a great variety of shipping activity. There seemed to something happening in almost every sector.A visitor to number one...
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MOL Experience
MOL Experience, a regular caller on THE Alliance's AL5 (North Europe - North America) service put in to PSA Fairview Cove today on the eastbound leg of its latest voyage. After its west coast port...
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Famous Fog
Halifax certainly lays no claim to be the foggiest port in eastern Canada (two other ports, which shall remain nameless here, may fight it out between them for the title*.) Never mind, there is often...
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Variety
Monday June 19 was a busy day in Halifax Harbour. Two auto carriers, four ships carrying containers and one tanker made for an interesting variety. The first autocarrier was Wallenius Wilhelmsen's Don...
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Bull's eye for the Bear
Algoma Central Corp's tanker subisidiary Algoma Tankers has announced a major development. The company has ordered two 37,000 dwt ice class product tankers from Hyundai Mipo for delivery in 2025. The...
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Don Pasquale and Where's Waldo (Roseway)
The auto carrier Don Pasquale completed offloading its large consignment of machinery at Pier 9C yesterday (see previous post) and remained alongside the pier until this afternoon (June 20) when it...
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CMA CGM Ivanhoe
A first time caller in Halifax arrived today June 21 on CMA CGM's India America Express. CMA CGM Ivanhoe dates from 2008 when it was built by Hyundai HI, Ulsan. It is a 111, 249 gt, 120,994 dwt ship...
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