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Liberty
The Liberty of the Seas will be a familiar sight by the end of the 2023 cruise season if it makes all eight of its planned calls. Today, June 22 is only the second call, (its first was May 25) so it...
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New Old Ship
The Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC has long been known for coaxing life out of older ships that other lines may have given up on. The formula continues to be successful for them. Even though they...
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Bulk Out, Bulk In
Bulk cargoes do not make the headlines in the Port of Halifax - containers (and large container ships) grab the spotlight, with cruise ships perhaps in second place. Last year's 601,700 TEU container...
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Two Hours of Activity
There was quite a bit of activity compressed into a short period of time this afternoon June 23. Between 1715 hrs and 1915 hrs (ADT) there were five ships underway in the harbour.The first ship was an...
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Viking Neptune - back again and sanitized
The nearly new cruise ship Viking Neptune made its first call here June 18 en route from Iceland and Greenland, to the New York area cruise port of Cape Liberty, NJ. Thanks to fog and rain there was...
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Anisha R. - first timer
With the inaugural calls earlier this month of MSC's Europe /West Coast South America service, a whole new (to Halifax) group of MSC ships will be calling here. Today (June 25) it was MSC Anisha R....
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CMA CGM Butterfly - first timer
Another first time visitor arrived in te early evening of June 25, also berthing at PSA Halifax Atlantic Hub, Pier 41. The CMA CGM Butterfly is the second ship to call on CMA CGM's India America...
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Ferry Woes (a continuing saga) - updated
Will they ever learn?Canadian ferry services have been contentious since Confederation (1867 for the record). Just as other governments use hospital and school building as political footballs, so do...
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ONE Owl and others
The main ship of interest in Halifax today (June 28) was the first time caller ONE Owl the latest in the series of "bird" class ships to arrive on THE Alliance's EC5 (Asia - North America) route. The...
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Queen Mary 2 - preview visit
The famous liner Queen Mary 2 was due in Halifax on July 2, so it came as a surprise when it made an unscheduled call today June 29. The brief time in port - less than a half hour - was unfortunately...
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End of the Thalassa
A once well known Canadian tanker has reached the end of the line after a storied career. A report dated June 23 says that the ship has been sold to breakers.As reported here February 21, 2017 [with...
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Maersk news and double header - in the fog
There were two Maersk container ships in Halifax today, July 1 (Canada's national holiday) but very few people got to see them because of a real old fashioned pea soup fog. With visibility at near zero...
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Fogged in again
For the second day in a row (although today was an improvement some of the time) thick fog covered much of the harbour activity. Yesterday's (July 2) arrival and departure of the Queen Mary 2 was...
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Morning Capo on the loop
The autocarrier Morning Capo returned to Autoport today, July 4, completing two Atlantic "loops" since its last visit April 30.The ship was built in 2013 by Hyundai Heavy Industry at its Kunsan (also...
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Cat in the News
Bay Ferries Ltd (BFL) resumed its Yarmouth / Bar Harbor service July 1 using "The Cat" high speed catamaran. The 3.5 hour daily service will run until October 9. Media reports indicate that in 2022 it...
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Seeing Double
It is not uncommon to see sister ships in the harbour, but the arrival on July 5 of GPO Grace was a rare opportunity to see two of the largest heavy load ships at the same time. This is the second...
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New Rules
On June 23 it was announced that Canada will be clamping down on cruise ship waste disposal practices. There will be an outright ban on discharging sewage and grey water within 3 nautical miles of the...
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Energy Atemis
The tanker Enerby Artemis sailed this evening (July 6) after delivering refined petroleum products to Imperial Oil. The Isle of Man registered ship brought the cargo from New York and sailed in...
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MSC Pratiti
It was a return visit today, July 7, for the MSC Pratiti, but this time on a different route. When it was here previously in June, I believe it arrived from Turkey-Greece, but this time it is on the...
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Bluenose - not that one (or that one either)
Bluenose the first.The term Bluenose, although obscure in origin, has become the popular nickname for a Nova Scotian and has been selected for several famous (and arguably infamous) vessels from...
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