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Morning Christina and yes winter must be here
The Eukor car carrier Morning Christina made a late morning arrival today, January 3, and docked directly at Autoport. I believe this is the ship's first call in Halifax, so it is worth a little extra...
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An antique by any other name
The Mediterranean Shipping Co MSC is well known for operating older ships. Today (January 4) their MSC Leandra V arrived in Halifax and lived up to that reputation but not in the usual way. At...
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The last of the summer fuel and make way for nickel
1. Last of the Summer Fuel The Imperial Oil Dock #3 is the busiest spot in the harbour as the last shipments of fuel arrive from the Great Lakes. With the St.Lawrence Seaway now closed for the winter,...
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Pier 9C - a useful spot
The Port of Halifax accomodates ships for reasons in addition to the usual loading and unloading of cargo. Today January 8 there were two ships at Pier 9C that fitted that miscellaneous category.The...
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Slow boat to Montreal MSC Leandra V
A ship that called in Halifax last week, en route to Montreal has not arrived there yet. Ironically, once (and maybe still), the fast containership in the world, it is still more or less en route...
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Kopit Hopson 1752 - follow up
It appears that even after the Vessel Life Extension for the CCGS Kopit Hopson 1752 there is still work to do, and it may not be completed until March. The original VLE, which was awarded in 2020, was...
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Bulk and More Bulk
Aside from the regular stream of bulk carriers that load gypsum in Halifax, other bulk cargoes are realtively rare. At one time the port handled huge quantities of export grain from the Canadian...
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Still more bulk and container swap
Bulkers There was another bulk carrier arrival this morning, January 13, but this one was more typical for Halifax than yesterday's bulkers [see previous post]. The Algoma Integrity is in from...
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Departures follow up.
After yesterday's post the predicted storm passed though over night with high winds and storm surge. Pilotage operations were suspended at some point during the night and not resumed until this morning...
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Seeing Red
Two ships arrived today with the only similarity being their hull colours, and even those were quite different shades of red.The hull colour of the first arrival was only revealed after sunrise when...
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C.T.M.A. Vacancier - follow up
My report from December 19, 2023 regarding the scrapping of the ferry C.T.MA. Vacancier can now be updated, but probably not for the last time. Soon after the scrapping announcement, it was revealed...
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Cars and More Cars
Autoport has hosted ships for two days in a row and expects another tomorrow. The inventory of cars at the facility has appeared thin lately, so this will allow them to build up their inventory of...
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Next To Go?
Algoma Central Corp and its wholly owned Algoma Tankers Ltd are in a fleet renewal pattern, adding to their domestic fleets and shedding older tonnage. They have also been active on the international...
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Long Way
The arrival earlier in the week of the ONE Crane [see Monday January 15] was the first of what may be many ships en route from Asia that avoid the Red Sea and divert via the Cape of Good Hope. Today,...
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Bunker calls
Halifax has been a bunkering port since the days of coal fired steamships. The number of ships calling for bunkers has decreased in recent years since there is no longer a bunkering tanker based...
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Slow (tanker) to China
To follow up on yesterday's post about bunkering ships in Halifax: the Hai Shang was alongside Pier 9C all day today January 22, and into the night taking fuel from trucks. With the ship in ballast,...
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Shake Up and Fall out
The announcement on January 17, 2024 that Maersk A/S and Hapag-Lloyd AG have formed a 60/40 joint venture called Gemini Cooperation is the latest move to shake up the global container shipping...
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Folow Up
As a follow up to the January 23 post about the new Maersk /Hapag-Lloyd Gemini Cooperation, it will be business as usual for the time being. The official launch date of the new artrangement is the end...
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Two months to the day
It has been two months to the day since the container ship BF Fortaleza made its last last call in Halifax for Melfi Lines. On November 28, 2023 I was unable to get an underway photo and annoyingly...
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Untropical arrival
The Sonderberg arrived today, January 29, from St.Thomas, Virgin Islands for Tropical Shipping. To say that the day was untropical is an understatement. Heavy snow, amounting to perhaps 15 cm (6...
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