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Three Car Carrier times Four
It is unusual to see three car carriers in Halifax in one day, but it happened today April 5. If that was not enough one of them arrived twice.The Morning Peace arrived first thing yesterday morning...
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Long tow sets off
The container ship MSC Sao Paulo V set out from Halifax today under tow of the tug ALP Sweeper. Indications are that the ship is headed for Naples, which may mean that it could be repaired and...
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MSC Alyssa Makes a Splash
Arriving today, April 7, on the Mediterranean Shipping Company's Canada Express 2 route from Sines, Portugal for Montreal, the MSC Alyssa faced a brisk headwind. The camera flattens the waves, and so...
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The curse of the pylons
Trying to get a clear photo of a ship, free from background obstructions can be a little tricky. The Narrows between Halifax lower harbour and Bedford Basin presents more than enough of these...
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ZIM feeder, Melfi and Autoport
ZIM A new ship on ZIM's CGX feeder service arrived and sailed today for Kingston, Jamaica. This is a little unusual as another of ZIM's CGX feeders was in port yesterday. Today's visitor was the...
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Early Cruise Contrast
The Port of Halifax welcomed its first cruise ship of the season on April 6 with the arrival of MSC Poesia. The ship went on to Sydney and Charlottetown and is now en route to Quebec City. Its passage...
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Rockpiper
The aptly named Rockpiper made a brief (eight hour) visit to Halifax today April 11, en route to Sheet Harbour, NS. The ship functions as a pipe burying vessel, by the accurate placement of aggregate...
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Neither snow nor rain...(again)
I have often referred to the US Postal Service's motto here when weather makes it difficult for shipping in the harbour (and for me to keep track of it.)The last couple of days, April 12 and 13, have...
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Torm of another colour
I like to see tankers from the Danish company Torm A/S because of their unique livery - a colour scheme of black hull, burnt orange superstructure with the company name and flag emblazoned on the...
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Unusual RoRo - the Trica
RoRo services in the port of Halifax tend to be quite predictable with auto carriers calling at Autoport to deliver import cars and some RoRo cargoes (and sometimes to load exports cars) or at Pier 9C...
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MSC Alyssa - back again
The MSC Alyssa arrived back in Halifax today, April 16, from Montreal on its way back to Europe on Mediterranean Shipping Company's CANEX 2 service. It was here April 7, 2024 from Europe on the...
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Thank you Volkswagen
As part of its efforts to establish green credentials Volkswagen AG has added new generation autocarriers to its fleet of chartered vessels. The first two of the series have already visited Halifax,...
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USCG Sentinel class
The United States Coast Guard is well along in the program to build a large number of Fast Response Cutters (FRC) called the Sentinel class. There are sixty-six vessels planned with fifty-four now...
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This and That
Halifax may now be noted as a container port (it exceeded 500,000 TEU again in 2023) but there are lots of other things happening in the port too, and today (April 18) was an example. The third cruise...
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BBC Rhonetal sails
After the laborious process of loading several hunded (maybe as many as one thousand) sections of gas pipe, the BBC Rhonetal sailed today, April 19, for Moerdijk, Netherlands.The pipe, according to...
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Friday exodus
Ships like to sail on Fridays, in part to avoid possible overtime charges or weekend rates, but also because many cargo terminals operate Monday to Friday at the land gate, with no truck arrvials and...
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Wicky Spirit - next in line
A first time tanker caller in Halifax anchored in the lower harbour today to wait its turn at Imperial Oil. The Wicky Spirit is a member of the McKeil Tankers Ltd fleet that usually serves the Great...
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First Grain - Algoma Mariner
The self-unloading bulk carrier Algoma Mariner arrived in Halifax April 19 with the first load of grain from the Lakehead this year. Starting from Montreal where it spent a brief maintenance period...
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Partings
Normally I avoid "going away" photos - particularly if I have decent photos of the ships already. However today, April 23, was a day for departures as far as my camera was concerned, and as there was...
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Orion - big crane in demand
The crane ship Orion, a familiar caller in Halifax last year, made a "non-working" visit today.Its 5,000 tonne capacity main crane dominates the skyline, even when the boom is secured in the down...
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