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Grand and Great
Ships' names can be an interesting topic for speculation, particularly as to what is behind certain names.This morning, April 25, the tanker Great Thita arrived from Antwerp for Imperial Oil. "Thita"...
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Cruise, Cruise, Cruise and More
Although it is still early in the season, there were three cruise ships in the Port of Halifax today, April 27: Viking Polaris, Volendam and Norwegian Pearl.Viking Polaris was back for its second...
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Marine Atlantic
With news that the newest ship in the Marine Atlantic fleet has arrived in North Sydney, at least one of the long ago former ferries is en route to the scrap yard.The new ship the Ala'Suini arrived in...
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Norwegian Prima - you decide
The immense cruise ship Norwegian Prima spent the day, April 29, in Halifax en route from New York to Europe. The ship was built by Fincantieri, Marghera and entered service in 2022. At 143,535 gt, it...
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New RTGs for PSA
In March 2023 the container terminal operators, PSA Halifax, announced the purchase of eight new Rubber Tired Gantries (RTGs) for the South End Container Terminal known as PSA Atlantic Gateway. (PSA...
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Cars from Italy
Most arrivals at Autoport are ships with cars loaded at west European ports. Today's arrival however was from Gioia Tauro, Italy, and presumably carried Italian made cars and trucks.Grande Sierra Leone...
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New for ZIM
One of a new series of ships for ZIM made its presence known in Halifax today. ZIM Eagle is apparently owned by the Greek company Navios and is on long term charter to ZIM. Why it has adopted a "bird"...
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More Cars and more Fuel
With spring comes a surge in demand for new cars, and so Autoport has been particularly busy with spring arrivals. To fuel those cars (with summer gasoline formulations) the petroleum companies have...
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An embarassment
The Port of Halifax, governed by the Halifax Port Authority, rarely interacts with the general public. (Yes there is a community liaison group, but it is generally invisible to the population at...
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Algoscotia's replacement
The tanker Qikiqtaaluk W. from the Coastal Shipping Ltd fleet has been brought in as a temporary replacement for the Algoscotia.The Algoma Tankers'Algoscotia operates from Imperial Oil's Dartmouth...
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An opportunity
It has been announced that the emergency helicopter landing pad will be relocated from the current dangerous location at the Point Pleasant Park Look-off. The current space is leased and the lease...
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CSL times two
Ships of Canada Steamship Lines carry gypsum out of Halifax on a regular basis - both domestic, Canadian flag ships and the foreign flag ships of CSL's international fleet. It is therefore not unusual...
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ZIM Feeder
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services operates numerous routes world wide, with a system of feeders interlocking at major ports. Two of ZIM's services overlap in Halifax. There is the ZCA (ZIM Container...
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Project Cargo on the Atlantic Dawn - Updated
The multi-purpose cargo ship Atlantic Dawn arrived today, May 14, from the unlikely port of Bermuda Freeport. The former naval dockyard located on the northern part of Ireland Island has been...
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Esteemed Guest
Imperial Oil brings in product from its own refineries in Nanticoke and Sarnia, but also from farther afield, often from Antwerp, but only rarely from parent company ExxonMobil Corp's sources in the...
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Cars and Fuel
As is often the case ships carrying automobiles and ships carrying fuel for cars and trucks were the major arrivals in the Port of Halifax today, May 16.CarsAn early morning arrival and late afternoon...
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Where have all the boxes gone?
The PSA Fairview Cove container terminal has changed appearance lately. There seem to be many fewer containers stacked along the railway sidings. Maybe this is related to some railbed renewals and...
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Visitors
Ships visit Halifax for commercial purposes - to load or off load cargo. Ships also call for clearance from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to ensure that they are free of noxious species....
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Saturday etc.,
Today, Saturday May 18, was a bit of a mixed bag in the harbour, with ships of various types in view. (That it is also the Victoria Day holiday weekend seems to have had little effect on ship...
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MSC Alyssa (again)
I have noted the container ship MSC Alyssa half a dozen times since 2021 and as recently as April 7 and 16 of this month. There was nothing particularly noteworthy about its call today except that I...
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