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South End Container Terminal - hard at work
The South End Container Terminal (SECT), operated by PSA as PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway, contains berths 41 and 42 (termed "piers"). These berths are sections of Pier C, which is a long seawall,...
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Leave taking
Early this evening, June 17, three ships departed Halifax in short order.First off was the MOL Experience sailing from PSA Fairview Cove on THE Alliance's AL5 service North Europe / North America from...
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Louis S. St-Laurent - Comes Close
Having completed its latest refit at Chantier Davie Canada Inc in Lévis, QC a few days ago, the icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent is en route to its home base of St.John's, NL to prepare for another...
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Louis S. St-Laurent - does arrive
Yesterday's June 18 post speculated on why the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent appeared to sail away from Halifax after coming within thirty or forty miles of port. It now appears that all the berths at the...
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TMSI Ltd back at full strength
With the arrival today, June 20, of the Container / RoRo ship Nolhan Ava TMSI Ltd is back at full strength. The company operates a network of trucking, warehousing, intermodal and shipping that is...
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Themis - scare
The Wallenius Wilhelmsen auto carrier Themis has been an on again off again caller in Halifax since it was new. Built in 2016 by Hyundai Samho, it is a 75,223 gt, 23,786 dwt ship with a capacity of...
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Big and Small
A brand new big container ship and a small general cargo ship bracketed the port today, June 22, with an auto carrier and a cruise ship forming the middle of the sandwich.The CMA CGM Cedrus was...
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Cable ship Ile de Molène
Fog and mist shrouded the arrival of the cable ship Ile Molène this morning June 23. The ship tied up at Pier 9B where it became more visible before heavy rain set in.Now a state of the art cable...
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The Line Up
Today, Monday ,June 24 saw several familiar faces as far as shipping goes, with some a new comer too. Since most are well known I will skip the details here, but the ship's names will form links to...
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The Mists of Time
A clear view from the Halifax waterfront was obstructed from time to time as fog drifted in and out during the day today, June 25.Interestingly the fog formed a backdrop to the shore at Imperial Oil...
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Pyxis Theta - clear view
Yesterday's foggy view of the tanker Pyxis Vega was a bit of a disappointment, but today's (June 26) sighting more than made up for it.The ship arrived on June 24 from Antwerp for Imperial Oil. When...
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Friday - big rush
The end of the work week is usually a busy time in the Port of Halifax as ships complete their work and time their departures to be at sea on weekends. However today Friday, June 28, was a little...
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Unusual Box Boat
There was an unusual container ship in Halifax today, June 29, but it did not load or unload cargo.The ship is called the MSC Sagitta III and under the new Mediterranean Shipping Company naming...
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The Big Reveal
On Friday June 28 the Minister of National Defence announced Canada's largest shipbuilding project since World War II. Irving Shipbuilding Inc will build fifteen destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy...
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Annual Events
The arrival of the Queen Mary 2 for the first time each year brings out the crowds for both the ship's arrivals and its departures. This year's arrival on July 1 was seen by very few as the harbour...
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CMA CGM arrives and CCGS sails
The large container ship CMA CGM Lapérouse arrived today on the Ocean Alliance service from Colombo via the Cape of Good Hope. This is not the ship's first visit to Halifax, but due to its size it was...
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Some of Each
It was a sort of smorgasbord of shipping in Halifax today, July 7, 2024, with representatives of most of the various types of ships that call here.At PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway there were two...
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Asian Dynasty - back again
The auto carrier Asian Dynasty was back in Halifax again today, stopping first at Richmond Terminals, Pier 9C to unload RoRo cargo then at Autoport for cars. Since the ship was last in Halifax January...
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Superyacht Samsara
I don't pay too much attention in these posts to yachts, particularly "super yachts" but the recent Halifax visitor Samsara is worth a mention simply because of the mind boggling dollars involved in...
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MSC Levina III
The container ship MSC Levina III arrived this morning, July 11, on the Canada Expresss service from Montreal for London, Antwerp and Le Havre. The ship will take on cargo here that could not be...
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