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Two tankers - Cartagena, Nord Steady
A pair of typical Korean built product tankers arrived one after the other this morning.First in was Cartagena , flying the Libyan flag, built in 2009 by Hyundai Mipo in Ulsan. The 29,304 grt / 46,923...
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Dockyard craft
The Royal Canadian Navy has a large fleet of Dockyard craft. These include boats and barges for all sorts of uses around Halifax harbour at their various installations. Most of the barges live hidden...
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Big Day
It was a day for big ships in Halifax and a big day for ships, with several ships arriving despite deteriorating weather.Corrosol brought up at anchorage number 6 on a blustery morning.The first big...
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Anne - small cargo ship for Halterm
The small cargo ship Anne arrived for Halterm this morning. It was dwarfed by the tug Atlantic Larch which was called in to turn the ship so that its cranes would be on the offshore side.Atlantic Larch...
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Hoechst Express - Hapag veteran
The eight ship Kiel Express class* 4,839 TEU ships from the backbone of HAPAG-Lloyd's Pacific Atlantic Express, but at an average age of more than 20 years, one has to wonder how much longer we will be...
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Pacific Ocean - not so peaceful and other activities [pictures added]
The world "pacific" meaning peaceful does not apply to the bulk carrier Pacific Ocean which arrived this morning for mandatory Asian Gyspy Moth inspection and for bunkers.Freezing rain, ice pellets...
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Coastal Tankers in and out they go
Algoscotia at anchor this morning.The coastal tanker Algoscotia shows some signs of wear and tear on her bow, likely due to ice abrasion. The ship has been running all winter from the Valero refinery...
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Siem Pilot - big supplier on coasting license
The big Norwegian supplier Siem Pilot glided in this morning to take up a coasting license for work in Canadian waters.The 5,086 grt ship was built by Eidsvik Skipsbyggeri of Uskedal, Norway in 2010...
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Kentucky Highway - no repeat
Atlantic Larch and Atlantic Willow have met Kentucky Highway at Middle Ground and are positioned to turn the ship at Ives Knoll for Eastern Passage. When Kentucky Highway arrived today for Autoport,...
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Outport Report
Following a rainy and brief visit to Bridgewater today I am able to report that the sunken trawler known as Cape Rouge has been raised and is now sitting on an even keel at the city wharf, but the...
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Athabaskan - did they ask the right questions
Thanks to Halifax Shipping News for alerting us to the details of the military report into the investigation of the Athabaskan tow in December 2012. The Canadian Press acquired the report by means of a...
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Autoport - stuffed to the gills and beyond [updated]
New cars keep on arriving at Autoport in Eastern Passage, to the extent that they have flowed out beyond the normal borders. There are even cars stored in the parking lot at the Hartlen Point golf...
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Coriolis II - return visit
The Canadian research ship Coriolis II has made a return visit to Halifax. Past visits have usually been related to research work done in association with the Bedford Institute, but this time it is...
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Harbour Clear
There have been numerous combination chemical/product tankers of the 50,000 dwt range in port recently delivering product to Imperial Oil and Ultramar. Today's tanker arrival is somewhat different in...
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Cabot - maybe on standby
The ConRo Cabot, thought to be on its way to the scrap yard (originally Turkey, but possibly changed to India) may now be standing by to return to service.If rumours prove to be correct Cabot will be...
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Outport follow up
As a reader correctly pointed out there was a ship identification missing in my Outport Report from April 5: http://shipfax.blogspot.ca/2014/04/outport-report.htmlCan you sport the third trawler?There...
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Thalassa Desgagnés - any port in a storm
Thalassa Desgagnés rests at anchor in a peaceful Bedford Basin this evening , a little more than 24 hours after arriving to shelter from a storm.The Dockyard barge YC 600 , which has been moored to...
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They've been colder and wetter
The deck crew of USS New Mexico looked cold and wet as they arrived in Halifax on a somewhat blustery day today. However they may have been colder and wetter recently. Tug Glenbrook provides escort...
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Orion - another product tnaker
Another in the long line of Korean built product tankers, Orion (ex Overseas Orion to 2009) arrived this afternoon and tied up at Imperial Oil dock 4.The 30,068 gross / 51,128 dwt ship came from the...
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B.C.Packers / Rupert Brand continured
I may have incorrectly left the impression that B.C.Packers' first appearance in Atlantic Canada was in 1962. That was not the case. In 1951 B.C.Packers purchased the fish plant and freezer operations...
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