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Seafriend for Orion
The Malta flagged tanker Seafriend after a week or more at anchor off Halifax moved in to Imperial Oil this afternoon.Delivered April 30, 2013 by builders STX Offshore + Shipbuilding of Jinhae, South...
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Cabot - all hands on deck
This evening crew members were running news lines ashore from Cabot at pier 9B. The fact that these crew members were speaking French adds to the speculation that she may be re-entering Oceanex...
View ArticleLaurentia Desgagnés - new to Canada
The newest Canadian flag tanker was registered about April 11, but was immediately bareboat chartered out to Barbados flag.The former Palva, ex Neste Polaris, is the first of two big tankers acquired...
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Heading north and heading south
Two departures today headed off in opposite directions.First to leave this morning (under cover of fog - hence the file photo) was CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent. Now that Canada's largest icebreaker is...
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Algonova - trials trip to the Basin
Algonova left the IEL dock for trials in Bedford Basin late this evening. The ship suffered a serious engine room fire in the Gulf of St.Lawrence January 19, and has been tied up at the IEL dock since...
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The Dickens you say............
Yes it was a busy day in Halifax harbour - here is a roundup:First off the arrival of Charles Dickens for the G6 Alliance PAX service - the latest in a series of one-off ships, on short term charters...
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Algoma Dartmouth - long weekend in New York
With many people off for a long Easter weekend, most ships continue to ply their usual routes. Not Algoma Dartmouth. This afternoon the harbour bunkering tanker sailed for New York.Algoma Dartmouth on...
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Busy pier 30-31 Thor Bronco - loading, Zeelandia - unloadiong
For months now, large white cylinders have been arriving in Halifax by rail and have been collecting on pier 30. Stevedores have loaded them on transfer trailers and parking them in line waiting for...
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NYKCOS auto carrier
NYKCOS is a joint venture between the Chinese state owned COSCO Shipping (COSCOL) (51%) and NYK Line (49%), as the exclusive shipper of Chinese vehicles and machinery. Although rarely seen in North...
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Cabot to sail tonight
The ConRo Cabot is being pressed back into service after being laid up and sold for scrap. A persistent problem with the new Oceanex Connaigra's controllable pitch prop means that the new ship must be...
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Quiet day in Halifax
There was an eerie calm about Halifax today, with no commercial shipping in the port, with all the piers devoid of working ships.A quiet Halterm just before Easter Sunday sunrise.In fact there were...
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Queen Express
Not a Hapag-Lloyd ship, today's arrival Queen Express was certainly not built for speed, as a container ship would be. It is a typical handy size product tanker, one of the scads of similar ships we...
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Bahri Jeddah
Delivered to the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia on January 9, 2014 by Hyundai Mipo in Ulsan South Korea, Saudi Jeddah is number five of six new ConRos for the line.It arrived in Halifax for...
View ArticleMainport Pine
A new type of ship will be making its first appearance in Halifax today. Built along the lines of an offshore supply vessel, it is specially fitted out to support offshore seismic research.Named...
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Oceanex Sanderling takes escort tug inbound today
This morning's arrival of Oceanex Sanderling was a little unusual. The ship called for an escort tug from the pilot station inbound. It was a foggy, windy day, but that would not usually require an...
View ArticleMea Culpa and Perfection Continues to Elude Me
I have received very reliable information that there was NO incident with MOL Paramount the other day. I have further been informed that the ship itself is well found and professionally operated.I take...
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Seismic start up
The 2014 seismic season it getting ready to start up, as ships arrive and begin to fit out. Mainport Pine arrived Wednesday (see previous post) and is wedged into pier 25 where it is hard to...
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Penang prang
Maersk Penang was today's arrival on the Maersk St.Lawrence River/Transatlantic service. If there was any doubt that this is a tough run her wrinkled bow should be confirmation. While busily loading...
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Oceanex Connaigra to Belfast
The ailing Oceanex Connaigra has sailed from St.John's for Belfast for repairs to her faulty propeller mechanism.Shown here arriving in Halifax November 23, 2013, the ship only entered service for the...
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Triumph Ace and Resolve - more for Autoport
There was two way traffic at Autoport again today, with one ship arriving on a westbound routing and another eastbound.First in was Triumph Ace for Mitsui OSK Lines. The 2000 built ship comes from the...
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