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St.Lawrence Seaway season finale brings retirements
The annual winter closure of the St.Lawrence Seaway brings to an end to memorable year. Mammoth amounts of grain, early season severe weather made for heavy traffic at times and few idled ships on the...
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Barkald: 2015 ship number one
The first ship to enter port in 2015 is Barkald, although it did not arrive at the pilot station until 1500hrs. Its destination is the National Gypsum pier in Bedford Basin, and it will arrive there...
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Back to Business
January 2, 2015 was a back to business day in Halifax, with work resuming at both container piers and Autoport. Weekly caller Oceanex Sanderling, which sometimes arrives as early as Wednesday, arrived...
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Trillium with a difference
When CSL (Canada Steamship Lines) embarked on its ambitious fleet renewal program, it called the new class of ships Trillium, after the Province of Ontario's official wildflower. Intended to replace...
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All containers all day
Both Halifax container piers were booked solid today, although high winds probably slowed down production considerably. At Halterm Zm Piraeus and Macao Strait kept the cranes busy.At Fairveiw Cove, NYK...
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As cold as it gets
With an air temperature below -12C and a wind chill reading of -26C, this is about as cold as it gets in Halifax. Water temperature is thus "warmer" than air temperature and the result is sea smoke,...
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Tow out in the morning
If all goes according to plan the disabled tanker Australian Spirit will be leaving Halifax tomorrow (Wednesday) morning in tow of the tug Janus.The 111,905 dwt tanker lost is rudder off Halifax...
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Australian Spirit departs in tow
The tanker Australian Spirit got underway on schedule this morning, in the general direciton of Portugal.The German tug Janus has the unenviable job of towing the rudderless tanker, and is giving a...
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Gotland Carolina - for bunkers
The Super Ice tanker Gotland Carolina arrived this afternoon for bunkers. The ship is of typical handy tanker dimensions, but is built to a high ice class spec, not found in the usual Korean mass...
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Heavy Lift Coming UP
The recent visit of HHL Mississippi was the prelude to a heavy lift, coming up sometime soon. The spreaders that the ship left behind are stored on pier 28 where they can be picked up by another heavy...
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More of the same
Another cold day with sea smoke as the pilot boat A.P.A.No.1 sets out to meet the incoming Asian Emperor.Last year the same autocarrier arrived with considerable internal damage to ship and cargo. Lets...
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Old Timer Needed Help
The veteran bulk carrier Catherine Desgagnés was met this morning on the St.Lawrence River below Quebec City by the tug Océan Henry Bain,. It appears to have taken the ship in tow off Ile-aux-Grues /...
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High Fidelity - something new
The seeminlgy endless supply of handysize tankers in the 50,000 dwt range that have been calling in Halifax in profusion for the past year may seem to some to be mind-numbingly similar. Most are the...
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Maria Desgagnés - layup or layover
There was lots of room to tie up at pier 33, since the bunkering tanker Algoma Dartmouth, which uses pier 34 had gone to Point Tupper for a refill. Its large fenders were left in its place, just...
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Heros have sailed
The last two Canadian Coast Guard Hero class mid-shore patrol boats sailed today, bound eventually to their new home port of Victoria, BC.The final two Hero class boats at BIO January 5, awaiting their...
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SCL Bern and Cuban trade
SCL Bern arrived last night on another of its regular trips between Europe, Cuba and Canada. The ship takes general cargo to Cuba and brings nickel ore to Halifax. Aside from rum (and cigars), nickel...
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Grande Napoli
There was a break from the usual car carriers with today's arrival of Grande Napoli. We don't see too many Grimaldi Group ships at Autoport. As parent company of Atlantic Container Line, of course we...
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Atlantic Erie aground
CSL's self-unloading bulk carrier Atlantic Erie has been aground in the Magdalen Islands since Sunday, fully loaded with salt. The ship was sailing from the Mines Saleine loader when high winds took...
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SCF Suek - Russian bulker for bunkers
As the sun came up this morning, and last night's snow fall came to an end, it became possible to see the bulker SCF Suek. It took bunkers overnight in weather that its Russian owners would be quite...
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Where Have All the Con-Ros Gone -Part 1
The handsome new Con-Ros operated by The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia will be joined later this year by new Con-Ros for the Atlantic Container Line (sorry, no so handsome) but they are the...
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