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Nounou - again
Nounou rides high after unloading. In the foreground a typical Halifax horizontal surface-mostly a skating rink.The intriguingly named Nounou completed unloading at Nova Scotia Power, [see yesterday's...
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BBC Ohio for a big lift
BBC Ohio tied up at pier 31 where a rail car was waiting with large object, likely a transformer or packaged boiler. The ship is part of the large BBC Chartering fleet of W.Bockstiegel Reederei GmbH +...
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Sisters not sisters
One of the largest Canadian bankruptcies was that of the Come-by-Chance refinery in Newfoundland. Developed by Shaheen Natural Resources Ltd of New York, with the input of massive amounts of public...
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Marine Atlantica gets relief
Ice conditions had improved somewhat in the Sydney Bight but high winds are now packing in the ice. Ferry service has been suspended again today.I have been taken to task for suggesting that Marine...
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Halterm berths big ships
Halterm was the hot spot in the harbour today with four ships working. With only three available berths, that took some doing. Oceanex Sanderling was occupying pier 36 and remained there all day.Zim...
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Brandal - a first, but Tem more popular
The first stern trawler built in Canada was launched at Halifax Shipyard March 18, 1965.[There is a caveat here - there were wooden stern trawlers, but they are called "draggers" in local parlance and...
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HMC submarines at strength
The news earlier this week that HMCS Victoria was operational and had fired a test torpedo in February, and that HMCS Chicoutimi was also back in the water - both on the west coast- and frequent...
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Toscana visits the ice free port of Halifax
Halifax is an ice free port. At least on the water side it is. That is not necessarily so on the land side.The pure truck and car carrier Toscana tied up at pier 31 first today, and unloaded some...
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Fednav RoRos
Federal Commerce and Navigation (Fednav) of Montreal has been one of Canada's largest shipping companies since it was founded by the Pathy family in the years following World War II. They have been...
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Snowed under at Autoport
As previously reported, Autoport is experiencing major delays, both in shipping out automobiles by rail, but also in unloading new ones. The reason is a foot or more of what used to be snow. Several...
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Ship named for Halifax landmark - Citadel Hill
The prominent drumlin in the centre of Halifax, surmounted by the Halifax Citadel, a national historic site, was the namesake for a large Canadian bulk carrier. Citadel Hill was the ship's fifth name,...
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Thornhill - what were they thinking
Another of the periodic reports from the What Were They Thinking Department of Shipfax.On the strength of a contract to deliver Cape Breton coal to Ontario Hydro's power generating plants, Upper Lakes...
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Henry Larsen pays a visit
Since the Coast Guard's icebreakers were transferred to St.John's, the arrival of such a ship in Halifax is always a welcome break from the routine harbour movements. However at the height of ice...
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CSL Innovator - now gone
Upper Lakes Group was not the only shipbuilder to convert existing bulk carriers to self-umloaders, nor the only ones to innovate. Canada Steamship Lines, through its offshore subsidiary CSL...
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BBC Vermont - more cranes for the shipyard
The new facilities at pier 9c are once again in use to deliver crane parts for Halifax Shipyard. This time it is the German owned BBC Vermont operated by BBC Chartering. The ship flies the flag of...
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Allise P - thanks to DST
The first time Allise P was here, February 17, I was not able to get a photo because her arrival and departure were in the dark. Today however, thanks to the onset of Daylight Saving Time there was...
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Louis, Maria, Graceful Leader, CSL Tacoma - playing catchup
After a foggy morning yesterday, then no harbour movements later, today was catch up day.CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent at BIO. Pardon the utility lines, but normal photo vantage points are blocked by new...
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National Sea Products steam trawlers
A recent query from England sent me to the shoebox for the story on seven steam powered trawlers that National Sea Products Ltd (NatSea) operated in the 1950s and 1960s.A brief background on Natsea now...
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Maersk Palermo, port side to this time
From time to time the weekly Maersk ships tie up at Halterm port side to. Most ships tie up there starboard side to, since it makes for an easier departure, with only one tug. However Maersk ships seem...
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Berhard Oldendorff - big self-unloader
Seeing CSL Tacoma sail the other day with a part load of gypsum reminded me of some other large self-unloaders that could not load to their maximum draft at National Gypsum. These big ships had usually...
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