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All tankers -almost: Sunday report
The handysize tanker Star Express anchored today for bunkers and was underway again in a few hours. It is unusual to see a tanker arriving in ballast these days, most are bringing in product for...
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More bunkers and cars
Bunkered and ready to go. I count 13 manifold points (the white dots, high on the hull, aft of midships.)Tanker Iron Point put in for bunkers today. Another tanker in ballast, this one is owned by PB...
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Maersk made the transition to containers
Maersk Line, the world's largest container ship operator and off and on the operator of the world's largest container ships (the title seems to change monthly if not weekly), was actually slow to make...
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CCG S Ann Harvey makes the news
CCGS Ann Harvey fitting out at Halifax Shipyard in May 1987. It was launched December 12, 1985 and commissioned July 17, 1987.According to news reports CCGS Ann Harvey struck bottom today while doing...
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Slo-Mo at Autoport
Railroads issue slow orders when it is not safe for trains to operate at higher speeds. As a CN Rail owned facility, Autoport has had to resort to Slo-Mo orders of late as they continue to be plagued...
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Fritz Reuter gets away
The Melfi Lines ship Fritz Reuter sailed from Halterm at noon time today, heading for sunny and warm Cuba, a winter holiday destination for many Nova Scotians. Most would not have expected winter to...
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Höegh Lines transition era 1970s and 1980s
In the 1970s the container age had caught up with the lines trading to the far east, and the transition from traditional break bulk cargo ships began. Among the lines effected was Höegh Lines, a long...
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Reefers Big and Little - Part 1 - Little
In the days before refrigerated containers and container ships dominated trade, much of Nova Scotia's fish exports was carried on refrigerated cargo ships. Some of these ships were quite small - no...
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Reefers Big and Little - Part 2 - Big
An earlier post in November 2014: Reefer Madness Then and Now noted the large amount of reefer traffic in the port of Halifax - now almost exclusively in containers. Exports are mostly sea food and...
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Canada 2014 - Oh no - not even Canada 2015
If it's true, this story could result in some political fall out.http://news.gtp.gr/2015/04/03/blue-star-ithaki-sail-greek-seas-again/The gist of the story is that Canada 2014 ex Blue Star Ithaki has...
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USSR flour boats - Part 1
Krasnovardeisk arrives as the crew uses a novel approach to painting Valerian Kybyshev.From the 1960s, to the late 1980s there was almost always at least one ship in Halifax loading flour for Cuba....
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USSR flour boats - Part 2
After the Klin class featured in Part 1, there were representatives of several other classes of USSR cargo ships loading bagged flour in Halifax on a regular basis until 1988. Contracts to ship flour...
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Autocarriers and more autocarriers
Despite logistics issues at Autoport, which must be improving as the snow starts to melt, the auto facility is seeing a spike in shipments, with two ships today and another for tommorw.Heritage Leader...
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Fairview Cove picks up and non-stop at Autoport
After a quiet day at Fairview Cove things picked up again today. Atlantic Conveyor arrived early at the east berth on its usual routine visit, but not on the usual day. ACL's schedule has taken a...
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Saturday Round Up and spring may be here
It was a busy day in the south end of the port at least, with all berths filled (sometimes twice) at Halterm.Zim Alabama arrived at pier 42 early and sailed at noon time, with its place taken...
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What's with Sina
The small container/cargo ship Sina, mentioned yesterday, which arrived for Melfi Lines, sailed this morning, but will be back again tomorrow morning. It is, to say the least, unusual for a ship to do...
View ArticleAlgoma Integrity - a new name
A ship with strong Nova Scotia connections is returning to Canada, but under a new name.The Panamax self-unloader Gypsum Integrity has been acquired by Algoma Central Marine and will be renamed Algoma...
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Sina returns from mystery tour, a sense of scale, and other arrivals
The Melfi Line Sina returned from its overnight mystery trip to sea [see yesterday's post]. After tying up at pier 41 it loaded its cargo and sailed this evening. The ship will win no awards for...
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The Glorious History of Shipfax - Part 1
Halifax Shipping News(which claims to be a competitor) recently revealed that Shipfaxwas once a hard copy newsletter. Since I was planning to do this later in the year anyway, but have now been...
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The Glorious History of Shipfax - Part 2
The first actualShipfax newsletter was issued in February 1986 and gave a summary of activities in the Port of Halifax from the month of January. Here is what it looked like (produced on an Underwood...
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