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Thalatta - new for Wilhelmsen
A lobster boat works off Point Pleasant Park as Thalatta makes its way inbound.Wilhelmsen's latest HERO (High Efficiency RoRo) class ship arrived for Autoport today. Named Thalatta (Goddess of the Sea...
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Balmoral - gone viral
Cleaning crews await the cruise ship Balmoral when it arrives in Halifax Wednesday morning May 11 with ailing passengers. The ship has been struck with noro-virus, a gastric ailment that seems all too...
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Audacia - unique ship
A unique ship arrived this morning in anchorage number 1. Audacia is a pipelaying ship, one of only a few such vessels in the world. Fitted with a long gantry over the bow, it lays subsea pipe in a...
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G6 Demise - UPDATED
It is widely expected that an announcement will be made this week that will reshape the face of container shipping world wide. Hapag-Lloyd's Berlin Express (7506 TEU) arrives this afternoon on the G6...
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Tall Ship + Short Ship
The Mexican naval training vessel Cauahtemoc put in today after two days at anchor outside the port. The arrival at the Cable Wharf, coincided with the regular arrival of the cruise ship Veendam,...
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Atlantic Compass bows out
The container ship Atlantic Compass is on its way to the breakers in India. One of the five stalwart ACL G3 class, it made its last stop in Halifax overnight April 18-19. On completion of its rounds in...
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USCG Neah Bay stopover
The River class icebreaker USCG Neah Bay put in this morning for a stopover. The cutter (and in this case also referred to as a tug) is en route from its home base in Cleveland OH, to Baltimore...
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Buried Treasure on the Dartmouth Shore - Part 1
A section of the Dartmouth shoreline in the area of the Angus L. Macdonald bridge has been largely ignored for many years, cut off as it is by the rail line. Except for the long time presence of Fader...
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Ghost Ships
It is fog season in Halifax again. Frustrating for some photographers, it does provide interesting opportunities to eliminate distracting backgrounds.The veteran herring seiner Margaret Elizabeth No.1,...
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Buried Treasure on the Dartmouth Shore - Part 2
The former J.P.Porter Company base was also the stopping off point for ships that were on their way to the scrappers. One such was HMCS St.Laurent, the lead ship of a revolutionary class of designed...
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Small Boats Help Big Ships
So that big ships may use Halifax Harbour a number of small boats are needed to do their bit.One function of small boats is soundings, and it seems that this week there are a number of survey launches...
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Marina sets out
The cruise ship Marina sailed this evening with a destination of Horta, Azores.Built in 2011 by Fincantieri Sesti Ponente in Genoa, the 66.084 grt ship can carry 1259 passengers using double berths. It...
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THE Alliance
Although not completely set in stone yet, the replacement for the G6 Alliance of container lines appears to be set to start up in about a year's time.G6 deck load.Of the eight "orphan" lines left over...
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Shipfax has granted its weary staff some time off, so there will no posts for the next ten days or so.In the meantime look for:May 20 - return of the Pearl Mist. The Halifax built cruise ship will be...
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New faces for Zim and the G6
A couple of new to us container ships arrived today: Mona Lisa is sailing for Zim and Nansen Strait for Hapag-Lloyd in the G6 Alliance.Mona Lisa has had a varied history initially with the William...
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White ships - FS Monge and Pacific Princess
It was a day for white ships in Halifax.This morning's departure was FS Monge, the French navy's missile range instrumentation ship, which sailed for St.John's. When it was here last, I gave all the...
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Oceanex Connaigra and Dinkeldiep - soon to be replaced.
Oceanex Connaigra will go back to its usual St.Lawrence River regular run after Friday's visit [June 3]. The normal Halifax / St.John's Oceanex ship, Oceanex Sanderling is due back from an extended...
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New Faces and Old
It was a fairly quiet weekend in the Port of Halifax, so there is not much to report on.A first time caller, the autocarrier MSC Immacolata visited Autoport on Sunday. MSC autocarriers never visited...
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Rain or Shine
Ships come and go, rain or shine, and such was the case this morning with several arrivals blanketed in fog and with rain or drizzle adding to the gloom.The only ship fit for a photo was Aniara...
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Nolhanava returns
The RoRo container ship Nolhanava returned to Halifax today after a protracted stay in China, where an exhaust gas scrubber was installed.The ship tied up at pier 9B with what appears to be a full...
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