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Long Term Parking at Autoport
Most auto carriers try to be in an out of Autoport during a normal eight hour shift. In past weeks some of those stays have extended to nearly two days. However this weekend's visitor must be setting a...
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Höegh Singapore in the wind
The autocarrier Höegh Singapore used three tugs to berth at Autoport today. High sided autocariers are particularly difficult to manage when it is windy, so the third tug was an added safety measure.As...
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Michelle C in for a top up
The general cargo ship Michelle C put in to Halifax this afternoon for a short stay - just long enough to top up on fuel. Bound from Philadelphia for Sorel, the ship was met at pier 27 by a fuel truck...
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All Atlantic
A casual ship watcher in Halifax today might think that every ship must have the prefix Atlantic in its name.That was certainly the case for many of the ships in port. Atlantic Container Line's...
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Iced Rails
This morning the Dutch cargo ship Onego Merchant arrived at pier 27 with a cargo of rails from Szczecin, Poland. The ship also had a coating of frozen spray, which an orange suited crew began to chip...
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More icing
Frigid air temperatures (-10C range), cold sea water (+1C range) and winds (25 knots) make for ideal freezing spray conditions. All that is needed then is some cold steel of a ship's hull and icing...
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Daylight Saving Time
With the arrival of Daylight Saving Time there are new opportunities for evening ship watching and ship photography.This morning's arrival, the tanker Gotland Sofia was nicely illuminated at Imperial...
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To the Basin for shelter
With another major storm passing through from the south, Bedford Basin is once again hosting a number of ships. Of these only the Canadian cargo ship Evans Spirit is making a detour from its normal...
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More signs of spring (maybe)
One sure sign of spring is the opening of the St.Lawrence Seaway, due Monday, March 20. Once decried as the death knell of the port of Halifax (along with winter navigation on the St.Lawrence River)...
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Two knights
Early morning activity in the Harbour saw two ships named for knights:First was Isaac Newton the Luxembourg flagged cable laying leaving its berth at Pier 9c for trials in Bedford Basin. The ship was...
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Lake Ontario
The bulker Lake Ontario anchored in the lower harbor today to take on bunkers. En route from New Orleans to Montreal, the ship is well known in the Great Lakes area under two names.Built in 2004 as...
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Saturday activity
My usual Saturday harbour tour took in most of the activity today.The Dutch cargo ship Dynamogracht arrived as sun began to burn off the early fog. It headed for Pier 9C to load drill pipe that...
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Roundup
Shipfax was beset in the space of a few days last week, but has now overhauled most of its rigging and has resumed its course. What happened in the harbour was noted but not photo'd observed, but...
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Some comings - but no goings
Another arrival at Irving Woodside with refined product from Ijmuiden, Netherlands. This time is the Swedish owned, Bahamas flagged Ami operated for Gotland Rederi AB. Other ships of the same fleet...
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Friday report
Friday was a holiday for most, altoughh wa some limited activity in the port.At pier 31 the Antigua and Barbuda registered Nica was idle, part way through discharging a cargo of nickel from Cuba. In...
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Saturday - seeing stars
The ship Nica sailed this afternoon after discharging her cargo of nickel from Cuba (see yesterday's post). The ship belongs to the Lingenberg fleet of Albert Hauschild which specializes in smallish...
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Sunday ins and outs and no shows
Oceanex Sanderling sailed this afternoon for St.John's. While normally a Friday departure, the ship has been in port since April 8 when it was taken out of service for repairs to an ice damaged bulbous...
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Dalian Express - big ship in the Narrows, and small ship repairs
Dalian Express ran the Narrows this afternoon in a stiff breeze as it made it way to Fairview Cove. Ably assisted by the tugs Atlantic Willow and Spitfire III (see Tugfax) the ship made quite a sight...
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Brevik Bridge first call for THE Alliance
The newly formed service called THE Alliance, replacing the old G6 Alliance, brought in a first timer to Halifax today on its Transatlantic Loop 6 (AL6) service from the Mediterranean.Brevik Bridge is...
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Monte Toledo bunker call
The crude oil tanker Monte Toledo arrived yesterday for bunkers, and will be sailing later today. A stay of more than 24 hours is unusual for a bunker stop, but perhaps the ship is extra hungry. Its...
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