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More Saturday
With gloomy weather and snow showers in the forecast I thought my early morning shot of Monte Toledo might be it for the day, but conditions improved somewhat allowing for a few more photos.Over at...
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Wonder where the Bahris went
With all the container traffic in the port (and it is up again in the last quarter) and the proliferation of new-to-Halifax ships, it is easy to overlook the fact that one of the port's regular...
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THE Alliance gears up
The new shipping consortium, THE Alliance, that replaced the former G6 Alliance this month, is now almost in full swing. The Transatlantic Loop 6 service, called AL6, saw its first ship Brevik Bridge...
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First (again) for Amadea
Amadea inaugurated the 2017 Halifax cruise season for the third time today. The ship, operated by Phoenix Reisen of Germany, was the first ship of the year in 2008 and again in 2015. Each time it has...
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Sunday Tankers
Following a week of fog and drizzle, Sunday was an ideal day for ship photos, but the only ships to be seen moving were tankers.The most interesting of three that I saw was the Panama flag Oceanic...
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Another week of frequent fog and rain might discourage some shipwatchers, but it brings about the little appreciated side benefit of ship's whistles. The sound of those deep throated bellows...
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Big Ship - Big Fog
With zero visibility most of the day, it was nice to get a glimpse of the Ningbo Express anchored in Bedford Basin off Birch Cove.It was awaiting a berth at Fairview Cove, under the large cranes on the...
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Short stay for distinguished visitor
The name ship of the large Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers made a brief visit in Halifax today. Tying up at HMC Dockyard about 1000 hrs, the ship sailed again at 1600, with the...
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THE Alliance - new to us
As THE Alliance swings into action, its new shipping roster continues to bring ships to Halifax for the first time.Today there were two "new to us" ships at Fairview Cove.Bilbao Bridge arrived early in...
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CMA ties the record and Woodside moves
The 9,365 TEU CMA CGM Loire arrived this morning, tying the record for largest container ship to call in Halifax. Sister ship CMA CGM Tage set the record May 28, 2016 when it arrived for the first...
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YM's fourth and updates
The AL1 transatlantic service of THE Alliance, consisting of four ships, all belonging to Yang Ming Line, has now completed an entire cycle, with all four ships making an appearance in Halifax. The...
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RHL for TA4
Maersk and CMA CGM operate the TA4 service jointly from Antwerp, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven to Montreal and Halifax and back. As noted, of late they are using replacement ships as Maersk Pembroke had a...
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Long Weekend Assignment - Part 1
The Victoria Day weekend - a Canadian holiday to commemorate the birthday of Queen Victoria (May 24) - involves little celebration of that notable empress, because it generally marks the first weekend...
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Long Weekend - Assignment 2
What could have been a serious incident was averted today more by luck than good planning.The cruise ship Maasdam arrived this morning and tied up at pier 22 on one its regular visits.Maasdam gliding...
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Atlantic Sky
The long awaited fourth ship in the ACL fourth generation (G4) series made its first call in Halifax today. Under typically gloomy May skies, Atlantic Sky was in and out of port in less than 12 hours,...
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Harbour Spot Check
With intermittent fog and drizzle, there were a few opportunities for spot checks on the harbour over the weekend.At Irving Woodside the Vroon tanker Iver Exact arrived Friday and sailed later the same...
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What's in a name
As a self- proclaimed connoisseur of ship's names, I do like to see a ship that shows some originality in its name. Today I managed a bit of a double header.First was the bulk carrier Desert Serenity,...
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Memorial Day Visitor
Monday May 29 was Memorial Day in the United States. As usual there was a United States military presence in Halifax, to commemorate U.S. war dead. This year it was a color guard from a United States...
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Friday inaction
There was lots of action in Halifax harbour today - unfortunately I was somewhere else when most of it was happening, so almost all the photos were of static ships.The autocarrier Manon finally got out...
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Quiet Saturday
Things were quiet in Halifax today-see Tugfax to see what I did instead.The small general cargo ship Vera made a morning visit for Asian Gypsy Moth inspection en route Charleston, US to Sorel, QC.In...
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