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Suspension - day 3
Pilotage operations remain suspended for the third day as high winds and seas continue to blast the port. Despite sun and above zero C temperatures today and relative calm inside the harbour it...
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Returning to normal - almost
The port began to return to normal late yesterday and into today. As the seas flattened out a bit and the wind tailed off, ships were able to arrive and depart safely.APL Phoenix getting underway this...
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Bad weather - high winds, no shipping. For the second week in a row, horrible weather is wreaking havoc on shipping schedules in and out of Halifax.As of the time of this writing there are at least...
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Can spring be far away
Crew members began taking in the storm mooring lines this morning on the Radcliffe R. Latimer. By the time I happened by they had already brought home the starboard anchor that had been on the bottom...
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Catching up with a traffic jam
There was a virtual traffic jam in Halifax this morning with no less than eleven ships waiting off port for their turn to enter. There were also a couple of delayed departures to deal with. By...
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Zenith Leader to Autoport
The PCTC (pure car and truck carrier) Zenith Leader arrived for Autoport this morning. Tugs had been quite busy early with arrivals and departures, and so the ship took its time and loitered north of...
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K-Line twins , twice
Most ships these days are not unique, but members of a class of ships built to the same specifications, sometimes in different shipyards. K-Line, one of the world's largest shipping companies...
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Stellaprima - return visit
Many heavy lift ships have called in Halifax, some multiple times, however to my knowledge this is only the second visit of the Jumbo Shipping vessel Stellaprima. It was last here in the year 2000 when...
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Haligonian III bows out
A long time fixture in Halifax harbour will be seen no more. Canadian Maritime Engineering (CME) is breaking up Haligonian III at their shipyard in Sambro Head, NS.In later years, the boat had a steady...
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Waiting it out - again
The third major storm to sweep through the area in as many weeks has once again disrupted arrivals and sailings. As today brightened up from last night's snow and rain, there was still very high wind...
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TEU record going to APL
The record for largest container ship to call in Halifax is about to be broken again with the arrival of APL Salalah early Sunday morning. The previous record holders were three ZIM ships, the first of...
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More signs of spring
With light snow on the ground and a few snow showers in the air, perhaps it was good to be reminded that spring is on the way.One sure sign is the opening of Asian Gypsy Moth season. As of March 15,...
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APL Salalah breaks the record
As per my earlier post APL Salalah became the largest container ship to call in Halifax when it arrived early this morning. Also as predicted, it arrived in the dark and is due to sail in the dark too,...
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More dollars for research, and some tanker traffic
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is again hiring outside vessels to conduct research due to the unavailability of ships from their own fleet.Mersey Venture fueling up at BIO today. The 2337 grt...
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Roundabout the harbour
HMCS Toronto put to sea this morning for a day of exercises. With a storm brewing in from the sou'east (again) the ship was back in port by evening.HMCS Toronto recovers its RHIB. It had returned the...
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Jona for Melfi
Over the years Melfi Marine has had countless ships on charter - some long term and some short, but ever increasing in size. In the past year the ships have inched up again to break the 2,000 TEU...
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A very quiet day
It was an unusually quiet day in Halifax for a Saturday. The usual Maersk ship, this week it was the Maersk Penang, arrived and sailed without fanfare. The ferry Fundy Rose sailed for sea trials and...
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More Wind
March has lived up to its reputation as a windy month, and going into the last week, today was no exception.CMA CGM Medea arrived for Halterm this afternoon. Normally ships on the Columbus JAX service...
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Canada 2, Netherlands 1
No not the final score in a game, but the results of some photo taking today.The Netherlands flag Muntgracht arrived for Spliethoff's on its regular visit. This is an "M' class ship, instead of the...
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Athabaskan - end of an era
Actually the end of the RCN's destroyer era was just over a year ago when, on March 10, 2017, HMCS Athabaskan was paid off as the last destroyer in the fleet. However when the ship left Halifax in tow...
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