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Other Thursday Activity
It was a very busy day in Halifax with many arrivals and departures and moves, some trying to get in and out of port in advance of the Easter weekend.The oldest registered vessel currently active in...
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Arctic Floounder bunkers
The tanker Arctic Flounder arrived early this morning to take bunkers. By about 0800 hrs, the operation was completed and the bunkering tanker Algoma Dartmouth got away to return to pier 34.The Arctic...
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Red DAY
Refits for two ships are drawing to a close.Fundy Rose moved this morning from pier 9B to pier 9C, likely to give pier space to test evacuation chutes.In port since January 25, the ship is due to...
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The Port of Sydney, NS has indirectly enlisted federal government aid in developing a new container port. All levels of government had previously sworn off direct aid for what seemed an outlandish...
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Atlantic Sea
The ConRo Atlantic Sea made one of its regular appearances in Halifax this morning, arriving in port just at sunrise. Once it picked up its escort tug off Halterm, it made its way through the harbour...
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Comings and Goings
With new car show room across the nation bulging with new autos and Autoport sending out just in time deliveries to fill empty slots, the winter crush of auto carriers has relaxed somewhat with only a...
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Arrivals
It was a day for arrivals, with several ships of interest putting in an appearance.Earliest arrival was the first ship on the new ZIM shuttle service to / from Florida and Jamaica, called the...
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News Flash
Ever wonder how Halifax Shipyard will be launching the Harry DeWolf and its subsequent sister ships?The answer is on its way to Halifax.The shipyard (or the navy) has hired Boabarge 37, a heavy lift...
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Halterm tied up and other activity
Two ships that were due to sail from Halterm's South End container facility have been delayed until tomorrow.Melfi's Catharina Schulte and Eimskip's Selfoss will remain in port tonight. That meant that...
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Little Rock away
Whether it was the thrumming of diesel engines, the whine of a gas turbines or the sighs of the crew, there was a dull rumble as USS Little Rock finally got underway this morning for its new home of...
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Visitor from Mars
Well from Cuba actually, Augusta Mars arrived today on Nirint Shipping's regular route with nickel sulfides.The fourth of six ships of the "Atlantic P" class from Jingjiang Shipyard, it was built as...
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Seeing Stars
There stars were out in daylight today - at least as far as ship's names go.ACL's Atlantic Star called on the eastbound leg of its voyage AST0918, next stop Liverpool, UK. Arriving and departing...
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Viking Queen
The Gram Car Carriers, Singapore flag Viking Queen arrived at Autoport mid-morning yesterday. That gave shore side crews time to clear about 10cm of snow that had piled up Sunday. Fortunately...
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Mid-week activity
With no bunkering facility available in Saint John, NB, tankers sometimes come to Halifax to top up their fuel tanks. After discharging a cargo of North Sea crude in Saint John, the Helga Spirit...
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After you, I insist
Usually ships arriving and departing make passing arrangements so that neither ship is delayed. Today however there was the unusual situation where a ship stopped in the stream to allow another to...
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Storm Surge
A combination of new moon high tides and ESE winds up to 45 kph made for some rough conditions in the harbour today.At high tide this morning waves surged in among the finger piers in the ocean...
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Fishing
Fishing vessels, aside from small inshore boats, are rare sight sights in Halifax these days. Last evening the Northern Pride put in, arriving in the teeth of a gale and tied up at Bishop's landing (on...
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Sagittarius Leader on hold
The auto carrier Sagittarius Leader provided a closer than usual view as it held position in the inner anchorages at noon time today. The ship was headed for Autoport but could not proceed directly...
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Back Again and Shine A Light on Halterm
The Algoma Central Corp self-unloader Radcliffe R. Latimer arrived back in Halifax on Friday. This time it was with a load of grain from Thunder Bay.The ship spent the winter at the same pier...
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Sunday comings and goings
It was only April 12 that I missed taking a picture of Morning Clara so it was a bit of surprise to see the ship back at Autoport again so soon. Built in 2009 by Mitsubishi at either Nagasaki or Kobe...
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