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Harmen Oldendorff for gypdum
There were two shipments from National Gypsum this weekend, one on Atlantic Huron, bound for Bayside, NB and the second on Harment Oldendorff for Baltimore.It has been some time since the latter ship...
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Victory II and Hugh R. Sharp
Two American built vessels made appearances in Halifax this morning.The cruise ship Victory II was in only briefly en route from the Great Lakes to Gloucester. After a somewhat late start due to an...
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post Labour Day pickup
As usual Labour Day Monday was a quiet day in the port with only the cruise ship Veendam at the deep water piers. Things picked up somewhat today - particularly at Halterm.First in was Asian Sun on its...
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Star Pride "inaugural call"
The cruise ship Star Pride made its inaugural call in Halifax today, but only under its current name. In fact it has been calling here for three decades.When built by Schichau Seebeck, Bremerhaven in...
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Onego Trader
Onego Trader sailed this afternoon after a lengthy stay in port. The ship arrived August 29 and tied up at pier 27. This is at least the fourth visit to Halifax for the ship siunce 2013, each time with...
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PAX and CANS
To use some waterfront jargon, the port was mostly pax (passengers) and cans (containers) this weekend. There was little other traffic to mention - no tankers, no bulkers, etc.,On Saturday it was the...
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Repeat Performances
Seeing the same ships several times poses challenges for original photos. The same ship in the same place over and over again begins to dull the senses. Fortunately today, although the ships were the...
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Harry DeWolf - we have lift off
The future HMCS Harry DeWolf - still known as AOPS1, was lifted off the ground today by multi-wheel transporters.The blue cradles support the ship, but the red transporters carry the weight as the...
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Harry DeWolf - rolled on
The first of the RCN's Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (aka AOPS 1) , is one step closer to launch this evening. Halifax Shipyard Hull #103 was rolled onto the launch barge Boa Barge 37 in a day long...
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Harry DeWolf - float off
In a day long exercise that for the most part resembled watching paint dry, the future Harry DeWolf AOPS1 was floated free of the Boa Barge 37 and finally secured at pier 8 Halifax Shipyard.It was a...
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The Ins and the Outs
Three cruise ships called in Halifax today, and all sailed in the late afternoon.Disney Magic one of the more pleasing looking ships, mostly becauseĀ ships it is largely devoid of superfluous dĆ©cor,...
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Grandeur of the Seas - late arrival
Most cruise ships arrive in Halifax early in the morning (and often in the dark) to give passengers a full day in port. The arrival of Grandeur of the Seas at noon today was an opportunity to see a...
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Regal Princess - early arrival
Of the three cruise ships due in Halifax September 20, one is expected very early in the morning.Regal Princess will be arriving at the pilot station at 0230 hrs due to a medical evacuation. The...
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Busy Port Day
Several hundred attendees at the Port of Halifax annual Port Days event were hardly noticed on the waterfront today amid about 7,000 cruise ship passengers and activities surrounding the G7 Environment...
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Cruise ship day
The waterfront was abuzz this afternoon with four cruise ships in port and a fifth on the way. The earliest arrival this morning was Serenade of the Seas followed an hour later by Silver Spirit.This is...
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Some weekend activity
Far fromĀ a complete rundown of weekend activity - this will have to be a few glimpses.On Friday the centre section of AOPS 2 (Halifax Shipyard Hull No. 104, future HMCS Margaret Brooke) was rolled out...
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Akademik Sergey Vavilov
The research / expedition / cruise ship Akedemik Sergey Vavilov arrived this morning. It is not listed in the cruise ship schedule for Halifax, but does make yearly visits as it is repositioning from...
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Alliances
Bilbao Bridge at Fairview Cove for the AL6 service.The ultra-competitive container shipping scene is about to change (again) for Halifax, with the announcement of another service cut. Despite gains and...
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Ocearch tag boat
The research vessel Ocearch has successfully tagged a pair of great white sharks off Nova Scotia. The US flagged vessel, was in Halifax before going out on this latest operation .Ocearch tied up at the...
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Seeing Stars
The tanker Star N arrived September 23 as previously noted, and moved to Imperial Oil dock 4 to unload on September 24.Star N at Imperial Oil dock 4 has offloaded its cargo from Milford Haven is...
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