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Twin Cities Part 2
The second of two new US Navy Littoral Combat Ships arrived in Halifax this morning despite reports that it had cancelled its visit. USS Wichita LCS-13 arrived just after sunrise, in much better...
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Farley Mowat lives on
The former protest ship Farley Mowat that was in the news for years during its prolonged demolition process, is back in the news again. Bridgewater sculptor Brian MacNevin has preserved a portion of...
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Weather
It is often said that if Canadians did not have weather to talk about, conversations would grind to a halt. It is a more serious matter for mariners, who have to cope with all sorts of weather, some of...
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Container Change for Melfi, ZIM and Maersk
Perhaps by coincidence or perhaps with the coming of winter, both Melfi Marine and ZIM are changing out some ships on their Halifax routes.Melfi, which trades between Europe and Cuba, with three ships...
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Backlog clears
With the return of reasonable weather the large backlog of arrivals and departures began to move today. Pilotage operations had been suspended for about 24 hours and many ships had opted to stay in...
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More Tankers and Less Maersk
The shortage of Canadian tankers continues, with both Algoma and Pétro-Nav unable to meet demand with their current fleets. Algoma has just recently purchased the Swedish tanker Ramira, and renamed it...
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Halterm Upgrades
The Port of Halifax recently announced that work has started on the so-called temporary extension to Halterm. Tenders for "Phase 1 Dredging" closed November 2, so it hardly seems likely that there will...
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My clumsy wording in the post 'More Tankers Less Maersk' on November 20 has been corrected. Safmarine Cameroun is on the MMX service, which is a Maersk only, Mediterranean - Montreal Express. I have...
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Dimitra C high and light
The container ship Dimitra C arrived this afternoon on the eastbound leg of its EC5 run for THE Alliance. The ship appeared very lightly loaded with its rudder stock out of the water.The ship was built...
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Business as usual
There was little activity in Halifax today and what there was, was business as usual. Autoport saw another visit from Wallenius Wilhelmsen. This time it was Wilhelmsen's Tongala , last reported here...
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Halterm cut off
A passenger train derailment this morning blocked off rail access to the Halterm container terminal. Some backlog of inbound rail cars is expected, but judging by the speed at which CN has responded to...
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Claes Maersk - MMX antique
With Maersk reportedly winding down its MMX service (Mediterranean to Montreal westbound and return eastbound via Halifax) the regular ships have been reassigned and odd ships are in place for the last...
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Delhi Highway - after the storm
Another series of powerful storms this week had the port virtually locked down off and on for two days. Many ships were delayed, especially auto carriers, that have been circling around at sea, waiting...
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First timers and an old timer
Two ships arrived in Halifax today, both of which are new to me, and one that is of long acquaintance.The tanker Kivalliq W is a first time caller. Named for a region in Nunavut, stretching inland from...
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Canadian Coast Guard Stretched
The Canadian Coast Guard is scrambling to meet its various commitments for aids to navigation and search and rescue. With the opening of the lobster season in southwestern Nova Scotia there have been...
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Maersk shuffle - continued
Maersk Niteroi sailed Sunday afternoon after its first call on the Canada Atlantic Express (CAE). The ship is new on the run after making trips on Maersk's Mediterranean Montreal Express (MMX) in...
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more Maersk, more gypsum
Maersk Patras did show up today - between snow showers-looking quite splendid in its fresh paint.Compare to pre-refit photo from April. Note also the lighter load for the Med Montreal Express, for...
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Halterm Expansion
Business seems to be booming at Halterm these days despite the departure of Maersk's MMX (possibly temporarily.) Today saw the arrival of APL Mexico City another of the 9200 TEU class of ships...
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Halterm Expansion - continued
Following up on yesterday's post comes today's news that CN Rail has made a preliminary offer to acquire the Halterm operation from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, owners since 2007. CN's...
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Horizon
Although the horizon was hard to see through snow squalls, the ship named Horizon was a little more visible as it made its way inbound for pier 9B.Bulk carriers have been rare sights in Halifax in any...
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