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Offshore update
With both of Nova Scotia's offshore gas installations shut down, there is till activity, but at a much reduced level. Both Sable Offshore Energy (Exxon / Mobil) and Deep Panuke (Encana) are in the...
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Oil from Alberta
The search for oil in Alberta finally paid off for Imperial Oil on January 13, 1947 when a well 15 miles west of the village of Leduc and 30 miles out of Edmonton, delivered the first commercial...
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Horizon Enabler to the rescue
The offshore services vessel Horizon Enabler has been tasked with restoring vital communications links with Greenland. The ship returned to Halifax December 26 from another cable repair job and all the...
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Pier C extension
In a communiqué yesterday the Halifax Port Authority announced that work is progressing on the Pier C extension at the Southend Container Terminal operated by Halterm.Dredging has passed the 50% mark,...
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Winter and Ice
They go together - winter and ice - but this year the ice has been much heavier in the Gulf of St.Lawrence and is now working its way down along Nova Scotia's eastern shore. It is too early to say if...
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Anticosti sold
Not the island, but the ship named Anticosti has been reported sold, but some details are lacking. Built as an offshore supply vessel, the ship served the Royal Canadian Navy from 1989 to 2000. It then...
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Yantian Express - latest report
In a press release Hapag-Lloyd is reporting that it will take another five weeks to unload the remaining damaged containers from the Yantian Express. The ship is berthed at the container terminal in...
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Fednav
As a follow up to the March 1 post that noted the arrival of Federal Yamaska I am posting this account , which I had been holding for a while: One of the success stories in Canadian Shipping is Fednav...
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Friday Arrivals
Friday can be a busy day in the port as ships try to get in an out before the weekend. Today was not exactly bustling, but among the arrivals were two ships of interest.CLI Pride is back again. This is...
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Saturday in the port
The Canadian flag Nolhan Ava arrived today on its first return trip since it began using the Cerescorp container terminal in Fairview Cove. It was a very short trip since the ship only left Halifax on...
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P, P and F
= Past, Present and FutureWhen Shipfax began as a newsletter in 1986, it was typed (yes using a typewriter - albeit electric) photocopied and (snail) mailed or faxed (a now largely forgotten way of...
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Anticosti sold - REVISED
Not the island, but the ship named Anticosti has been reported sold, but some details are lacking. Built as an offshore supply vessel, the ship served the Royal Canadian Navy from 1989 to 2000. It then...
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Quebec visitors
Two ships with Quebec connections made pit stops in Halifax today. Their Canadian careers are oddly parallel, though they are not connected in any way. Both came to the Canadian flag one day apart and...
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Cars and Stripes
It was a day for car carriers of all stripes so to speak. Three ships from three different lines all within a few minutes of each other, made their way through the harbour, each exhibiting a...
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Port Security
People have if I have a permit from the Port of Halifax to take pictures of ships?The answer to the question is a definite no. I have certainly been quizzed by Port security people on several...
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Onego Elbe sails
The cargo ship Onego Elbe sailed this afternoon after discharging a cargo of rails for CN at pier 27. The ship arrived from Poland on March 9, and was unloaded by Logistec's mobile shore crane.Onego...
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Kurdistan remembered
On March 15, 1979 the tanker Kuridistan broke in two off Nova Scotia while loaded with crude oil. The incident resulted in one of the largest salvage operations ever undertaken in Nova Scotia, and a...
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Sampogracht and scrubbing
The Spliethoff multi-purpose carrier Sampogracht made a brief call at Fairveiw Cove this morning and sailed before noon, heading for Rotterdam.One of the S2L class ships in the fleet, the 18,321 gt,...
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Lomur takes another hit.
The Gibraltar flag Lomur sailing for the Icelandic shipping company Eimskip was in Halifax on February 2 for the first time, with heavy ice built up forward. As a small ship, with very little...
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Seeing the Light of Day - maybe
An early morning visit to Autoport was intended to get a view of Horizon Highway from the sunny side. Unfortunately my arrival coincided with sunrise and a blaring golden light washed out the colour of...
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