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Variety of Shapes
Another gloomy day greeted cruise ship passengers today, although one benefit of their mid-morning arrival meant that showers had largely ended. Sales of hoodies were expected to boom as cool...
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Container Competition
Halifax has always had competitors in the container business, but now there iwill be a new one. The Port of Quebec City has just announced that they have selected Hutchinson - a world wide terminal...
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Cargo for St-Pierre
The regular vessel serving St-Pierre et Miquelon for SPMI, Nolhan Ava, returned to Halifax from on Thursday May 30 and tied up at pier 9C. The ship sailed from St-Pierre in mid-April for refit...
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Saga Sapphire - back again
With the early year cruise season ramping up, there are more ships arriving despite the unpredictable maritime "spring" weather. Passengers aboard Saga Sapphire almost got a glimpse of the sun this...
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Yantian Express sails
After unloading its entire remaining cargo in Halifax, and loading some 1,000 empty containers, the Yantian Express sailed this afternoon.Atlantic Oak assists in aligning the ship for the MacKay...
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More band aids for the Port of Halifax
Not to disparage Johnson+Johnson, whose trademarked product (which has a hyphen and a capital A) has become a collective for all products of the type, but their self adhesive bandages were never...
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Arctic Research
As the year progresses, and the north becomes accessible once again, research activity is gearing up. Today's arrival of CCGS Amundsen is en route to the north once again.Thanks to a gypsum train...
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MSC Nuria
Although we see their containers from time to time on other ships it is rare to see an actual MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Co) container ship in Halifax. As the second largest container shipping line in...
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The yearly northern sealift conducted by NEAS (Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping) will indeed have two new ships sailing for it this year according to a press release issued May 30. The new names and...
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If you have to ask....
The expedition yacht Bella Vita arrived at Tall Ship Quay today. I avoid calling it a super yacht simply because there are reputed to be 139 larger (and maybe more impressive) yachts in the world....
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Queen Mary 2 - unplanned call
The transatlantic passenger liner* RMS Queen Mary 2Â made an unplanned and brief call in Halifax in the early hours of this morning. The ship is on the westbound leg of a voyage from Southampton to New...
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Ownership complications
Ownership is often a murky subject when it comes to ships. For a variety of reasons ships are sometimes owned by what are known as "single ship" companies. The company, often incorporated in a tax...
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and more
Some clearing later in the afternoon allowed for a brief outing to catch a traffic jam of one departing and two arriving ships. It was deftly handled and safe passages were had by all, although I did...
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boxes
Both container [pier worked two container ships today and CN Rail began to set up a display near the waterfront.Halterm welcomed CMA CGM Elbe a 95,263 gt, 112,500 dwt ship with a stated capacity of...
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New Laker on the Block
By this time of the year there usually have been several Great Lakes ships in Halifax, sometimes with grain from the Lakehead and sometimes to load gypsum. This year is different. Not only has there...
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Bridge Clearance
A recent photo I posted showing a ship sailing beneath the Angus L. Macdonald bridge raised the question of vertical clearance requirements (ship's air draft) and the course a ship is to take to sail...
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Fine Print and Shoes
The fine printPerhaps not wishing to look a gift horse in the mouth Seaspan did not mention the fine print involved in the recent announcement that the federal government was awarding them the work to...
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Tall, taller, tall-least
Sails in Halifax harbor are usually limited to pleasure craft except for the occasional Tall Ships event and the yearly visits of Bluenose II. This year those visits will be rarer than usual as "Nova...
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Seaspan, Davie follow up
Contrary to my previous report Seaspan did express disappointment on May 23 when the federal government gave them a sixteen ship contract and stated that a third shipyard would be added to the National...
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Quitting time
It looked like quitting time at the factory late this afternoon in Halifax harbour as three ships all sailed within a few minutes of each other and all from different locations.First off was Gerhard...
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