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Delayed Opening for Lobster Season
Weather conditions have played havoc once again with the traditional opening day for the District 33 and 34 (southwest Nova Scotia) lobster season - the last Monday in November. Known as "Dumping Day"...
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Good News all round
There was good news on two fronts today. The lobster season got off to a safe start and the CN strike appears to be over.The Cassie R returns to port in Eastern Passage having placed its traps for the...
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PSA Halifax - Halterm no more
The Port of Halifax's South End Container Terminal, known since 1969 as Halterm, has been rebranded by its new operators as PSA Halifax. Those owners, part of the Port of Singapore Authority have...
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Some harbour action
After a period of delays due to weather, activity picked up in the harbour this afternoon.Irving Oil's Acadian sailed for Saint John after delivering is cargo of refined product.Its place at the Irving...
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Short Term Visitor
I was surprised to see a familiar ship in the outer anchorages today. The Oranjeborg has never called in Halifax before as far as I can remember, but it is a regular caller in Pointe-au-Pic, QC, the...
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The Force is no longer with us
After months of idleness in Bedford Basin, the container / roro Ocean Force sailed Saturday evening for the port of Izmail, Ukraine. The ship had moved this morning to Pier 9C where I assume it took on...
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CMA CGM Tage
PSA Halifax (the terminal formerly known as Halterm) welcomed CMA CGM Tage today. Its early morning arrival in darkness precluded photos, but a view from Dartmouth gave a good idea of the size of the...
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Some grain for Halifax
Normally when grain arrives in Halifax from Thunder Bay by ship, it is in full loads. However today's arrival of Radcliffe R. Latimer marks a departure from the norm.It was quite apparent as the ship...
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All Canada Day
There was no foreign flag shipping in Halifax harbour today. All shipping was Canadian - surely a very rare occurrence.The Royal Canadian Navy's chartered supply ship Asterix returned to port yesterday...
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Boabarge to ground zero
On the 102nd anniversary of the great explosion that killed and maimed several thousand people and laid waste to much of north end Halifax there were several quiet ceremonies commemorating the event,...
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Victorious Ace
Among the many Mitsui OSK Line aurocarriers with Ace names, Victorious Ace may be a first timer in Halifax. Built in 2011 by the Minami-Nippon yard in Shitanoe, it is 59,022 GT, 18,396 dwt ship with a...
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Strange Visitors
Most ships that call in Halifax these days are predictable to a degree. Many are "liners", assigned to a particular container line, and filling a scheduled slot on the rotation with regular calls in...
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Big Blow
Mild temperatures mean high winds at this time of year and as the thermometer climbed to 13 degrees C winds clocked gusts of 100 kph along the coast. Naturally this meant that pilotage operations were...
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New Arrival
The Handysize bulk carrier Ultra Lascar made it into port this morning after a weather delay. The ship tied up at pier 28, under the grain spouts, so it will be loading whatever cargo is currently...
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Cormorant - another chapter
Another chapter has been added to the saga of Cormorant the former Royal Canadian Navy diving support ship HMCS Cormorant ALS-20. The Canadian Coast Guard has apparently now undertaken to remove the...
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen - new colour
The autocarrier Toscana exhibited the new Wallenius Wilhelmsen hull colour scheme at Autoport yesterday and Pier 31 today before sailing for New York.Signalling the 2018 combination of ownership...
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Let it Blow
Continuing bursts of high winds have been playing havoc with schedules. Gusts were down from the early week's 100 kph to 70 kph last night and weakening today, so ships began to arrive and depart...
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Dimitra C
The Greek owned, Malta flagged container ship Dimitra C arrived today on THE Alliance service. Owned by Danaos Corp, it is a 74,071 gt, 74,453 dwt ship built in 2002 by IHI, Kure. Its nominal container...
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Cabrera - bulk load
The Malta flag bulker Cabrera arrived Wednesday to load bulk cargo from the grain elevator. The ship had discharged a cargo of gypsum in Saint John, NB and came directly to Halifax. The new cargo is...
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Busy Sunday
There was a fair amount of activity in the Port today, some of which I was able to catch.ZIM Constanza was an early morning arrival and early afternoon departure. Built by Jiangsu New Yangzijiang in...
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