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Autos and more Autos
Usually there is only one autocarrier in Halifax at a time, so it is rare to get two in the same photo. It is also unusual for autocarriers to visit the Richmond Terminals berths (piers 9 to 9C). Today...
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Integrity in the narrows
With my usual ship photo locations inaccessible, it is getting harder to take pictures of ships in Halifax. My favourite spots, Point Pleasant Park in the south end and Africville Park in the north end...
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Cars and Cans to Newfoundland
As discussed in previous posts the development of automobile transport to Newfoundland (cars) and containers (cans) began to take off in 1970 when Autoport and Halterm started operations in...
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Coastal Cargo Ships - Part 1 Small Traders to Halifax
Another in the series of posts relating to developments in Halifax Harbour over the past 50 years.There are several sections on the topic of Coastal Cargo Ships.Part 1 Small Traders to HalifaxPart 2...
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Newfoundland shortages and Oceanex
Oceanex Sanderling, with a very light deck load, operates weekly from Halifax.From today's news we learn that Newfoundland is running short of vital supplies from the mainland, and Oceanex is running...
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McQueen - Unusual Visitor
Ships arriving in Halifax for Asian Gypsy Moth inspection are often bulkers which are rare enough in Halifax, but a wood chip bulk carrier is even more unusual. McQueen is one such ship arriving today...
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The record for largest container ship in Halifax was last set March 21 of this year with the arrival of CMA CGM T. Jefferson. http://shipfax.blogspot.com/2020/03/containers.htmlThat 14,414 TEU ship was...
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Pier 9 activity
One of the few accessible spots on the Halifax side of the harbour that is not a public park (and thus closed to the public) and not Port property and thus open only to authorized persons, overlooks...
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Coastal Cargo Ships Part 2 - Newfoundland Coastal Freight Service
Canadian National Railway took over coastal freight and passenger services in Newfoundland and Labrador as part of the Confederation with Canada in 1949. They operated their own ships to serve numerous...
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ONE Magnificence
The container ship ONE Magnificence made its second call in Halifax today. It is on the return / eastbound leg of its voyage for THE Alliance. When it arrived on the westbound leg on April 5, it was...
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Dartmouth Marine Slips - back then
Once a busy adjunct to the Halifax Shipyards, the Dartmouth Marine Slips catered to repairs for smaller ships. At one time it operated six marine cradles, all designed and built by Crandall...
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Big but not biggest
Another big container ship arrived today. APL Sentosa is a 151,015 gt, 150,936 dwt (or 150,166 from other sources) vessel, but falls a bit shy of the current Halifax record for container capacity. That...
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Coastal Cargo Ships Part 3 - Newfoundland Coastal Freight Service - continued
I didn't have time or room in my last post to cover all the Newfoundland coastal cargo ships in my photo collection so I am adding some more with this post. Many are former British coastal cargo ships...
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Shuttle Service
The giant floating crane Thialf anchored just off Halifax for the past couple of weeks has a constant shuttle service provided by the very large offshore tug/supplier Maersk Maker. I was able to catch...
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CMA CGM Calcutta
Another new to Halifax ship showed up on the CMA CGM loop today. No record setter, it is still a relatively big ship with a capacity in excess of the magic 10,000 TEU mark.CMA CGM Calcutta dates from...
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New for Nirint, New for ONE
More first time callers in Halifax today.Nirint Shipping BV, the Dutch company that runs a Europe / Caribbean container line, has the contract to carry nickel sulfides from Moa, Cuba to Halifax on the...
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ZIM Shekou medevac
A ship that was in Halifax last week called for a medical evacuation on Monday. ZIM Shekou was 48 miles northeast of Virginia Beach when the master requested assistance for a crew member with symptoms...
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Salt Shakeup
There may be changes coming in the salt business following the announcement by the German K+S Group that it will be selling its Operating Group Americas operations during 2020. Branded as Morton Salt...
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HMCS Fredericton helicopter
This evening CBC News is reporting that a Cyclone helicopter from HMCS Fredericton FFH 337 is missing in the Aegean Sea. Few details were immediately available, except that a large SAR mission is...
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Wind off Virginia
As most days prove in Nova Scotia the wind blows steadily on the coast. As a power generation source the wind is employed in the shallow waters of many European countries, but is relatively unknown in...
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