Author: PeterZ
BC Ferries Dock in Horseshoe Bay. Above, Outbound Queen of Coquitlam, Below, Tied up Queen of Capilano. Bottom, Inbound Queen of Surrey
The Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger FRPD 309 working the south Channel of the Fraser River. FRPD stands for Fraser River Pile & Dredge. the ship in 112m in length, Can dredge to a Depth of 33m, and has a hopper capacity of 4630 m³. The Fraser River, as a river is
PCT Wolf is a Canadian Navy Orca Class training vessel. The craft are primarily used to facilitate the two-to-six-week long ‘at sea’ component of naval officer training in Esquimalt. the class contains 8 vessels, built between 2004 and 2008 at Victoria Shipyards. A Non-commisioned vessel, they carry the PCT prefix,
(Above) Yasa Ozcan (Below) Globe Explorer (Above) Felicia (Below)Densa Lion (Above) Sharpnes (Below) Sharpnes, Singapore, VSC Poseidon (Above) Global Faith (Below)Arethusa (Below)Saldanha All these photos were taken at the same time, from the end of the same pier.
Pollution Control Activities continue. The coast guard is reporting that 1000lbs of absorbent material has been removed from within the oil boom, and divers have removed 2000 liters of pollutants from inside the hull. 5 drums on deck have also been recovered. no word on when and if the boat
The Bluenose II public harbour tour schedule has been posted now that Capt. Phil Watson has deemed the crew ready to sail. The restoration work has been completed and the vessel now awaits final certification from Transport Canada. Before the vessel begins public tours, there will be a community event
Yesterday, the Ex SeaShepard conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat rolled over and sank in Shelburne. The vessel was arrested by the feds during Anti-Sealing Protests several years ago, and eventually sold. she was toed to Halifax, Then Lunenburg, where her topsides were removed. She was then towed to Shelburne. (Above)
CMA-CGM will add halifax to its Columbus Loop service August 2 with the arrival of CMA-CGM Vivaldi. A massive loop, its covered by 17 vessels, and will make Canadian stops in Both Halifax and Vancouver with a 119 day round trip. Vessels are around 8500teu, and will call at Halterm.