The New Brunswick government, the New Brunswick Naval Centre, and Group Océan have signed an agreement aimed at reviving the shipbuilding and repair sector in Bas-Caraquet, which will generate up create up to 77 jobs and stimulate other economic spinoffs. “Reviving shipbuilding in northern New Brunswick is important for
Author: PeterZ
100 years ago today, the SS Ancon was the first vessel to transit the canal. The panama canal was started by the french, who were emboldened by their success building the Suez canal. Panama was very different, and they ran out of money long before they finished digging. The Americans
Arrived this morning from Fawley. She will likely head to New York next.
Woodward tanker At anchor. Loaded, She took on bunkers this morning.
In a repeat of January, the general cargo ship Jana has arrived with a load of Rails from Poland for CN.
this post is a bit late.. Algoma Hansa tied up at pier 34 in Late July. As the sole foreign flagged tanker in the Algoma fleet, she was purchased with her sister vessel who would become Algosea. Algoma Hansa operated in an international pool of tankers, and was modified for
PCTC Heritage Leader Arrived from Emden. just before noon. She hung out while waiting for Oceanex Sanderling to clear autoport, allowing her to tie up. She is expected to sail tonight.
Another first timer to Halifax, the 2008 build NYK Diana. Rated at 4900TEU she is Panamax vessel. she Sails tonight for Southampton UK.
SNMG-2 is Currently inbound. 5 vessels are due, roughly spaced 1 hour apart. The First, USS Leyt Gulf took her pilot and should be in town in 40 minutes. (CG-55) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. Commissioned in 1987, shes homeported in Norfolk. She is Followed By the Lewis And
The Bluenose II(I) has been moved today, July 30, from the Lunenburg Foundry dock, where it has been berthed for the past two years, to a dock near the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. The move coincides with the official handover of the vessel to the provincial government. Bluenose II