Panamax Container ship Singapore Express tied up this evening. She arrived form Southampton, UK, and will be bound for New York on Departure.
Author: PeterZ
Word is that it will cost $60-70 million to replace the NovaDock. the shipyard is planning to issue the Tender for the replacement dock in Jan 2015 with expected delivery of 2 years from that. The Yard is selling the Novadock for scrap. The Current Timeline for AOPS construction starts next
Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, will be joined by the David Alward, Premier of New Brunswick, and Gordon Wilson, NS MLA for Clare-Digby, to make an announcement concerning ferry services in Eastern Canada. The government previously announced a new ferry would be purchased for the Digby St John Run, So
NYK Meteor arrived this morning from Rotterdam. She will Sail overnight for NewYork as part of the G6 Service. Built in 2007, she is registered in Panama, and carries 4800TEU.
Yesterday saw 2 asphalt tankers conducting a transfer operation in the basin. it looks like this may have been a workaround to the US Jones act – which basically requires a US built and registered Ship to trade between US Ports. The Laden, greek flagged, Asphalt Eagle, arrived first from
Thanks to HRM fire buffs for informing us that halifax crews from university ave were paged out to a ship fire just after noon. The fire is reported extinguished, and smoke is being cleared. Given the location of the crews it’s likely the ship was at the ocean terminals suggesting
Earlier we reported on a RFP to transport the last 2 hero class vessels to Victoria. The rfp seemed to hint that the 2 vessels could be delivered to a US port, thus averting cabotage requirements. The CCGS has now filed a request for a coasting trade licence for a
STS Lord Nelson, will visit Halifax this August 2/3. This three-masted barque is one of two tall ships that are part of the Jubilee Sailing Trust, a registered charity founded in 1978 in the U.K. The JST takes both disabled and able-bodied men and women to sea, to not only teach them how
As a Followup to the news that the NovaDock at Halifax Shipyards needs to be replaced, i was asked a few questions about the NovaDock and the Scotia Dock II. this post should clarify things. The Scotia Dock II was built in 1964 by Canadian Vickers Ltd for use in