Today the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) officially designated the Halifax Shipyard’s Graving Dock as a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. Now owned by Irving Shipbuilding, the large dry dock was constructed in the 1880s for shipbuilding and repairs. It has functioned during two World Wars and is still
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A reader was kind enough to send me some photos of the Blue Putties in the graving dock in Boston. This is also the dock that did the first repair work on the Oceanex Connaigra
The Tall Ship Amistad arrived in Lunenburg this afternoon. She is built as a replica of the Slave ship Amistad Circa 1780. She is in town for the filming of the TV mini series Book of Negro’s, which will happen in Lunenburg and Shelburne, with sailing in between. A coasting
The E-ship 1 Delivered Windmill parts to Sheet Harbour This past weekend. The Vessel is rather unique as it is propelled by the wind. Her first voyage was in 2010. The ship is owned by the third-largest wind turbine manufacturer, Germany’s Enercon GmbH and is used to transport wind turbine components.
1. Suction Dredge HAM 318 2. Fairlane with tug Jumbo Shipping Carries Heavy Items – Including other Vessels. 3. M/V Swan delivers Seajacks Kraken A Dockwise vessel brought the Jackup platform Seajacks Kracken. 4. M/VTern and HMCS Chicoutimi Dockwise vessel to bring damaged Submarine to Victoria 5. Arcegy Falcon A
During the 2012/2013 Winter, the Nova Scotia Sea School refurbished thier boat Dorothea at the Maritime Museaum of the Atlantic. The progress was followed in a series of posts you can follow. One of my photos Can be found in the Launchings Section of the June 2014 Wooden Boat Magazine.
The seismic supply vessel may port pine arrived this morning ad tied up at pier 25. But like an offshore supplier she is purpose built to swap crews and supply’s on seismic survey vessels. In the past smaller offshore supply vessels have filled this role. Mayport Pine was delivered earlier
Oceanex is putting Cabot back into service due to further issues with Connaigra. Cabot has been tied up at pier 9 and will be sold for scrap. Cabot is due to sail tonight, and will take over Connaigra’s run on the 22nd in Montreal.
On January 21 1842, Joseph Howe hosted Charles Dickens on his first visit to Canada. Subsequent stops included Toronto, Montreal and Niagra falls. Tommorow brings a return of sorts, the maiden stop for the container vessel Charles Dickens on charter to Happag Lloyd. She is the ex Maersk Danbury recently
HMCS Kingston suffered a minor electrical fire in one of her forward machinery spaces while off the Carolina coast yesterday morning. The fire was put out with hand held extinguishers and there are no reported injuries. The ship will continue her return to Halifax as scheduled. File photo