The general cargo ship Fusion heading back to Saint Pierre. A regular caller in halifax at pier 36 she shuttles cargo between halifax and the French colony
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Construction is progressing on Atlantic Container Line’s new G4 vessels, which will be the largest RORO/Containerships in the world. The G4 vessels will replace ACL’s existing fleet of G3’s operating in the company’s transatlantic service. The new G4 Fleet is being named Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Skyand Atlantic Sun. Andrea Cox, who
Word is that the overhead cranes will be installed at the shipyard this week. The Kone overhead cranes were delivered to pier 9 last week. Irving has two of their largest cranes, A Liebherr – LR1400 440 ton in the foreground, and a MANITOWOC – M-2250 300 ton, to lift
This blog started in 2008, a month or 2 after I moved to Halifax from Ottawa. I attended remembrance day ceremonies at the Monument, I have taken numerous tours of Parliament; heck we used to park behind the library on weekends when we went downtown for something. I know yesterdays
(HALIFAX, Nova Scotia) — International Transport Workers Federation inspector Gerard Bradbury has reported another vessel and crew stranded in the port of Argentia in Newfoundland and Labrador. Bradbury said the crew of the Jana comprised of three Russians and eight Ukrainians contacted him stating they had not been paid since
Tonight the JRCC coordinated a response to the tall ship Silva of York Redoubt with 51 Persons on board. The vessel apparently lost power and required the assistance of a tug to return to port. JRCC Tasked 3 CCGS Vessels and a 413Sqn Cormorant to assist. photo left thanks to
Joining Energy Pride at anchor in the basin today were 2 tankers: (Above) the Mare di Genova arrived from Port Arthur in the US. Built in 2009 she is Italian flagged. (Below) the Ridgebury Julia M was built in 2006 and operates as part of the Norient tanker pool. She
The Norwegian frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen arrived yesterday for a port visit. As first of class, several of her sister ships have visited halifax in recent years. Including Thor Heyerdhal http://blog.halifaxshippingnews.ca/2012/06/norwegian-navy-visitor-hnoms-thor.html and Roald Amundsen http://blog.halifaxshippingnews.ca/2009/05/hnoms-roald-amundsen-returns.html She was commissioned in 2006. She is tied up at NB4 behind HMCS Preserver. The ferry will give the best view
As expected today’s technical briefing brought details of 4 warship decommissionings. HMCS Iroquois will prepare for its official paying off ceremony in January 2015 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cracks were found in the hull earlier this year, so this news was not unexpected. HMCS Preserver is rapidly approaching the end of its operational life,