ARROW was an enlarged version of the standard American wartime tanker design. She was one of the oldest tankers in the fleet of Aristotle Onassis, owned by the holding company Sunstone Marine Panama. At only 11379 Tons, she is about the size of AlgoCanada, one of the many products tankers
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The Disabled Tanker British Merlin arrived after midnight this morning, and took to anchorage 1. She was towed to port by Maersk Cutter, and Helped to Anchor by Altantic Oak and Willow. Once she took up anchor, Svitzer Nerthus went along side to provide propulsion if needed. British Merlin suffered
Atlantic Stars first Atlantic Crossing was Apparently a little rough. On Arrival in Halifax, It was discovered that the RO-RO ramp would not lower. No word on a Cause, but she is spending the night. I Should Note, that A few Issues are to be expected on the first trip,
Due today is the HH Emilia – On arrival, she is set to discharge all her containers due to engine troubles. presumably this will be picked up by the next Maersk vessel. The ship is part of the Vespucci Service, Asia and the US East Coast via Panama. The port
CBC Is reporting 2 containers were lost in the water at Halterm. ZIM Vancouver and ZIM Haifa are both tied up at Pier 41/42. the most likely scenario is a container was swung by a crane into the stack aboard ship, knocking 2 into the water. Update: I’m told it
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)
Reports are that the small cruise ship Saint Laurent is taking on water in a lock on the seaway. She was bound for Toronto. Saint Laurent visited Halifax last week. The ship appears to be in the lock which suggests she bumped the side entering the lock. More details to
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) today released its investigation report (M14A0051) into the 14 March 2014 flooding, grounding, and subsequent evacuation of the bulk carrier John I off the southwest coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. There were no injuries to the 23 crew members. We covered the grounding
After the owners failed to come up with a reasonable salvage plan, the coast guard turned over responaibility of the salvage to RMI Marine. The Mini Sub is apparently still aboard, and the source of the flooding is still unknown, though some appears to be tidal. The Coast guard Published