Marine Atlantic Ferry Leif Ericson departed the Nova Dock this afternoon, for the Woodside.
Category: Halifax Shipyard
Atlantic condor took to the Bedford Basin this morning to begin trials for the first time. She later sailed out of the harbour, and returned the evening of the 19th. as well, the Platform PSS Chumel moved to the outer anchorage with Atlantic Larch and Ryan Leet in Escort.
Pearl Mist A lawsuit has been filed against Irving Shipbuilding over Pearl Mist. It would appear that the construction is not compliant with The Class society or the Flag State (Marshall Islands) standards, and so the vessel cannot be registered. An Arbitration panel has rulled that the vessel was complete
Atlantic Elm is undergoing work against the Nova Dock. She was in the graving Dock, making space now for a frigate. Atlantic Condor is progressing nicely – the main superstructure has been rolled outside and has been painted, and the hull can be seen (faintly) under construction in the assembly
As of Yesterday, Halifax shipyard had an approved plan to re-float the dock, and was waiting on favorable tide conditions to complete the raising.
As Mac at Shipfax reported, the Scotia Dock II has sunk to the bottom of the narrows, while docking the Tug Stvens Breaker By Chance, I drove by as the tug was being docked, and noted curiously that the scotia docked seemed to be lower in the water then usual.
CSL Birchglen was pulled out of the Novadock this morning porting freshly painted in CSL Colors. In her place, CSL Oakglen went in, probably for similar work – though HMCS Preserver is Due to enter Nova Dock April 1, so the stay will likely be short. Update:Better Picture
Halifax Shipyards has been around in various forms for over 100 years.Shipbuilding history brings us a list of everything she’s Built over the years:http://shipbuildinghistory.com/world/canada/halifax.htm
New Vietnam Service, with A New Vessel:The first Eastbound (inbound) vessel to call Cai Mep will be the OOCL America voyage 28E01 on January 9, 2010. The first Westbound (export) vessel to call Cai Mep was the OOCL Oakland voyage 16W50 sailing from the Port of Halifax on December 16,