Prof challenges senator’s port remarksen. Stephen Greene’s recent suggestion to move container facilities from the Port of Halifax to the Strait of Canso may have been provocative, but a Saint Mary’s University professor says there may be inaccuracies in the senator’s statements CCGS Hudson Circumnavigated the North and South America
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The Chronicle Herald reported today that A DARTMOUTH company has won a contract worth more than $4 million to remove, dismantle and dispose of two mothballed warships tied up in Halifax Harbour. Aecon Fabco won the tender to dispose of the former HMCS Terra Nova and HMCS Gatineau with the
Move the port of Halifax out of Halifax? It was a topic of discussion.Cargo business must ship out Making the most of trade and transport assets HMCS Fredericton Sailed for the Persian Gulf/Horn of Affrica:Canadian navy frigate deploys on 6-month counter terrorism mission EnCana hopes to resume pipeline laying after
News Bits – Now Weekly! Captain’s log, star date 1791 – Vintage views of Canada for salethe logs of Capt. William Hope will come to auction and offer Canadian museums and collectors a chance to capture some rare, vintage views of this country. CN official denies putting Halifax behind B.C.
Georges Island to be open to public next year Parks Canada intends to open the national historic site to the public, and plans starting the necessary work Aug. 1, the agency said Tuesday in papers filed with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry. – To be open by March 2010 Sailor
The Pearl Mist, Built at halifax Shipyards, is currently at Shelburne Ship Repair, another Irving-owned yard, where it’s being prepared for cruising. From: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1128312.html
from: Travel Agent Central: MSC Announces New Itineraries MSC Cruises announced that MSC Magnifica, currently under construction, will be sailing a series of fall foliage cruises from New York and Quebec in 2010.. After arriving in New York, the ship is scheduled for four more itineraries, including a 10-night roundtrip
This is a blog about the comings and goings in the harbour – since January this has included raw sewage which is once again being dumped into the harbour since a power interuption caused a failure at the halifax sewage plant, filling it with sludge. For those who want the