The first tall ship has arrived. The Unicorn has entered the Harbour and marks the begining of tall ships festivities. The Gazelelia Primera, Pride of Baltimore and Bounty are all off Yarmouth, and are expected this evening. Better Photos To Follow Bellow – On Arrival, Via Novascotiawebcams.com
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Atlantic Towing Announced that it has purchased a newbuild anchor handeling supply tug from JAYA. Though no vessel is specified, the JAYA Supreme, a Wartsila VS 4622 design, is Scheduled for August delivery to Jaya, and Atlantic Towing is looking at a September Delivery. The as yet unnameed vessel will
The Training Suction Hopper Dredge HAM 318 made a stop this weekend for supplies. Trailing suction dredges work by dragging 2 suction heads on the ocean floor, which work material loose and vacumes it into the hoppers on board. Dredgings can be discharged via Depositing through doors in the Hull,
Tradewinds is reporting that A post panamax containership is on fire in the middle of the North Atlantic after an explosion in a containerstack. The crew of the 6,732-teu MSC Flaminia (built 2001) have abandoned ship with four of the 25 seafarers reported to have suffered injuries and one missing.
War of 1812 Commemorations, and Tallships Events will coincide with a US Navy Visit. The USS De Wert, a U.S. Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is one of a flotilla of U.S. and Canadian ships that will be touring the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System this summer from July 20
USNS Grapple paid a visit to Halifax earlier this month. When She left, she gave a “random” (ie not a major port) destination in Quebec. It now appears that she was tasked with the recovery of remains of the aircrew of a PBY 5A Catalina Aircraft which went down in
The Norwegian Nansen Class Frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl is back for a Second Visit this summer. She was previously here for a bunker stop June 5th Photos to follow
The latest news on the Bluenose reconstruction is that it is behind schedule and over budget. This could be forgiven if the work was actually a restoration, and conditions were found to be worse then expected, however, for all purposes the Provence of Nova Scotia decided to build a completely
HDMS Esbern Snare also arrived this morning for a visit. She is the second Absalon support ship of the Denmark Navy, and this is her (I belive) first visit to Halifax. Her sister, HDMS Absalon was in Halifax in 2010 as part of the NATO Fleet visit, and for the
USNS Grapple arrived this Morning, and Tied up at NB, Next to the Casino. Still unsure why her arrival was delayed by a day. Grapple was heavily invoved in the recovery of SwissAir 111 off Peggys Cove in 1998.