Via The Montreal Gazette: The Court appointed Bankruptcy monitor, since last August, has been weighing a bid from Zafiro Marine, a British operator of a fleet of offshore supply vessels of the same genre as the three now sitting uncompleted in the Lévis shipyard. The three partially completed offshore oil
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Thanks to Shipfax for the tip, 2 Halifax regulars, Teval and Marwan are headed to the scrappers. Both vessels run on Melfi Lines’ service to Cuba from Europe and Canada. Melfi does not own the ships, but charters them from thier owners. Expect to see 2 new vessels in the
A rare Sight, a very lightly loaded OOCL Antwerp is at anchor in the basin for a few Hours this Morning. Halifax is suffering from a traffic jam, as a result of the Sandy induced Port Closure in New York. Italy Express (right) is Tied up, Scheduled to depart later
Announced a few weeks ago, Oceanex is cutting of first steel of what will become the largest Canadian flag container/roll on roll off (Con/Ro) ship. This twenty knot, ice-class vessel, to be named the Oceanex Connaigra, is custom designed for world-wide trade and will be 210 meters in length with
Nils B Has been tied up at pier 25. She reportely has engine troubles. Previously she filled in for Fusion on the St Pierre run, While Fusion was being Maintained.
For cleanliness, this post will continue where yesterdays left off. To Recap, The Bounty ran into trouble Sunday night, Monday morning the crew took to life rafts, and the Bounty Sank. 14 of 16 were resuced by the Coast Guard. Claudene Christian Was found later in the day, and died
CNN is repoting that the Tall ship Bounty, Built in Lunenburg in 1960 as a replica of the HMS Bounty, is without power and Adrift 160NM East of the Eye of Hurricane Sandy. She is apparently taking on water. winds on scene are reported to be 30 knots, seas 18ft.
Marine Atlantic Ferry Atlantic Vision Arrived yesterday for the Nova Dock for a work period. In the AfterNoon, before she was lifted on the Dock, a Fire broke out aboard requiring that 2 people be sent to Hospital. No word on the cause, though it may have been caused by
HMCS Toronto returning to the dockyard after excercising in the basin.
The Caporal Kaeble VC Left the Dock for the first time today for some builders trials. SHe spent the Morning in the Basin before returning to Pier 9b. She is scheduled to return to the basin this afternoon.