The Queen Mary 2 Arrived this Morning, and Backed into Pier 22. Crystal Symphony is Occupying Pier 20. There are now 3 ships remaining this year – Brilliance of the Seas on the 28th, and Seven Seas Navigator and Emerald Princess on the 30th
Year: 2012
General Cargo Vessel STATENGRACHT arrived last night. She appears to be loading Heavy Equipment parts that arrived earlier by Rail. She Has an interesting Configuration, with 2 cranes on the Port Side, and a Single Crane, and 2 Cargo Elevators on the Starboard. STATENGRACHT was built in 2004.
With Kometik Sailing around 10am for Hiberina, It is now Mattea’s turn for bunkers. They arrived at Anchorage 1 overnight.
Above – A daylight Shot. Bellow – A Shot From the Bridge, as the Bunker Barge comes along side with tug assistance
Jewel of the Seas At Pier 20 (right) and Enchantment of the Seas at Pier 22(Left) With the Cruise season winding down for the year, Today brought visits from 2 RCCL Vessels, Jewel of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas
Thanks to Anthony for the Photos of Western Neptune (Bottom) and Raymond Crozier (Top)
This afternoon we will see Bunkering – US Style. In Halifax (And much of the rest of the world im told) Bunkering is done from a smallish dedicated Tanker – such as our own Algoma Dartmouth, and the NT Dartmouth before that. The shuttle tankers Kometik and Mattea will be
The France Telecom Marine ship Raymond Croze arrived this morning and tied up at Pier 30. Alas The port had containers in the way so i coculdnt get an unobstructed view of her. Updated – Picture from the Dartmouth Side.
The Western Neptune is Survey vessel belonging to Western Geco. Such vessels are used in sub sea geophisical surveys – typically for oil and gas. Western Geco appears to specialize in surveying existing resevoirs, so they may be here doing work on the Sable or Deep Panuke gas fields.
Kometik, Sporting A fresh paint job. You can see her back in June in a previous post.