The Marine Atlantic Ferry Highlanders exited the NovaDock this afternoon, bound for Sydney NS. Highlanders is one of the Stena Lines ferries that were leased and upgraded for Newfoundland service. She and Her Sister replaced the ferries Caribou and the Joseph and Clara Smallwood who are being scrapped in Alang
Month: April 2012
HMS Scott is an ocean survey vessel of the Royal Navy, and the only vessel of her class. She is the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name, and the second to be named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott. She was ordered to replace the survey ship
HMCS Preserver entered port this morning just after 8 am, and proceeded to the Bedford Basin (anchorage 10) to perform some excercises. She departed for sea just after Noon. She had had a tug in attendance from the point she passed the Dockyard inbound, untill she passed the dockyard outbound.
Looks like the Harbour Lookoff at the end of Pier 42 is coming back. The Fence and hand rails are now in place.
As reported at Shipfax, Fusion, the regular vessel on the Halifax to St. Piere and Miquelon run has sailed for Spain. In Her place is the Nils B, A small container ship with BBC Shipping. Her first apperance was last week, and she arrved again this morning. Besides containers on
The Annual Spring run of Herring is almost upon us. The MARGARET ELIZABETH NO.1 has been tied up at pier 24 for the past week, and has now moved to the waterfront downtown. Bay Ferry Man is also reporting that Tasha Marie and the Leroy and Berry No.2 came out
An arival earlier this morning the Sedna IV Tied up at the Maritime Museum Wharf. The Sedna IV is a 50 metre (165 ft) three-masted schooner which has been used for scientific expeditions and the filming of documentaries. Currently on a special research voyage called 1000 Days for the Planet,
The Former Halifax Bunker Tanker NT Dartmouth has been found. She is now registered in Honduras as Dartmouth, and has her last known location was Santo Tomas Guatemala. Santo Tomas is Guatemala’s largest port, and features a cruise terminal, so its very likely she is working as a bunker tanker
The Balmoral arrived yesterday after 1700, arriving from the site of Titanic’s sinking. She departed on the 10th from southhampton, and followed the Titanic’s route. She is scheduled to depart at 17:45 this evening, bound for New York. The other Titanic Cruise arrived on April 12, departed for the wreck