Gypsum is one of those products you never think about, but is present in all our lives. Gypsum is a mineral, and is mined heavily in Nova Scotia. Its primary use is the white plaster filling in Wall Board (AKA Dry Wall). Gypsum is mined, and then brought by rail
Month: August 2012
Through The Train Geek I learned that 2 British Steam Locomotives would be returning to England. The First, the Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives on the 19th, and has been transferred to Trailers, presumably to be loaded on a UK Bound ACL Vessel on Monday. A second Locomotive, The Dominion of Canada
The Sailing Vessel Bowdoin Arrived in Halifax for another visit. Bowdoin is the official Sailing Vessel fo the State of Maine, and is used by the Maine Maritime Accademy for Sail trining. Bowdoin was last in Halifax Last August as well. The Photo At Left is from that Visit. More
The Recent outbreak of Norovirus at a local resturaunt, now seeming to have come from the passengers of the cruise ship Carnival Glory brings up the topic of Quarantine . Today ships fly the Q flag to indicate that they have not yet cleared customs, However in the past, the
USS Fort Worth arrived this morning and is tied up at “Navy B”, She was built in Wisconsen, and is headed to Texas to be Commissioned. Update Aug 20: She is scheduled to Depart at 1500 today. UPDATE 2: She Failed to Sail as Scheduled. Tim Colton at Maritime Memo’s
Today I was fortunate enough to be invited to cross the harbour from the wheel house of one of our Harbour Ferries. The Dartmouth Ferry is the Oldest Continuously operated salt water Ferry in North America, having gone into service in 1752. The Former City of Dartmouth took over the
ACL Has ordered new vessels to replace the currrent 4 vessels that call on Halifax. From the Press Release: Atlantic Container Line has signed a contract with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to build the five largest RORO/Containerships (CONROs) in the world. The G4 (Generation 4) vessels will replace ACL’s existing fleet of G3 CONROs
This Summer has seen Tug’s pulling Barge loads of equipment for the New Voisy’s Bay hydromet plant under construction in Long Harbour. When the Plant is completed, the Umiak 1 will begin regular calls in Halifax. Umiak 1 is a purpose built Ice Class bulk carrier that carries supplies to
The 2 new Super Post Panamax Cranes are expected to be operational by Q3 2013. They have been ordered from ZPMC – The Makers of Halterm’s Existing SPPX Cranes.
The US Coast Guard is taking part in Operation Nanook. The USCG sea going buoy tender USCGC Juniper arrived in Halifax today to take part. Danish forces are reportedly also taking part. For more See This Marine Link Article