Shipfax is reporting that the tow line parted today setting HMCS Athabaskan adrift of Scatrie Island, where the M/V Miner is grounded on shore. Athabaskan was towed into Sydney by the backup tug Andre H, and is reported to be safe. For more see shipfax http://shipfax.blogspot.ca/2012/12/hmcs-athabaskan-tow-in-trouble.html Addtional update from shipfax
Month: December 2012
(Above) Lady Cristina, for bunkers. She has been to Halifax before. (bellow)Peter Roenna, Owned by BBC Shipping, she is a sister ship to Nils B
Pilot Boat Outbound Pier 42 Container Ops Bunkering Brilliance of the Seas BBC Plata Inbound Boatbuilders HMCS Preserver Belle Poule and Etoile Bluenose Working the Bowsprit Disney Magic
The container vessel Renate Schulte has been laid up at halterm since before Christmas. What was originally thought to have been holiday related delay, turns out to be a hull repair. she reportedly has a 4×4 hole cut in her port side as the anchor came loose and cracked a
The tall ship Caledonia has spent the past several years in lunenburg. She was refit, and then her owner went bankrupt, leaving the vessel in the care of Caterpillar Financial Services, who financed the work. The vessel was moved to toronto, but appears to have not been sold. I have
The Tug Craig Trans arrived in Halifax Several days ago to wait out weather, it is being deatined for deficencies in the vessel and its accomidations. The crew apparently ran out of food 3 days out of Halifax. CTV News Reports: It came in out of the weather to the
Work Continues on the Dorothea. Now pulling planks that are out, into the ribs. Chips in the hull are also being epoxyied back into place. The wedges are under a member which is bolted through the hull to pull everything in tight. The Planks are then screwed down tight into
Pilotage ops resumed this morning, as weather improved. Kiel Express and Atlantic Cartier, tied up at fairview, Don Juan left autoport, sanderling tied up, and Kometic Anchored for bunkers (above).
HMCS Athabaskan left Port Weller last night, crossed Lake Ontario today, and is now in the Saint Lawrence seaway. Athabaskan sailed to Port Weller for a scheduled work interval when the seaway opened in march, but the refit ran long, and she must now be towed to Halifax before the