Holand America Lines has doubled down on Halifax this year adding the Veendam to the existing weekly stop by the Maasdam. The Veendam looks scheduled to appear every 10 days or so, sailing a 14day round trip Quebec City to Boston, with the Maasdam every 5 sailing 14 day round
Year: 2013
Halifax regular Atlantic Cartier suffered a fire in her roro deck last night in Hamburg Germany. Reports are 80 cars were damaged. No word on damage to the ship, though its probably significant. Acl is building replacements for these vessels, so if damage is significant, Atlantic Cartier may go straight
May 2 at 7pm, the RCN will unveil significant changes to the flags flower by Canadian naval vessels. Given this week commemorates the 70th anniversary of the battle of the Atlantic, and the RCN recently returned to the royal prefix, and officers epiletes got the executive curl back, the changes
Yesterday the American Seafoods Company trawler “American Dynasty” leaving drydock with 2 tugs, Allided with HMCS Winipeg. It is unclear if American Dynastey was being towed, or was under her own power, as reports vary. Winipeg was tied up at the a navy Jetty in Esquimalt, and was having work
The Government of Canada has contributed funding towards the integrated port logistics system and the air gap system. The total cost of these two Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is estimated at $660,000, with the federal government contributing up to $330,000 under the Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program. In addition, the Port
Launched on March 15, She took to the basin today for trials. Photos to follow
For Hundreds of years man has taken to the seas, and for just as long, been telling triumphant sea stories. Stories of triumph over great odds; Bligh’s navigation after the Mutiny on the bounty, and Shackelton’s voyage to South Georgia island come to mind. Halifax has a history of Sea
The Lone ranger is an impressive yacht, who visitited Halifax back in 2008/2009 (Photo to follow, when I can dredge it out of the archive) It is For sale, and recently under went a price reduction. The yach belongs to Eric Schmit The Google co-founder and chairman. After an intial
Today brought the arival of the French Warship FS Aquitaine. The Aquitaine is the first of a new class of warship, and is on a long cruise as part of her trials. Her previous stop was in Norfolk Virgina. The FREMM European multimission frigate is a joint build program with
Pearl Seas Cruises appears to have accepted the ship Pearl Mist. A statement on the Pearl Seas Website states: “Pearl Mist left the shipyard in Canada on Saturday, April 13th. The ship is scheduled to arrive at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in the United States on April 17, 2013 for outfitting before