The Parade of new vessels for Melfi continues with a first call for Macao Straight. Built in 2008, she is part of the Rehder Reederei fleet, which seems to supply the majority of vessels used on Melfi’s route. Macao Straight arrived yesterday afternoon and tied up at pier 41, using 2 tugs
Year: 2014
Athabaskan on the Left, Iroquois on the Right. Soon Athabaskan will be the last tribal in Service.
This morning was scheduled to be the last cruise ship of the season, however she sailed past. As a result the last cruise ship of the season was yesterday’s visit by Hamburg. The Legend of the Seas arrived off halifax this morning but high winds and seas caused her to
The general cargo ship Fusion heading back to Saint Pierre. A regular caller in halifax at pier 36 she shuttles cargo between halifax and the French colony
I have heard a rumour that HMCS Iroquois’ final sail past will occur tomorrow. Due to cracks in her structure, she is due to be de-commisioned, and has already be de-amunitioned. If anyone has more details, Please email Info@halifaxshippingnews.ca UPDATE: It appears there will be no sailpast. A Call to
the CBC is reporting the scrapping of the MV Miner is running late and over budget due to higher quantities of pollutants being found. it was estimated there were 5 tons of Asbestos aboard, however crews have removed more the 30tons of the material. also discovered was 18000 liters of
Construction is progressing on Atlantic Container Line’s new G4 vessels, which will be the largest RORO/Containerships in the world. The G4 vessels will replace ACL’s existing fleet of G3’s operating in the company’s transatlantic service. The new G4 Fleet is being named Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Skyand Atlantic Sun. Andrea Cox, who
The greek ferry Blue Star Ithaki, will be the replacement for the Princess of Acadia. The federal Government previously announced that the Ferry would be replaced, and Greek media are reporting that the ferry has been sold and will be sailing for Canada, having completed her last Greek trip October
Word is that the overhead cranes will be installed at the shipyard this week. The Kone overhead cranes were delivered to pier 9 last week. Irving has two of their largest cranes, A Liebherr – LR1400 440 ton in the foreground, and a MANITOWOC – M-2250 300 ton, to lift
The tanker Atlantic Muse tied up along side the Travelstern and began what appears to be a transfer operation. We have seen 2 similar transfers occur with asphalt tanker arriving, and transferring a portion of its cargo to a smaller vessel. Atlantic Muse appears to have arrived from the UAE