The Container ship Em Ithaki tied up at Fairview Cove this morning. Built in 1991, she is owned and managed by Eurobulk of Greece, and came of a Long term charter as MOL Volta between 2001 and 2012. She is rated at 2135 TEU so is quite low in capacity.
Month: August 2014
The US Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba Arrived in Halifax this morning and tied up at the Navy dockyard. typical of the USCG’s Medium Endurance Cutters, she was last here in 2010. See Previous USCG Visits Here
The Bowdoin is the official Sailing ship of the State of Maine, and seems to make an annual stop in Halifax in August. See posts from August 2013, 2012, 2011
HR Maria loaded with what appear to be wind turbine tower segments. She anchored earlier, having arrived from Port Said. She is on her way to Muskegon in Lake Michigan. Edit: For the Hanks Truck Forum visitors, Halifax is the closest Full service canadian port before heading inland to the
The Province of Nova Scotia Today issued a tender for the construction of a new 18 car Ferry to run on Grand passage, which is the run between Long island and Brier Island at the end of Digby Neck. The Route is Currently served by the Joe Casey, Built by
The New Brunswick government, the New Brunswick Naval Centre, and Group Océan have signed an agreement aimed at reviving the shipbuilding and repair sector in Bas-Caraquet, which will generate up create up to 77 jobs and stimulate other economic spinoffs. “Reviving shipbuilding in northern New Brunswick is important for
100 years ago today, the SS Ancon was the first vessel to transit the canal. The panama canal was started by the french, who were emboldened by their success building the Suez canal. Panama was very different, and they ran out of money long before they finished digging. The Americans
Arrived this morning from Fawley. She will likely head to New York next.
Woodward tanker At anchor. Loaded, She took on bunkers this morning.
In a repeat of January, the general cargo ship Jana has arrived with a load of Rails from Poland for CN.