The Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger FRPD 309 working the south Channel of the Fraser River. FRPD stands for Fraser River Pile & Dredge. the ship in 112m in length, Can dredge to a Depth of 33m, and has a hopper capacity of 4630 m³. The Fraser River, as a river is
Year: 2015
PCT Wolf is a Canadian Navy Orca Class training vessel. The craft are primarily used to facilitate the two-to-six-week long ‘at sea’ component of naval officer training in Esquimalt. the class contains 8 vessels, built between 2004 and 2008 at Victoria Shipyards. A Non-commisioned vessel, they carry the PCT prefix,
(Above) Yasa Ozcan (Below) Globe Explorer (Above) Felicia (Below)Densa Lion (Above) Sharpnes (Below) Sharpnes, Singapore, VSC Poseidon (Above) Global Faith (Below)Arethusa (Below)Saldanha All these photos were taken at the same time, from the end of the same pier.
Pollution Control Activities continue. The coast guard is reporting that 1000lbs of absorbent material has been removed from within the oil boom, and divers have removed 2000 liters of pollutants from inside the hull. 5 drums on deck have also been recovered. no word on when and if the boat
The Bluenose II public harbour tour schedule has been posted now that Capt. Phil Watson has deemed the crew ready to sail. The restoration work has been completed and the vessel now awaits final certification from Transport Canada. Before the vessel begins public tours, there will be a community event
Yesterday, the Ex SeaShepard conservation Society vessel Farley Mowat rolled over and sank in Shelburne. The vessel was arrested by the feds during Anti-Sealing Protests several years ago, and eventually sold. she was toed to Halifax, Then Lunenburg, where her topsides were removed. She was then towed to Shelburne. (Above)
CMA-CGM will add halifax to its Columbus Loop service August 2 with the arrival of CMA-CGM Vivaldi. A massive loop, its covered by 17 vessels, and will make Canadian stops in Both Halifax and Vancouver with a 119 day round trip. Vessels are around 8500teu, and will call at Halterm.
WATCH Defence Minister Jason Kenney LIVE here at 1 pm ET CBC News has learned that Defence Minister Jason Kenney will announce today a plan for Quebec’s Davie shipyard to retrofit a commercial cargo ship to serve as a temporary naval supply ship. CBCNews.ca and CBC News Network will livestream his
Reports are that the small cruise ship Saint Laurent is taking on water in a lock on the seaway. She was bound for Toronto. Saint Laurent visited Halifax last week. The ship appears to be in the lock which suggests she bumped the side entering the lock. More details to
Today brought Crystal Symphony to Pier 20, with Veendam at pier 22. This makes today the first 2 ship cruise day of the year.