Coast Guard search and rescue crews from Station Gloucester, Air Station Cape Cod and the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke rescued nine crewmembers from the Canadian tall ship Liana’s Ransom 58 miles east of Gloucester, Monday. Watchstanders at the Sector Boston Command Center received notification at 12:35 a.m. that the vessel’s engines were disabled
Month: March 2015
By now, we have all seen and heard the stories about the landing of AC624, A Toronto to Halifax flight with a A320 Aircraft. This route and aircraft land in Halifax dozens of times per week. Saturday night, this one came up short. Runway 05/23 is the main runway at
A.F. Theriault and Sons Ltd., in Meteghan River, Digby Co., has been awarded the contract to build the new Digby Neck ferry. The new ferry will replace the 20-year-old Joe Casey. The Joe Casey will be used as a spare ferry for provincial operations. The ferry will be about 35
The tug Svitzer Wombi made port today. Svitzer recently purchased 3 Chinese tugs in May 2014 for use in Australia, though word was one was sent north to be used in Point Cartier PQ at the Cargill grain Facility there. After Purchase, The tug went through a work period in
The Atlantic RO-RO lines vessel Atlantic Navigator made a brief stop this morning at the west pier of Fairview Cove. She tied up around 9am, arriving from Immington UK, and sailed at 11 for Baltimore. She was built in Germany in 1992, and is owned by Baltic Mercur of Russia.
The Mckeil tug Lois M arrived over the weekend with the Barge Nunavut Spirit. The tug has been working with the Hebron offshore project, and is likely here to pick up parts from Cherubini in Dartmouth. The Tug was Built in Japan in 1991 as Lambert, and was Acquired in
The tanker Star Express took to the anchorage for bunkers today. She arrived from Boston and is bound for Come by Chance NF. She sailed after topping up her tanks. She was built in 2005 in Japan, and is owned by Royal Tankship of Panama
Halifax today was visited by Dutch navy submarine HNLMS Bruinvis (S810). She Tied up at the the dockyard, just after 1pm. She is a diesel boat, as Nuclear subs tie up at Shearwater. The Last member of the Walrus Class, She is 222′ long, and was commissioned in July 1994
Finance minister just announced that Waterfront Development has purchased the Dartmouth Coast Guard Base as the location for an Ocean Technology Hub. Update: Here is the Press Release The former Canadian Coast Guard land on the Dartmouth waterfront will be home to an ocean innovation centre. The Waterfront Development Corporation
With the recent stream of Newfoundland based coast guard vessels, its not a huge surprise that the CCGS Terry Fox put into port today just after 5:30. She was also here last march for bunkers and supplies, and will likely do the same before sailing back into the gulf for