The Cat Is back! The new Yarmouth ferry service will Start June 15th, and feature a return to Bay ferries operation and a high speed catamaran . The province has reached a 10-year agreement with Bay Ferries Limited to manage and operate a high-speed ferry between Yarmouth and Portland, Maine.
Month: March 2016
Mark your calendars, the Panama Canal Expansion opens on June 26th. this will likely cause shipping lines to shift their vessels, and routes – especially with recent mergers and Takeovers.
Word is the Mexican Navy tall ship ARM Cuauhtemoc is due for a port visit in May. She was her once before in 2008. (Will post photo when i locate it) She is the last of four sister ships (the other 3 being Colombia’s Gloria, Ecuador’s Guayas and Venezuela’s Simón
The Stena Icemax has now moved to a position about 24 Nautical miles off Halifax Harbour. It is unlikely she will actually enter Halifax, but the new position makes supply runs much shorter. She is the Blue Square in the Bottom Right corner of the Chart. The Stena Icemax Lost
Another vessel that sailed last night, Overseas Jademar spent 2 days offloading into Tufts cove tank. The Power Plant can burn both heavy oil and Natural Gas, and will see a tanker once a year or so. Built in 2002, Overseas Jademar is a Panamax tanker. Noteably she failed a
The 2001 built 2732teu Meta made her second call in Halifax for ACL. Her first was March 6 on her Westbound Leg. She Sailed last night for Liverpool. ACL is using Conventional Containerships to bridge the Gap between the Retirement of the G3 vessels and the service entry of the
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has decided to maintain its twice weekly call at Halifax with its new G4 RORO/Containerships. ACL will continue to serve the North American and European markets at the Fairview Cove Container Terminal of Ceres Halifax Inc. ACL and Ceres have signed a new contract that runs
Algoma Value spent yesterday at anchor taking bunkers. Recently purchased by Algoma from the Torvald Klaveness Group of Oslo, as part of a 4 ship sale, she is the Ex Baldock. Baldock was an infrequent visitor to Halifax, Last stopping here for bunkers in August 2011. The Ship continues to
CBC News is reporting that the Stenna Icemax, drilling for shell, disconnected from and lost the drilling riser over the weekend. It is now lying on the seabed. In anticipation of bad weather, all drilling fluids were stopped, the drill pipe removed, and the blowout preventer on the seafloor secured.
Photo From Maasmond Maritime Daily News Clippings February 28th.