The harbour ferry Christopher Stannix Sailed for Sambro to be Dry Docked. Still no word on what the issue is. Canadian Maritime Engineering (AKA CME) has a marine railway in Sambro, and has done work on The Pilot Boats in the past.
The Svitzer tugs Svitzer Nerthus and Svitzer Njal Sailed this morning bound or Milne Inlet on Bafin Island. They arrived in June, and are to work a contract for the new Iron Ore mine there. interestingly, they didn’t take Canadian names. Nerthus is the Germanic Goddess of Fertility, hailing from
Halifax Transit Issued a press release yesterday about ferry schedule changes “due to ongoing mechanical assessment of one of its vessels, the Christopher Stannix” the release continues “Halifax Transit staff conducted an initial assessment of the issue earlier this week, and have determined that the vessel must be brought out
The new Bluenose has made her first call in Halifax, arriving last night. Tied up the the Maritime Museum, her deck is open for wandering.
BC Ferries Dock in Horseshoe Bay. Above, Outbound Queen of Coquitlam, Below, Tied up Queen of Capilano. Bottom, Inbound Queen of Surrey
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
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,