The General Cargo Vessel Capri made another appearance over the weekend. A frequent caller in halifax, she delivers rails from Poland for CN Rail.
A Bulker anchored in English Bay in Vancouver spilled several tons of Bunker fuel into the harbour yesterday, Most of the oil has now been collected, it has however reached land in several places. This incident has angered environmentalists, who are now citing this as an example of why tankers
The CCGS Louis St Laurent arrived over the noon hour, after standing by the CCGS Ann Harvey off Newfoundland. The CCGS Teleost towed the CCGS Ann Harvey to St John’s after RCN divers made temporary repairs.
The Svitzer Wombi has now been painted out, and Svitzer Cartier has been painted with a register port of Halifax. She does not yet appear in the Canadian Vessel Registry, though this is likely imminent.
the Halifax Joint Rescue Coordination Center has advised that 2 cormorant Helicopters and 2 vessels have been dispatched to the Coast Guard Ice breaker Ann Harvey, who is reportedly taking on water. Ann Harvey was breaking ice tending buoys off Burgeo NL at the time of the incident. She spent
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
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.