the Herald reports that a fire occurred on the AlgoNova 9am this morning, 83km North of Gaspe. JRCC Dispatched a helo and a C-130 from Greenwood, to the Honuedo Straight. AlgoNova departed Halifax on Friday. Another Commercial Vessel and a CCGS Ship were also standing by to render assistance. AlgoNova
the bulker Tundra arrived friday at pier 27. She was mostly obscured by fog. SHe was last here in 2012, arriving late after running aground off Sorel. PQ.
The CCGS A. LeBlanc is now showing a Sunday morning Launch on the ports website. It would appear that the stop work order has now been lifted. UPDATE: Perhaps not. I learned last night that tomorrows launch has again been Canceled.
Algoma Central Corporation has entered into an agreement with Sterling Fuels Limited to continue marine fuel delivery services using its bunkering vessel, Algoma Dartmouth, in the Port of Halifax and surrounding area. This new arrangement will be effective upon the expiry of current agreements for fuel delivery services on January
you may remember at the end of December, a crack was discovered in the deck of the container vessel MSC Monterey, and her passengers evacuated. the ship then took shelter in St. Mary’s Bay Newfoundland,. She Sailed for Boston today, with an eta of the 15th. Inspection and ultrasound reveled the crack
After a call for submissions, narrowing those submissions down to a finalist list of five and over 12,000 individuals picking their favorite name for the new harbour ferry, we have a winner. The name of the new harbour ferry will be Christopher Stannix. This option recived 61% of the vote
the Third of January brought the closing date for A notice of proposed procurement, Designed to find out what may be available for immediate purchase to replace the Digby St. Johns ferry Princess of Acadia. On June 24th, 2013 the Government of Canada announced its intention to invest in a
The past week saw HMCS Charlottetown move from the graving dock to the machine shop wharf. HMCS St.Johns took her place in the graving dock shortly after. Halifax and Fredericton are complete and running trials, Montreal is tied up at the dockyard being kitted out prior to trials. Photo Above
Originally scheduled to be launched last weekend, CCGS A LeBlanc still sits in the yard at halifax shipyards. The launch cradle is lashed to the vessel, however she is still surrounded by barriers and has yet to be moved to the top of the launching ways. No word on a
Various product tankers have been shuffling around Imperial oil as of late, with vessels going to anchor, moving to the oil docks and then back out to anchor. Alice (Above) anchored on arrival yesterday, moved to the oil dock later in the day, and then moved back to anchor this