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TRANSPORTATION
A.P.A No.1 outbound - and me too.
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.15.12 at 8:52am.
The pilot boat A.P.A. No.1 is outbound off the Tall Ships Quay, where there is a notorious "hole" and usually a nice swell to liven up things for the unsuspecting.
Just as the boat is outbound, so am I
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A free solution to Halifax’s transportation woes? That’ll never happen
Submitted by Contrarian on 05.15.12 at 6:50am.
A curmudgeonly friend writes:
Do you live in a mid-sized city with poor public transit, a taxi fleet choked with vested interests, and a risible bicycle system? Do you fear there will never be a day when folks can get around your city efficiently, emitting a minimum of greenhouse gases?
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Fairchem Steed - in ballast
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.14.12 at 8:19am.
The chemical and products tanker Fairchem Steed anchored over night to await a berth at Imperial Oil. The ship is fitted with twenty stainless steel tanks of various sizes to carry all sorts of liquids including petroleum, edible oils, and on and on. Usually these ships (as with the previously po...
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Polish quartet take last bows at the scrap yards
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.10.12 at 8:13am.
A quartet of ships that called in Halifax over a decade have now all gone to the breakers.
Revolutionary ships for their time, they were built for the French Polish Shipping Company, but operated by Polish Ocean Lines (POL).
Built expressly for the transatlantic trade, they were combination con...
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Ambassador takes another load of gypsum
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.9.12 at 8:06am.
Things must be picking up a bit at National Gypsum with two ships in a week. Ambassador arrived late Sunday night and sailed this morning for Burlington, NJ. The ship was built in 1983 at Port Weller Dry Dock as Canadian Ambassador and the full name still appears on the ship's hull in welded lett...
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Knock Sheen -a comparison
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.7.12 at 9:15am.
The fully loaded crude oil tanker Knock Sheen arrived this afternoon. It provides an interesting contrast to the tanker Godavari Spirit that arrived in ballast last week for bunkers (see below)
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Godavari Spirit tops up
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.4.12 at 8:32am.
The crude tanker Godavari Spirit topped up its bunkers today at anchorage number one. After unloading a cargo of crude oil in Saint John earlier in the week, the ship made its way to Halifax for the fuel. The Port of Saint John does not provide a bunkering service, in part at least because the Ca...
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Apollogracht-quick visit to Fairview Cove
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.3.12 at 9:09am.
The Dutch cargo ship Apollogracht paid a quick visit to Fairview Cove today, and it was not to load containers. Instead it loaded a large spindle on deck. Although not unheard of, heavy lifts are fairly rare at Fairview, but it is the choice of the shipper and line as to where they will load the ...
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AFL New England Stranded. Says Who?
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.2.12 at 8:38am.
An overly dramatic headline in a local newspaper today (which was picked up and broadcast around the world) claims that the AFL New England and its crew are stranded in Bedford Basin. Not only was the headline misleading but it is inaccurate.
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Highlanders off to North Sydney, Salarium to go too
Submitted by Shipfax on 05.1.12 at 8:58am.
The Marine Atlantic Inc ferry Highlanders left the Novadock floating drydock late this afternoon. After doing a compass swing south of George's Island the ship headed home to North Sydney to resume operations between North Sydney and Port aux Basques.
Her spot in the Novadock will apparently be ...
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Diamond Express - out; Chimborazo-in
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.30.12 at 8:55am.
Out with the old, in with the new, as two tankers passed in Halifax harbour. The timing of the departure of Diamond Express and arrival of Chimborazo was well planned today, so that the outbound ship could take the western (deepwater) channel and the inbound laden ship could take the main channel...
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Verreault Dredging - latest news
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.27.12 at 8:41am.
The ownership of the former Verreault Dredging fleet was officially transferred to Le Groupe Océan of Quebec City today. Interestingly there have been no changes of name to the vessels from the Verreault fleet. The prefix "I.V." has been retained for all the existing scows, hopper boats and dred...
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Fusion - off for refit?
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.26.12 at 9:00am.
The Fusion, which runs a regular weekly service to St-Pierre et Miquelon, sailed a week ago for Ceuta, presumably for refit.
Her place is being taken by the general cargo ship Nils B. It has no RoRo capability, so everything must be lifted off and on. This will be a major nuisance for the month ...
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Sedna IV - Earth Day visitor
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.25.12 at 8:31am.
The research/filming vessel Sedna IV arrived in Halifax on Saturday in time for Earth Day. This is most fitting as the schooner is embarking on year two of a three year round the world voyage aimed at documenting biodiversity.
As part of the UN's Biodiversity Decade (2011-2020) Sedna IV is carry...
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Margaret Elizabeth No.1 is number one
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.24.12 at 9:05am.
The first herring seiner to show up in Halifax this spring is Margaret Elizabeth No.1 out of Grand Manan, NB. While most other seiners are still in spring refit, Margaret Elizabeth No.1 got an early start after a quick two week drydocking, including fresh paint. So far the early start has not pai...
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Dredging Shakeup
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.20.12 at 8:31am.
Another of those monumental shakeups that seem to follow the Canadian dredging industry has passed beneath the radar of the English language press, since it appears (on the surface) to be a Quebec story - but don't be so sure.
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Tug Lina - history not known
Submitted by Tugfax on 04.20.12 at 8:30am.
It's not often that I see a "surprise" tug-that is a tug whose history is unknown to me. Such was the case yesterday at the site of the Bear River bridge demolition project.
Two railway bridges, once owned by the Dominion Atlantic Railway are being demolished by R.J.MacIsaac Construction Ltd of ...
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Balmoral and Juniper, Titanic visitors
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.17.12 at 9:07am.
Two more ships in volved in commemorative events at the site of the Titanic sinking put in to Halifax todfay. First to arrive was USCG Juniper. The ship had been tasked to attend the site on April 15 and drop rose petals overboard - one for each victim of the sinking. A USCG C-130 Hercules aircra...
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Hoegh Maputo - another new car carrier
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.16.12 at 9:09am.
The steady stream of car carriers coming into Halifax speaks to an increasing market for imports in Canada. The number of new Audis alone is staggering.
Hoegh Maputo is a 47,266 gross ton ships, built in 2011. It was delivered in July last year by Xiamen Industries in China and named at a ceremo...
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Azamara Journey - first of the season
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.13.12 at 8:14am.
It's awfully early for a cruise ship in our waters, but Azamara Journey is on a Titanic themed cruise out of New York, and so arrived today to take in several Titanic related sites (and sights) in Halifax. It sailed this evening bound for the site of the sinking, which will also be visited by Bal...
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HMCS Windsor - afloat once again
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.12.12 at 8:15am.
After an age on the synchrolift HMCS Windsor is back in the water again today. The former HMS Unicorn, acquired by the RCN in 2001 and commissioned in 2003 has been in refit at HMC Dockyard, and out of the water, since 2007.
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Highlanders makes Halifax debut
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.10.12 at 8:55am.
After less than a year in service for Marine Atlantic Inc (MAI), the ferry Highlanders arrived this morning for drydocking at Halifax Shipyard.
Built in 2007 in Russia and completed in Norway as Stena Traveller, for Stena Rederi AB of Sweden, the ship initially ran under the Dutch flag between H...
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Scotia Prince - end of the line
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.5.12 at 8:38am.
The ferry that once linked Yarmouth, NS with Portland, ME has been sold to shipbreakers in India. Scotia Prince provided an overnight cruise/ferry experience and competed with the shorter sea route Yarmouth/Bar Harbor, ME provided by the ferry Bluenose and later fast Cats.
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Leonard M - new name to get used to.
Submitted by Tugfax on 04.5.12 at 8:36am.
After 26 years under one owner, and carrying the same name, the tug Point Halifax was sold earlier this year to McKeil Work Boats of Hamilton, ON. It has now been renamed Leonard M.
It will take some getting used to on my part, but in time I am sure it will settle in.
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Provo Wallis - here we go again
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.4.12 at 8:44am.
For the third time this year the vessel 2011-02 ex CCGS Provo Wallis is for sale. The 1969 built buoy tender was put up for bids late last year and in January a bid of $406,000 was received, but fell through. In February another bid of $425,000 was accepted but it now has also fallen through. Yes...
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Margit Gorthon - time runs out
Submitted by Shipfax on 04.2.12 at 8:38am.
Another fine ship is on the way to the breakers. The former Margit Gorthon is due in Alang, India on April 5, where it will quickly be reduced to scrap metal.
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Dallas Express - another new name for Hapag-Lloyd
Submitted by Shipfax on 03.30.12 at 8:39am.
Dallas Express is the new name for the former Antwerpen Express, a regular caller since it was built in 2000. The ship was renamed last month as part of a re-jigging to free up names for new ships.
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Tow In and Tow Out
Submitted by Tug Fax on 03.30.12 at 8:38am.
There were two tows for Halifax today-one inbound and one outbound.
The first was the inbound tow of the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel HMCS Glace Bay from Shelburne by the tug CFAV Glenbrook. The ship is the second to be refitted under the current program for the Kingston class.
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GSI Admiral - sold (old news)
Submitted by Shipfax on 03.27.12 at 8:53am.
Marcon International's February offshore survey reports the sale in October 2011 of the Canadian seismic researcher GSI Admiral to Singapore owners.
This interesting ship was originally built in 1976 as a trawler in Gdynia, Poland. Named Salmo, it sailed under the Swedish flag for Rederi AB Tran...
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Stellanova - end of an era?
Submitted by Shipfax on 03.26.12 at 9:01am.
The heavy lift ship Stellanova arrived at pier 28 today to load railway locomotives. The ship is fitted with one 250 tonne derrick and one 250 tonne crane, and will be able to load the locos with ease. The ship has made many trips to Canada since it was built in 1996, and locomotives are one of h...
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HMCS Athabaskan - off to refit
Submitted by Shipfax on 03.21.12 at 8:46am.
A decidedly shabby HMCS Athabaskan sailed this afternoon for refit at the Great Lakes Marine & Industrial Inc shipyard at St. Catharines (Port Weller) ON.
Although in need of a shave and a haircut, the ship will obviously be getting more than two bits worth of work.
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Secunda has new owners
Submitted by Tugfax on 03.21.12 at 8:44am.
The former Secunda Marine Services of Dartmouth has new owners. Founded in Dartmouth, it was sold in 2007 to McDermott International, but has now been repatriated to Canadian ownership by Birch Hill Equity Partners LP of Toronto.
Renamed Secunda Canada LP, the company will own ten platform suppl...
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