Night Work – Assembling CN121
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At the end of the train.
Attaching the FRED to CN 121
The Biggest Container Ship yet!
The USAC Zamzam Tied up at pier 41 on Saturday. Being 9036TEU, She is now the largest container ship to call on Halifax. Her arrival is part of CMA-CGM’s service, and operates under the Oceans 3 partnership, with CMA-CGM, UASC and China Shipping.
Big cruise Ship Day
AidaDiva (Above) at Pier 20.Carribean Princess is Aft of her at pier 22.
Celebrity Summit and Brilliance of the Seas occupy Piers 30 and 31 respectively.
All told, there are 10,000 Passengers in town today.
New In the New year – Atlantic Star.
ACL’s new ship, Atlantic Star is due to start her first voyage Dec 20. This puts her into Halifax January 10th.
BBC Maple Lea loads Barge
The BBC Maple Lea, Loads Cargo directly onto a barge. The barge NT1509 arrived in tow of Northern Transportation’s Tug Keewatin.
Note the BBC Maple Lea is also carrying a large deck load of Yachts near the Bow. She also earlier offloaded some fabrications onto trucks.
Tankers
STI Seneca (Forward) and Alpine Duke (Aft) appear to be nearly done their offloads at Imperial Oil.
Alpine Duke sailed form Port Arthur, and STI Seneca arrived from New Orleans. STI Seneca is also a new build, having only entered service earlier this year.
Todays Cruise Ships
(Above) the Pearl Mist at pier 24. She was built at Halifax shipyards, and after much wrngling in the courts delivered to her owners and put into service. She now makes regular stops to Halifax.
(Below)The Saga Sapphire, built in 1981 is a good looking ship. shes tied up stern to stern with pearl mist at Pier 24.
First Visit for OOCL Luxembourg
OOCL Luxembourg made a stop last night, sailing around 11pm. Built in 2010, she is part of OOCL’s SX class, and carries 8063 TEU.
