Ice has a history of affecting shipping, though this time its terrestrial based ice. The recent snow/rain/freeze weather events that have turned city streets to ice have also frozen cars into autoport. the ice cant be chipped away for fear of damaging the vehicles, so thousands of cars will remain until the ice melts.

this is causing Autoport to use temporary storage in Shearwater, and increasing the time it takes to turnaround ships, in one case, a car carrier bypassed Halifax and moved on to New York ather waiting at anchor 24hours for the previous vessel to move.

Autoport exports vehicles to Newfoundland, and is also the import location for almost all vehicles coming from Europe to Canada.

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Arrived this morning from Fawley. She will likely head to New York next.

PCTC Heritage Leader Arrived from Emden. just before noon. She hung out while waiting for Oceanex Sanderling to clear autoport, allowing her to tie up.

She is expected to sail tonight.

Tied up at Autoport.

Car Carrier Hoegh Beijing Arrived this morning. built by Xiamen Shipbuiliding Industry in China in 2010, she can carry 4300 cars, making her one of the smaller modern PCTC’s to call.

(Above) Taking Tugs just off Ives Knoll

Asian Emperor departed Fairview Cove at 13:30, bound for sea. She Gave New York as her destination with an eta of 1000 on the 5th