The French Research vessel l’Atalante Arrived at BIO on April 22nd, and spent today (April 26th) at anchor in the basin.
The ship is owned by a french research institute, and operated by the French navy’s oceanographic office. it may be here to complete annual science that would have been accomplished by the Hudson, and will be taken over by the new oceanographic research vessel under construction at Seaspan in Vancouver.
The ship features a manned submersible and several science labs.
SailGP just announced the first 6 race locations for 2026, and Halifax is back in June! From the Release:
In 2026, the Rolex SailGP Championship will set sail in Perth, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Bermuda, New York, Halifax, Portsmouth, Saint-Tropez and Dubai, followed by the winner-takes-all Grand Final in Abu Dhabi….
The full calendar – including remaining host cities and dates – will be confirmed in due course…
This 2025 Season, SailGP welcomed a record fleet of 12 national teams, including two new additions to the start line: the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team and Red Bull Italy SailGP Team. The championship has confirmed plans to add two new expansion teams to its roster in 2026.
As far as the 2025 season goes, the Next race is Rio was cancelled after Australia suffered a wing failure in San Francisco. SailGP has identified a defect in the wings. New Zealand had also suffered a similar failure in a previous season. Both teams boats were built and sailed in the 2017 Americas Cup. The Next event will be in June in New York.
Enercon’s E-ship 1 made its first call to Halifax this week, delivering components for a windfarm currently under construction in Lunenburg county. The Components are being stored on Pier 9 untill they are needed then trucked to the site.
E-ship 1 is propelled by 4 Fletner rotors, which make use of the magnus effect to propel the ship. Essentially the spinning rotors create a low pressure area, which then pulls the ship forward.
E-ship 1 has called on sheet harbour in the past, but this is the ships first call in Halifax.
The Tuffs Cove power station is able to produce power using with natural gas or Bunker C Oil, and maintains a supply of Oil. the power plant is visited by a tanker usually around once a year to top up the tanks.
Larvik sailed from Houston, and arrived March 2. the ship was built in 2006 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering in Yokosuka Japan. its commercial operations are run out of Norway, but the ship is manged from Singapore.
On Feb 15, the container ship MSC Baltic III, Montreal for Cornerbrook, was sailing off the coast of Newfoundland when it lost power and drifted onto the shore. The 20 crew were rescued by an RCAF Cormorant out of Gander.
T&T marine salvage have been hired by MSC, and the coast guard is standing by, however work is being hampered by weather
View our Initial report:
And Latest update.
Crews are currently evaluating the situation. No pollution has been detected, however several containers have been damaged. and the hull is showing signs of stress.
The famous Heavy lift Semi Submersible vessel Mighty Servant made a very brief stop in Halifax yesterday to swap some crew. the ship entered port, and was met by a Dominion diving vessel off Ives Knoll to perform the swap.
The ship then turned and headed out of the harbour, with the total stay in port of less then 5 minutes. The ship sailed from Cadiz Spain, bound for the US East Coast, with wind farm components. The ship will likely begin transporting towers from staging in Newfoundland, to the installation site, as other Boskallis vessels have been perfroming this work.
One year ago, the titan submersible imploded at the titanic wreck site, killing all on board. 1 year later, we have an update into the investigation.
In early May I took the train across the country. this is the first video from that trip
Nord Logos is currently at pier 9, installing cable handling equipment to transport undersea cable. two tanks are being installed in the hold, which will have cable laid into them for transport.
Nord Logos is one of several of this type of vessel that has called here in the past – the ships remain the same, but the charters change – These vessels have called under Thorco, Franbo, and now Nord Names.
The Expedition Cruise ship Ocean Explorer grounded Monday in Alpefjord, within the boundaries of the North East Greenland National Park. the ship tried to free itself twice with out luck, and a third attempt with the Fisheries research vessel Tarajoq pulling also failed Wednesday.
The HDMS Kund Rasmussen, a Danish Offshore Patrol vessel is due late Friday. the Sirius Sled Dog Patrol, a unit of the Danish Navy, is on scene with 2 small boats, and is providing updates and imagery.
From the latest photos below, she looks to be well up on a ledge, that seems to drop off just below the lifeboats.
Updates to Follow.
