Charters and Scrappings for Hapag-Llyod

Yesterday brought the arrival of the Herma P. Built in Ulsan, South Korea in 2006, she immediately was chartered  as Maersk Dryden. The Charter ended in  July 2014. She is  owned by Stefan Patjens Reederei of Germany. Hapag-Llyod seems to be chartering these vessels, Sister Alise P was here in February 17 and March 10.

Hapag-llyod is also Selling off or scrapping its Kiel Class Vessels. Halifax Regulars, Paris Express, Kiel Express, have been sent for scrap, Atlanta Express built as Ludwigshafen Express and Hoechst Express have been sold to new owners. These vessels were built in the early 90’s, and have a capacity of about 4600TEU.


Harefield at pier9 with ice damage

 

The gear bilk owned bulk carrier Harefield  tied up at pier 9 suffering from ice damage. Divers have been seen working around her since she arrived earlier in the week.
The ship features 2 overhead gantry cranes that fold out over the pier edge and work in a similar manner to shore based container cranes.

Ex HMCS Cormorant has severe list

Thanks to the bridge water police for tweeting the above photo. The ex HMCS Cormerant, has developed a severe list. The ship was retired and sold, and has been tied up at the dock in bridge water for at least the past 10 years.

It’s possible this is the result of snow load, or water has accumulated in a space. The list was first noticed a week ago, though it has since gotten worse.

Last year an ex fishing trawler also tied up at the same dock sunk and needed to be refloated. Photo Below is from last summer.

Hibernia Atlantic Cable Installation set to Begin

The Cable Ship Decisive is due to arrive at anchor today, Signalling the beginning of construction of the Hibernia Express Cable. Decisive has a costing trade license to do prework, including route clearance, before resolute comes to Lay the cable.

The General Cargo vessel Ocean Crescent Loaded cable handling equipment in February, and will presumably bring the cable back to Halifax, where it will be loaded aboard the Resolute for laying.

Hibernia Atlantic has a landing station in Herring Cove.

Photos to Follow.