Arrived this morning from Fawley. She will likely head to New York next.
Independence II for Autoport
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Havelstern for Bunkers
Woodward tanker At anchor. Loaded, She took on bunkers this morning.
A Repeat Performance:Jana With Rails
In a repeat of January, the general cargo ship Jana has arrived with a load of Rails from Poland for CN.
A New Canadian
this post is a bit late..
Algoma Hansa tied up at pier 34 in Late July. As the sole foreign flagged tanker in the Algoma fleet, she was purchased with her sister vessel who would become Algosea. Algoma Hansa operated in an international pool of tankers, and was modified for seaway service during her 2013 routine drydocking. She was Canadian registered on July 31.
I caught her this past friday, performing a fire drill.
Heritage Leader for Autoport.
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.
NYK Diana
Another first timer to Halifax, the 2008 build NYK Diana. Rated at 4900TEU she is Panamax vessel. she Sails tonight for Southampton UK.
SNMG-2 Arrives this Morning
SNMG-2 is Currently inbound. 5 vessels are due, roughly spaced 1 hour apart.
The First, USS Leyt Gulf took her pilot and should be in town in 40 minutes. (CG-55) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. Commissioned in 1987, shes homeported in Norfolk.
She is Followed By the Lewis And Clark Class USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13). Classed as a Dry Cargo ship, she is New, having been accepted in april 2012.
The Third Vessel is the Cruiser USS Anzio. Also Ticonderoga Class, She was commissioned in 1992.
Next is the German Bremen Class frigate, F208 FGS Niedersachsen. Commissioned in 1982, this is her last cruise before she is Decommissioned.
The 4th Vessel is the Turkish Frigate TCG Kemalreis (F-247). She was commissioned in 2000, and built to a German design MEKO-200. variants of the design include the Anzac Class, and vessels used by Greece, Portugal and South Africa.
Photos to follow..
